This Is American Music

{{Infobox record label

| name = This Is American Music

| image = ThisIsAmericanMusic Logo.jpg

| founded = {{start date|2009}}

| founder = Corey Flegel, Jay Cooper, Nick Nichols, Sean Courtney

| genre = Americana, rock, alternative country

| country = U.S.

| location = Atlanta, Georgia

| website = {{URL|thisisamericanmusic.com}}

}}

This is American Music (also known as TIAM) is an American independent record label that specializes in rock and Americana music, particularly by artists from the Southeastern United States. It was formed in 2011.{{cite web|last=Gilstrap|first=Andrew|title=Field Studies: If It Dances, It's Probably from This Is American Music |url= http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/167852-if-it-dances/|work=Pop Matters|date=February 10, 2013|accessdate=6 May 2013}}

History

The idea for the label came from co-founder Corey Flegel's experience of going out on tour with Murfreesboro, Tennessee's Glossary for years, where he became fast friends with them and other bands in their circle (The Dexateens, Vulture Whale, The Only Sons, Duquette Johnston (Verbena){{cite web|last=Johnston|first=Duquette|title=To Be or Not To Be, Transparent|url=http://rebelking.tumblr.com/post/32207676352/transparent|work=Rebel King|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=September 14, 2012}} The Bohannons, etc.). Flegel came up with the idea in 2010 of creating a blog to post concert dates and other material about the group of bands. The website was called "This Is American Music", named after a tour some of the bands had undertaken a few years previously. The label was an offshoot of the blog, and began releasing records in 2011.{{cite web|last=Valso|title=Alabama / Southeast Record Label "This Is American Music" (Interview)|url=http://modmobilian.com/2011/09/alabama-southeast-record-label-this-is-american-music-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225141458/http://modmobilian.com/2011/09/alabama-southeast-record-label-this-is-american-music-interview/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 25, 2015|work=Mod Mobilian: Mobile Bay Arts & Culture|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=September 22, 2011}}

Characterized by No Depression magazine as "a record label that is more of a family than a business,"{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Chris|title=This Is American Music is taking over the South one band at a time |url=http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/this-is-american-music-is-taking-over-the-south-one-band-at-a|work=No Depression|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=June 18, 2013}} the management team is spread out across the Southeast, with the team based in Atlanta, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Mississippi.{{cite news|last1=Mehrara|first1=Sheyda|title=This Is American Music. Meet the Guys Who Make It Rock|url=http://www.thelovelist.net/lately/music/thisisamericanmusic|accessdate=20 February 2016|work=The Love List|date=18 February 2016}} TIAM provides bands with marketing, touring, legal, song licensing and placement guidance. TIAM releases music in digital and physical formats.{{cite web|last=Mistich|first=Dan|title=This Is American Music Helps Bands Navigate a Changing Industry|url=http://www.flagpole.com/music/music-features/2013/06/19/this-is-american-music-helps-bands-navigate-a-changing-industry|work=Flagpole|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=June 19, 2013}}

Roster

File:Joey and Kelly Kneiser of Glossary.jpg

13ghosts (Birmingham, AL)
Bohannons (Chattanooga, TN)
Bonnie Whitmore (Austin, TX)
Browan Lollar (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Cosmonaut On Vacation (Birmingham, AL)
Dana Swimmer (Athens, GA)
The District Attorneys (Athens/Atlanta, GA)
Doc Feldman & the LD50 (Lexington, KY)
Dorado (Birmingham, AL)
El Cantador (Mobile, AL)
Ghost Shirt (Columbus, OH)
Glossary (Murfreesboro, TN)
Great Peacock (Nashville, TN)
The Holy Ghost Electric Show (Oxford, MS)
Hurray For The Riff Raff (New Orleans, LA)
Joey Kneiser (Murfreesboro, TN)
Kelly Kneiser (Murfreesboro, TN)
Kent Goolsby & the Gold Standard (Nashville, TN)
The Kernal (Jackson, TN)
Lauderdale (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Magnolia Mountain (Cincinnati, OH)
National Grain (Atlanta, GA)
The Only Sons (Murfreesboro, TN)
Party Dolls (Atlanta, GA)
The Pollies (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Porter and the Pollies (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Roger Bryan & The Orphans (Buffalo, NY)
Some Dark Holler (Birmingham, AL)
Surf Bored (San Francisco, CA)
Tedo Stone (Atlanta, GA)
Teen Getaway (Birmingham, AL)
Vulture Whale (Birmingham, AL)

