![]() ![]() Thrice – To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere Formed in 1996 by co-founders Rich Egan and Jon Cohen with the release of the West x North-South 5 x 7” boxset (featuring Face To Face, Samiam, Tilt, Seaweed and more), Vagrant Records saw its first big break with the signing of The Get Up Kids and the release of the band’s 1999 breakthrough album Something to Write Home About. – Bad Suns – Disappear Here Record Store Day Titles for June 12th: – The Anniversary – Designing A Nervous Breakdown For all up-to-date information, stay tuned to Vagrant’s newly re-launched website. ![]() Hassle Records will be releasing select titles in the UK and Europe. A list of confirmed vinyl reissues and Record Store Day titles can be found below, with more to be announced throughout the year. Vagrant Records celebrates its 25-Year Anniversary all year long. The series features interviews with Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional), Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio), Buddy Nielsen (Senses Fail), Derek Grant (Alkaline Trio), Riley Breckenridge & Dustin Kensrue (Thrice), The Get Up Kids, Adrianne Verhoeven (The Anniversary), celebrity chef Graham Elliot, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Craig Finn (The Hold Steady), Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra), John Reis (Rocket From The Crypt), Francis Mark (From Autumn To Ashes) and more. With new episodes airing bi-weekly, we’ll hear from the artists, fans and people that helped make Vagrant Records one of the most influential independent labels. The first episode of the podcast features conversations between Pryor and Vagrant co-founder Rich Egan, Amy Fleisher Madden (Fiddler Records), Trever Keith (Face To Face), Mark Hoppus (Blink-182), Max Bemis (Say Anything), Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory), chef Danny Bowien (Mission Chinese) and more, all discussing the early days of the label and sharing behind-the-scenes stories. Serving as an oral history on the seminal punk & emo record label, the new podcast series is hosted by Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids, who were one of Vagrant Records first major signings. Things have a tendency of always coming full circle.Email The inaugural episode of Vagrant Records: 25 Years on the Streets is available on DSPs. Those bands shouldn’t have anything in common…but they somehow worked! I’m also privileged to have had the chance to work with Vagrant alumni Matt Pryor and Jim Suptic from The Get Up Kids and Josh Berwanger of The Anniversary, for their Radar State record that came out in 2019. We’re talking a label’s roster that included Rocket From the Crypt, Alkaline Trio, with Dashboard Confessional, Paul Westerberg and Koufax. I had the honor to intern at Vagrant Records from 2000-2001 for school, and while I spent most of my internship folding shirts, and drilling holes in promo CD’s, I was exposed to the exciting salad days of Vagrant. ![]() ![]() Blending punk, emo, pop punk and more into a roster of bands that on paper shouldn’t have made sense….but absolutely did. There’s no question, that Vagrant Records indirectly influenced the sound and aesthetic of what Wiretap Records has become. “If bands have influences, then indie labels do too. The compilation features songs recorded by bands including Burnt Tapes, Common Sage, Lovebreakers, Parting, Catholic Guilt, Bristol To Memory, Least, Mercy Music, Love Again, Floorbird, Talk Show Host, Taken Days, Movin In Stereo, Wolves&Wolves&Wolves&Wolves, American Television, Lost In Society, Rundown Kreeps, Avenues, Odd Robot, Tiny Stills, Tweedmouth, Elijah Newman, The Bell And The Hammer, All Hallowed, Harker, Spaceships, No Better, NTVTY, Ray Gun Solace, Paper Disguise and Dirt Money. In recognition of Vagrant Records 25th anniversary last year, an assortment of artists from the Wiretap Records and Friend Club Records rosters took to the studio to record their renditions of songs originally performed by Vagrant Records bands like The Get Up Kids, Alkaline Trio, The Anniversary, Saves The Day, Face To Face, Dashboard Confessional, Senses Fail, Thrice, Paul Westerberg, No Motiv, Alexisonfire, Balance And Composure, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The 1975, Pete Yorn and many more. Undercover On The Streets, A Vagrant Records Tribute is a 30+ track compilation that features covers from the various eras of the iconic indie label’s roster. Wiretap Records and Friend Club Records have teamed up to present the upcoming compilation Undercover On The Streets, a tribute to the bands and catalog of Vagrant Records that will be available everywhere on May 20th. ![]()
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