An independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance; it began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends. They are responsible for putting out albums for all these bands:
The 3Ds
The 6ths
American Music Club
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Arcade Fire
Ashley Stove
Lou Barlow
Beatnik Filmstars
Breadwinner
The Broken West
Richard Buckner
Paul Burch
Butterglory
Buzzcocks
Camera Obscura
Caribou
The Clean
The Clientele
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
Crooked Fingers
Dan Bejar
Destroyer
Dinosaur Jr
East River Pipe
Matt Elliott
The Essex Green
Future Bible Heroes
Ganger
Guv'ner
Annie Hayden
Honor Role
Imperial Teen
The Karl Hendricks Trio
David Kilgour
The Ladybug Transistor
Lambchop
The Mad Scene
The Magnetic Fields
The Music Tapes
Neutral Milk Hotel
Oakley Hall
Pipe
Robert Pollard
Polvo
Portastatic
Pram
Pure
Radar Bros.
The Rock*A*Teens
The Rosebuds
Seaweed
Shark Quest
She and Him
Shout Out Louds
Spaceheads
Spent
Spoon
Matt Suggs
Superchunk
Teenage Fanclub
Telekinesis[6][7]
Tenement Halls
The Third Eye Foundation
Verbena
Versus
M. Ward
White Whale
Wye Oak
