 I've got a record label, do you? Everybody cool has one. Heck, even your mom's got one, and you're just not indie enough to know about it.
The biggies (and no, I'm not talking Smalls, here).
- Atlantic Records
- BMG
- Capitol Records
- Def Jam Records
- DreamWorks Records
- Elektra Records
- Epic Records (Sony)
- Hollywood Records
- Interscope Records
- Island Records
- MCA Records
- Polydor Records
- Sony Music
- Virgin Records - America
- Warner Bros. Records
The "lesser" majors (like that makes any sense).
- Alias Records
- Alligator Records
- American Recordings
- Arista Records
- Beggars Banquet
- Decca Records
- Green Linnet/Xenophile Records
- Luaka Bop Records
- Maverick Recording Company
- Metal Blade Records
- Motown Records
- nothing records
- Outback Entertainment
- Reprise Records
- Rhino Records
- Rounder Records
- Rykodisc Records
- Shanachie Records
- Tommy Boy Records
The "major" indies (ditto).
- Ajax Records
- Alternative Tentacles Records
- Amphetamine Reptile Records
- Arhoolie Records
- Asian Man Records
- Astralwerks Records (Caroline)
- Bar/None Records
- Bedazzled Records
- Big Wheel Recreation
- Blood and Fire Records
- BOMP! Records
- Bong Load Records
- Camera Obscura Records
- Capricorn Records
- Caroline Records
- Caulfield Records
- Ché Trading Limited
- Cherry Red Records
- Cornerstone R.A.S./Skunk Records
- Crank! Records
- C/Z Records
- Darla Records
- Deep Elm Records
- DeSoto Records
- Drag City Records
- Dutch East India
- Earache Records
- Emperor Norton Records
- eMpTy Records
- ENEMY Records
- Estrus Records
- Fat Wreck Chords
- Fearless Records
- Flying Nun Records
- Fueled By Ramen Records
- Get Hip Records
- Go Kart Records
- Grand Royal
- Hefty Records
- HitIt! Recordings
- Initial Records
- Isolation Tank
- Jade Tree Records
- K Records
- Kill Rock Stars
- Kindercore Records
- Lookout! Records
- Mammoth Records
- March Records
- Matador Records
- Merge Records
- Minty Fresh Records
- Mr. Lady Records
- MOJO Records
- Moon Ska Records
- Mo' Wax Records
- Mute Liberation Technologies
- My Pal God Records
- Napalm Records
- Nettwerk Records
- Ninja Tunes
- On-U Sound
- Parasol Records
- Parlophone Records
- Peek-a-Boo Records
- Polyvinyl Record Co.
- Projekt Records
- Quannum Projects
- Radioactive Records
- Rawkus Entertainment
- Relapse Records
- Restless Records
- Resurrection A.D. Records
- Revelation Records
- REV/Resist Label Group
- RuffHouse Records
- Ruthless Records
- Scooch Pooch Records
- Scratchie Records
- Shelflife Records
- Shimmy Disc
- Shinkansen Recordings
- Slabco Records
- Slowdime Records
- Soda Jerk Records
- SoleSides
- Some Records
- Sonic Unyon Records
- Source Records
- spinART Records
- Sub Pop Records
- Sugar Fix Recordings
- Sunday Records
- Sundazed Records
- Sympathy for the Record Industry
- TeenBeat Records
- Time Bomb Recordings
- Too Pure Records
- Touch & Go Records
- Triple X Records
- TVT Records
- Tzadik
- Up Records (Sub Pop)
- Vagrant Records
- Vernon Yard Records
- Victory Records
- Warp Records
- XL Recordings
Indies your parents have never heard of.