Discography

13ghosts, Liar's Melody (2010)
Bohannons, Days of Echo EP (2010)
Bohannons, Xmas in Vietnam (2011)
Bohannons, Buzz Me In B-sides (2012)
Bohannons, Unaka Rising (2012)
Bonnie Whitmore, There I Go Again (2013)
Browan Lollar, For the Givers and the Takers EP (2012)
Cosmonaut On Vacation, Let the Moment Land (2013)
Dana Swimmer, Veloce (2013)
The District Attorneys, Slowburner (2012)
The District Attorneys, Jr. EP (2012)
The District Attorneys, Light Years/In Your Dreams (2012)
Doc Feldman & the LD50, Sundowning at the Station (2013)
Dorado, Anger, Hunger, Love and the Fear of Death (2013)
El Cantador, Fools for Light∞ (2011)
El Cantador, Translation Wave∞ (2013)
Ghost Shirt, Daniel (2010)
Glossary, Long Live All of Us‡ (2011)
Glossary, Xmas EP (2013)
Great Peacock, S/T EP (2013)
Great Peacock, "Tennessee" single (2013)
Have Gun Will, Travel, Fiction, Fact, or Folktale? (2013)
Hurray For The Riff Raff, My Dearest Darkest Neighbor∞ (2013)
Joey Kneiser, All-night Bedroom Revival (2010)
Joey Kneiser, Moonlight for the Graveyard Heart (2012)
Kelly Kneiser, S/T EP (2010)
Kent Goolsby, Trophies of Youth (2013)
The Kernal, Farewellhello (2013)
The Kernal, Green, Green Sky/Tennessee Sun 7" (2013)
Lauderdale, Moving On (2011)
Magnolia Mountain, Nothing As It Was (2009)
Magnolia Mountain, Redbird Green double album (2010)
Magnolia Mountain, Town & Country double album (2012)
Magnolia Mountain, Beloved (2013)
Mark Utley, Four Chords and a Lie 12" (2013)
National Grain, S/T (2006)
The Only Sons, American Stranger (2011)
The Only Sons, When The New Wears Off (2012)
Party Dolls, Love Wars Baby (2014)
The Pollies, Where the Lies Begin (2012)
Porter and the Pollies, S/T (2013)
Roger Bryan & The Orphans, 37 (2011)
Some Dark Holler, S/T EP (2011)
Some Dark Holler, Hollow Chest (2012)
Surf Bored, The Urge single (2013)
Surf Bored, Sing / Hum single (2013)
Tedo Stone, Happy EP (2012)
Tedo Stone, Good Go Bad (2013)
Teen Getaway, Hits and Missives (2013)
Vulture Whale, Long Time Listener First Time Caller (2011)

‡ Double dagger symbol denotes co-release with Last Chance Records

∞ Infinity symbol denotes co-release Mod Mobilian Records

Compilations

Music for the Mountains (2011)
A Frankenstrangler Christmas (2012)
This Is American Music (A Sampler) (2013){{cite web|last=Hale|first=Charles|title=Fuck The Shutdown — This Is American Music (A Sampler)|url=http://ninebullets.net/archives/fuck-the-shutdown-this-is-american-music-a-sampler|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201191000/http://ninebullets.net/archives/fuck-the-shutdown-this-is-american-music-a-sampler|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 1, 2014|work=NineBullets|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=October 17, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Doubter|title=This Is American Music 2013 Sampler|url=http://captainsdead.com/this-is-american-music-2013-sampler.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908064734/http://captainsdead.com/this-is-american-music-2013-sampler.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 8, 2013|work=Captains Dead|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=May 27, 2013}}

Video

A Very Glossary Christmas (2013)‡ - Glossary, with cameos by Cory Branan, Birdcloud, Austin Lucas, and the "fabled" Courtney Koozie{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Lance|title=A Very Glossary Christmas|url=http://www.adioslounge.com/a-very-glossary-christmas/|work=Adios Lounge|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=December 19, 2013}}

‡ Double dagger symbol denotes co-release with Last Chance Records