Boompa Records

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| founded = {{Start date|2003}}

| founder = Rob Calder, Scott Walker.

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| distributor = Outside Music (Canada), NAIL Distribution (United States), Lirico (Japan), The Orchard (Digital)

| genre = Indie Pop/Rock

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| location = Vancouver, British Columbia

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Boompa Records is a Canadian independent record label, founded in 2003 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

History

Boompa Records (launched in September 2003) was established as a music production company by Rob Calder and Scott L.D. Walker, fellow members of the Canadian Indie Band The Salteens. The label's creation was marked with the release of The Salteens' album Let Go of Your Bad Days in the Spring of 2003.

Beginning in Summer 2003, Boompa began their expansion into publicity services, music placement and licensing and artist management. As the label progressed, they further expanded to manage grant administration, tour management, promotions, booking and web services. Boompa has also organized grant administration for non-Boompa artists, including Hot Hot Heat, Destroyer (band), and Humans (Canadian band).

Boompa received positive acclaim in its first year, where it was credited with releasing "consistently excellent" music.{{cite web|last=Begrand|first=Adrien|title=Basement Galaxy|url=http://web.pitas.com/abegrand/0910_2004.html|accessdate=29 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703001518/http://web.pitas.com/abegrand/0910_2004.html|archivedate=3 July 2011}} The company was described by Canadian music critic Adrien Begrand as "the most fun [label] to discover" in 2004.

Since the label's formation, songs by Boompa artists have been featured on such shows as Grey's Anatomy, Joan of Arcadia, Dawson's Creek, Degrassi, The L-Word, Alienated, Radio Free Roscoe and Yo Gabba Gabba! among others.

Boompa bands and artists have also been featured at many festivals and music events, including POP Montreal, Canadian Music Week, SXSW, Halifax POP Explosion and Rifflanida. Internationally, Boompa artists have also made performances in Reykjavík at the Iceland Airwaves Festival.

Currently, they are distributed by Outside (CAN), Nail (USA), Lirico (JAP), The Orchard (Digital World). To date, Boompa has released 59 catalogues of music.

Label Roster (Current Artists)

The Belle Game · Woodpigeon · Christopher Smith

Label Roster (Catalogue Artists)

The Salteens · Small Sins · The Rentals · Reverie Sound Revue · Colleen and Paul · Circlesquare · Patrick Brealey · Leeroy Stagger · Lullaby Baxter · The Hylozoists · Run Chico Run · my project: blue · Matt Sharp (weezer, The Rentals) · Sekiden · The Lucksmiths.

Discography

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ARTIST ! TITLE ! FORMAT ! CATALOGUE ! YEAR
The Salteens \| Let Go Of Your Bad Days \| CD \| BPA001 \| 2003
The Lucksmiths \| Naturaliste \| CD \| BPA002 \| 2004
Sekiden \| Junior Fiction \| CD \| BPA003 \| 2004
Various Artists \| Boompa Volume 1 \| CD \| BPA801 \| YEAR
Run Chico Run \| Shashbo \| CD \| BPA004 \| 2004
Matt Sharp \| Matt Sharp \| CD \| BPA006 \| 2004
Leeroy Stagger \| Beautiful House \| CD \| BPA007 \| 2005
my project: blue \| my project: blue \| CD \| BPA010 \| 2005
The Salteens \| Let Go Of Your Bad Days (USA) \| CD \| BPA001 \| 2005
Small Sins \| The Ladies and Gentlemen \| CD \| BPA014 \| 2006
Run Chico Run \| Slow Action \| CD \| BPA011 \| 2006
Leeroy Stagger \| Tales from the Back Porch \| CD \| BPA012 \| 2006
The Hylozoists \| La Fin Du Monde \| CD \| BPA013 \| 2006
Small Sins \| Small Sins \| CD \| BPA014 \| 2006
Lullaby Baxter \| Garden Cities of Tomorrow \| CD \| BPA015 \| 2006
Leeroy Stagger \| Depression River \| CD \| BPA016 \| 2006
The Rentals \| Last Little Life \| CD \| BPA019 \| 2007
Small Sins \| Mood Swings \| CD \| BPA020 \| 2007
Circlesquare \| Pre-Earthquake Anthem \| CD \| BPA017 \| 2009
Circlesquare \| Fight Sounds EP \| CD \| BPA026 \| 2009
Circlesquare \| Songs About Dancing And Drugs \| CD \| BPA021 \| 2009
Woodpigeon \| La Commission Scolaire \| Digital \| BPA024 \| 2009
Woodpigeon \| Treasury Library Canada \| CD \| BPA022 \| 2009
Leeroy Stagger \| Everything is Real \| CD \| BPA023 \| 2009
Reverie Sound Revue \| Reverie Sound Revue EP \| CD \| BPA027 \| 2009
Reverie Sound Revue \| Reverie Sound Revue \| CD \| BPA028 \| 2009
Christopher Smith \| Keepsake \| CD \| BPA033 \| 2008
Patrick Brealey \| Mercury in Songbirds \| CD \| BPA031 \| 2009
Woodpigeon \| Die Stadt Muzikanten \| CD \| BPA035 \| 2010
Christopher Smith \| Gently Gently \| CD \| BPA034 \| 2010
Woodpigeon \| Spirehouse \| CD \| BPA039 \| 2010
Christopher Smith \| The Beckon Call \| CD \| BPA037 \| 2010
The Salteens \| Moths \| CD \| BPA038 \| 2010
Christopher Smith \| Paper Chains \| CD \| BPA040 \| 2010
Colleen and Paul \| Colleen and Paul \| CD \| BPA041 \| 2010
The Salteens \| Kid Songs \| CD \| BPA043 \| 2010
Woodpigeon \| Our Love is as Tall as the Calgary Tower \| CD \| BPA044 \| 2010
Woodpigeon \| BALLADEER / to all the guys i've loved before \| CD \| BPA036 \| 2010
The Salteens \| Grey Eyes \| CD \| BPA042 \| 2010
Woodpigeon \| For Paolo \| CD \| BPA046 \| 2012
No Sinner \| Boo Hoo Hoo \| CD \| BPA052 \| 2012
Christopher Smith \| Pillars and Pyre \| CD \| BPA053 \| 2012
Christopher Smith \| Earning Keep \| CD \| BPA048 \| 2012
Woodpigeon \| Diamonds \| CD \| BPA045 \| 2012
The Belle Game \| Wait Up For You / Wasted Light EP \| CD \| BPA058 \| 2013
Woodpigeon \| Edinburgh EP \| CD \| BPA056 \| 2013
Woodpigeon \| Thumbtacks and Glue \| CD \| BPA059 \| 2013
The Belle Game \| Ritual Tradition Habit \| CD \| BPA054 \| 2013

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ARTIST

! TITLE

! FORMAT

! CATALOGUE

! YEAR

The Salteens

| Let Go Of Your Bad Days

| CD

| BPA001

| 2003

The Lucksmiths