- Ace Records
- Alchemy Records
- Ambiances Magnétiques
- Apt 13
- Arlingtone Records
- Astronavigation
- Atavistic Records
- Autonomy Records
- Beatville Records
- Bent Antenna Records
- BiB Records
- Big Neck Records
- Black Pearl Records
- Blackout! Records
- Brick Records
- BSI Records
- Buddy System Records
- Bungalab
- Bungalow Records
- Burning Heart Records
- BYO Records
- Cambodia Recordings
- Campfire Records
- Candle Records
- Carrot Top Records
- Castle von Buhler Records
- Center of the World Records
- Century Media Records
- Chainsaw Records
- Chapter Music
- Clairecords
- Cleopatra Records
- Cold Meat Industry Records
- Conception Records
- Crammed Discs
- Crucial Response Records
- Crypt Records
- Dedicated Records
- Deep South Records
- Del-Fi Records
- Delinquent Records
- Desafinado Records
- Dim Mak Records
- Dionysus Records
- Dirt Records
- Divot Records
- Doghouse Records
- Double Agent Records
- Drive-In Records
- Drop Beat Records
- Dr. Strange Records
- ECM Records
- Edison Recordings
- Endless Fight Records
- Equal Vision Records
- Espo Records
- Factory Records
- Fantastic Records
- Farrágo Records
- Fish Of Death Records
- Framed! Records
- Gern Blandsten Records
- Grand Theft Autumn
- grapeOS
- Grimsey Records
- Grita! Records
- Heartbeat Records
- Hightone Records
- Hopeless Records
- Household Ink Records
- Hub City Records
- Hydrahead Records
- Hypnotic Recordings
- Indecision Records
- Jazz Fudge Recordings
- Jetset Records
- Jigsaw Records
- Jonas Blank Records
- Jump Up Ska Records
- June Oliver Records
- Just Add Water Records
- Justice Records
- Kittridge Records
- Knitting Factory Records
- Kwality Records
- Labrador Records
- LandPhil Records
- Last Beat Records
- Le Grand Magistery
- Liquid Meat Records
- Lotushouse Records
- LoveLess Records
- Lovitt Records
- Lunchbox Recordings
- Magic Eye Singles
- Magic Marker Records
- Man's Ruin Records
- Marina Records
- Marsh Marigold Records
- Matlock Records
- The Medicine Label
- Microcosm Records
- Mind Kontrol Records
- Mint Records
- Missing Words Records
- MOC Records
- Mortville Records
- Motorcoat Records
- Motorway Records
- Murder & Mayhem Records
- Negative Progression Records
- New Granada Records
- Nitro Records
- Noisewave Records
- Northside Records
- Not Lame Recording Company
- Old Glory Records
- Old Gold Records
- Omnibus Records
- Onefoot Records
- One Little Indian
- One Ton Records & Graphics
- OrangePopRecords
- Outpunk Records
- Pacifico Recordings
- Paris Caramel Records
- Pelado Records
- Peloton Records
- Perris Records
- Poplash Records
- Ponk Records
- Posh Boy Records
- Pravda Records
- Queenie Records
- Racer Records
- Radio Khartoum
- R.A.F.R. Records
- Razor & Tie Records
- Red Jagwire Records
- Rephlex Records
- Reservoir Records
- Sandbox Records
- Second Nature Records
- Secretly Canadian Records
- SeeThru Broadcasting
- Sham Records
- Shangri-La Records
- Short Round Records
- Siesta Records
- Siton Records
- Silvergirl Records
- Ska-T-Boy Records
- The Skull-Duggery Label
- SlimStyle Records
- Slumberland Records
- Small Stone Recordings
- Sonic Records
- Spectra Sonic Sound
- Spinefarm Records
- Spineless Records
- Springman Records
- Steady Beat Recordings
- Stubborn Records
- Suicide Squeeze Records
- summersound recordings
- Super Cottonmouth Records
- Super8 Records
- Ten Cent Records
- Tent Records
- TFC Records
- Theologian Records
- Third Gear Records
- Tinseltones Records
- TKO Records
- Tone Casualties Records
- The Trattoria Sound
- Tree Records
- Triple Crown Records
- Trustkill Records
- Twee Kitten Records
- Umbilical Records
- Uprising/Entropy Records
- Urinine Records
- Vaccination Records
- Van Richter Records
- Vapor Records
- Vibrafon Records
- Vinyl Japan
- Walking Records
- Washroom Recordings
- Westside Audio Laboratories
- Whirled Records
- Wonderdrug Records
- Wordsound Recordings
- Yoyo Recordings
Indies you've never heard of.
- AAJ/Smiley Jones Records
- abcdefg*record
- Aesthetics
- Aggressive Records
- AudioInformationPhenomena
- Alien Snatch! Records
- Almighty Records
- Alphabetty
- Alveran Records
- American Pop Project
- Amulet Records
- Angry Landlord Records
- Anyway Records
- APB Records
- A+ Punk Records
- Arise Records
- Ark 21 Records
- Artemis Records
- Assassin Records
- Audiopants
- AUM Fidelity
- Aural Adventures
- Automatic Kiss Records
- Bad Afro Records
- Bad Dog Records
- Bad Monkey Records
- Bad Taste Records
- Badcat Records
- Bakery Records
- Bang Records
- Beer City Skateboards & Records
- Best Kept Secret
- Big Beef Records
- Big Pop Records
- Birdcage Records
- Bitter Kitten Music
- Blind Records
- Blue Jackel Entertainment
- Blue Worm Records
- Bobsled Records
- Bogus Records
- Bombardier Recording Co.
