innesota gets cold, (I live there, I can vouch) and no label better conveys this chilly iciness than Chairkickers’ Union. Based out of the Lake Superior parasite that is Duluth city, Chairkickers’ Union gives voice to the boreal. Alan Sparhawk of the slowcore Mormon band Low, is the chief of the label. More often than not, Chairkickers’ Union puts out the music of their close friends. Haley Bonar, the newest artist to the label, was first spotted by Sparhawk playing at local venue, and then asked to tour with his band. Months later, after Bonar’s album was finished, and a demo was sent to Alan, he asked her if he could release the album. It’s this sort of camaraderie that fuels the Chairkickers’ label. Often, the members of the bands will guest on another label partners’ album; Zak Sally of Low on Kid Dakota’s So Pretty, Aaron Molina of If Thousands on both Haley Bonar’s The Size of Planets, and Rivulets’ Debridement, Nathan Amundson of Rivulets on If Thousands’ Yellowstone, etc, etc. It’s like six degrees of separation over there. The moral? Chairkickers’ Union won’t sign you.

Contact: Chairkickers' Union Music, P.O. Box 600, Duluth, MN 55801, USA

Website: http://www.chairkickers.com/label/

Label Roster: Black-Eyed Snakes, Haley Bonar, If Thousands, Kid Dakota, Low, Rivulets, The Winter Blanket

Essential Releases:
Black-Eyed Snakes - It’s The Black-Eyed Snakes
If Thousands - Yellowstone
Kid Dakota - So Pretty
Low - Christmas
Rivulets - Debridement