- Brain Floss Records
- Brentwood Estates
- Bridge Nine Records
- Brucemonkey Records
- Bubblecore Records
- Bulb Records
- Bumper Car Records
- Bumpy Ride Records
- Cacophone Records
- La Calavera Discos
- Candle Records
- Carpe Diem Records
- Channel Production
- Chapelle TNI
- Chocolat Art Records
- Classified Records
- Clean Records
- Clean Plate Records
- Clover Records
- Cold Spring Records
- Coming In Second
- Common Ground Records
- Compass Records
- Conscience Records
- Contact Records
- Corduroy Records
- Crackle! Records
- Cream Cone Records
- Creep Records
- Crowd Control Collective
- Crunchy Frog Records
- Crustacean Records
- Curb Records
- Cycle Records
- Culture Core Records
- Curb Records
- Cyclone Records
- Damage Records
- D.C. Records
- Dead Serious Records
- Debut Records
- Decomposition
- Delores' Restaurant Records
- Dental Records
- Desco Records
- Detour Records
- Dewdrops Records
- Dog Patch Records
- Doppler Effect Records
- DoughBoy Music
- Dragon Street Records
- Dreamy Records
- Drimala Records
- D-Trash Technologies
- Duckweed Records
- East Coast Empire Records
- Eclipse Records
- eenie meenie records
- eggBERT Records
- eggshell & four dead
- Elastic Fiction Records
- Elevator Music
- Elkion Records
- Envelope Records
- Eremite Records
- Escalator Records
- Eskimo Kiss Records
- Eugene Records
- Eulogy Recordings
- Everybody's Wearing Them Records
- Evil Eye Records
- Evil Teen Records
- Extra Strength Records
- Fabulous Friends
- Facedown Records
- Factor 08 Records
- Fairwell Records
- Fan Attic Records
- Ferret Music
- Fevered Pitch Records
- Fifth Dimensional Music
- Fighting Electric Records
- File 13 Records
- Firebrand Records
- Firestation Tower Records
- The First Time Records
- 555 Recordings
- 5 Minute Walk Records/Sarabellum Recordings
- 5 Rue Christine
- Flaming Fish Music
- Flaming Neck Records
- Flapping Jet Records
- FLED Records
- Floater Records
- Flying Duck AB
- Fog City Records
- Fork In Hand Records
- 404 Records
- Free Union Records
- Freebird Records and Tapes
- Freek Records
- Frisbee Records
- Fruity Satan Records
- Function 8 Records
- Gadfly Records
- Galaxy Train
- Garden of Delights
- Generator
- Gentle Giant Records
- Get Happy! Records
- Ghost Records
- GiuseppeJoe! Records
- Glazed Records
- Gleet and Gumma Records
- Glitterhouse Records
- GMM Records
- GogmaGod Records
- Goldenvoice Recording Company
- Gonzo! Records
- Good-Ink Records
- Good Life Recordings
- goonie
- Gotham Records
- Gourd Music
- Grandma Katherine's Music
- Green Line Records
- Grinda Records
- Grrr Records
- Grub Records
- Guidance Recordings
- Guilt Ridden Pop
- Hairball8 Records
- Hammerhead Records
- Hand Held Heart
- Handstand Records
- Hapiskratch Records
- Happiness Records
- Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records
- Harbourtown Records
- Hard-on Records
- Harmless Records
- Harry Lime Records
- Has Anyone Ever Told You?
- Hayden's Ferry Records
- HEADbAKER Music
- Hear Diagonally Records
- Heartcore Records
- Hey! Those Are My Records
- High Beam Music
- High Park Records
- High Risk Records
- Highwater Records
- Hi-Test Records
- Hitman Records
- Home Office Records
- Hub City Records
- Hudson Valley Records
- Huge Spooge Records
- Hummer Records
- HUSH Records
- Immigrant Sun Records
- Impression Recordings
- In a Lighthouse
- Incognito Records
- Infernal Racket Records
- Infinite Records Zurich
- INIT Records
- Insight Records
- Intakt Records
- Intellectos Records
- Intelligent Records
- Invicta Hi-Fi
- Iodine Recordings
- isalabel
- -ismist Recordings
- Ivy Records
- JacquesAss Records
- Jam Records
- J-Bird Records
- Jennifer Dog Records
- Jerk Off Records
- Jetboy Recordings
- Jet Glue Records
- Jump Start Records
- Junk Records
- Kat Records
- Keep It Alive Records
- Kickball Records
- Kneeling Elephant Records
- KPA Records
- Lab Rat Records
- Laid Off Records
- LameAss Recordz
- Landslide Records
- LapisHeart Records
- Last Call Records
- Lavatory Records
- Legacy Recordings
- Library Records
- Lil' Lion Records
- Lil' Red Wagon Records
- Linkwork Records
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