Topshelf Records
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{{short description|American independent record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Topshelf Records
| image = Topshelf Records small logo.png
| image_size = 128
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| founded = {{start date|2006}}
| founder = Seth Decoteau, Kevin Duquette, Dan Sullivan
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| defunct =
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| genre = Indie rock, emo, punk rock, {{nowrap|post-rock}}
| country = United States
| location = Portland, Oregon
| url = {{URL|topshelfrecords.com}}
}}
Topshelf Records is an American independent record label. Started in Peabody, Massachusetts and formerly located in San Diego, California,{{cite web|title=Interviews: Seth Decoteau (Topshelf Records)|date=June 26, 2014 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/55231/interviews-seth-decoteau-topshelf-records|publisher=Punk News|access-date=October 4, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20141006075532/https://www.punknews.org/article/55231/interviews-seth-decoteau-topshelf-records |archive-date=October 6, 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Minton|first1=Kyle |date=July 24, 2011 |title=An Interview: Seth Decoteau [Topshelf Records]|url=http://nothingsoundsbetter.com/post/8009839052/an-interview-seth-decoteau-topshelf-records|publisher=Nothing Sounds Better|access-date=October 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20141006071836/http://nothingsoundsbetter.com/post/8009839052/an-interview-seth-decoteau-topshelf-records |archive-date=October 6, 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Terich|first1=Jeff|title=Topshelf Records moves to San Diego|url=http://sdcitybeat.com/article-13842-topshelf-records-moves-to-san-diego.html|publisher=San Diego CityBeat|date=January 27, 2015|access-date=June 29, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160813134830/http://sdcitybeat.com/article-13842-topshelf-records-moves-to-san-diego.html |archive-date=August 13, 2016}} the label is based in Portland, Oregon as of 2022.{{cite web|title=Topshelf Records Launches Kickstarter After Distribution Partner Abruptly Shutters |date=September 15, 2022 |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/topshelf-records-launches-kickstarter-after-distribution-partner-abruptly-shutters/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=May 14, 2024}}
Topshelf Records has been profiled in the Pittsburgh City Paper,{{cite web|url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/topshelf-records-showcase-tour-of-slingshot-dakota-prawn-queen-moo-and-people-like-you-perform-at-mr-smalls-dec-19/Content?oid=5761172|title=Topshelf Records Showcase Tour of Slingshot Dakota, Prawn, Queen Moo and People Like You perform at Mr. Smalls Dec. 19|first=Eli|last=Enis|website=Pittsburgh City Paper}} San Diego Reader,{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/jul/19/blurt-topshelf-label-absence-diy-infrastructure/|title=Topshelf label notes absence of DIY infrastructure|first1=Ken|last1=Leighton|date=July 19, 2017|website=www.sandiegoreader.com}} San Diego CityBeat,{{cite web|url=http://sdcitybeat.com/p50.us/tKq/|title=Topshelf Records moves to San Diego|first=Jeff|last=Terich|date=January 27, 2015|website=San Diego CityBeat}}{{cite web|url=https://www.citybeat.com/music/live-music/article/20984774/sound-advice-topshelf-records-tour-featuring-prawn-people-like-you-slingshot-dakota-and-us-and-only-us-dec-12|title=Sound Advice: Topshelf Records Tour featuring Prawn, People Like You, Slingshot Dakota and Us and Only Us (Dec. 13)|website=CityBeat Cincinnati}} and Pitchfork.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/86-your-new-favorite-emo-bands-the-best-of-topshelf-records-2013-sampler/|title=Your New Favorite Emo Bands: The Best of Topshelf Records' 2013 Sampler|website=Pitchfork|date=October 2013 }}
Current artists
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- A Great Big Pile of Leaves
- Alfred.
- Another Michael
- Bellows
- Boyscott
- Clearance
- Del Paxton
- Ekko Astral
- Elephant Gym
- Everyone Everywhere
- Field Mouse
- Giraffes? Giraffes!
- Gulfer
- Knifeplay
- Lite
- Mid-Air Thief
- Mouse on the Keys
- No Joy
- No Vacation
- Parannoul
- Queen of Jeans
- Ratboys
- Really From
- Sobs
- Standards
- Subsonic Eye
- Supernowhere
- Sweet Pill
- Toe
- Tricot
- Us and Us Only
- Weatherday}}
Former artists
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- Aeroplane, 1929
- Baker
- Boys Life
- Braid
- By Surprise
- Caravels
- Chamberlain
- The City on Film
- The Clippers
- CLIQUE
- Coping
- Crash of Rhinos
- CSTVT
- Cut Teeth
- Dangers
- Deer Leap
- Defeater
- Diamond Youth
- Doe
- Donovan Wolfington
- Duck. Little Brother, Duck!
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
- Enemies
- Feels Like July
- Flung{{Cite news |last=Reed |first=Mick |date=October 22, 2020 |title=Bandcamp of the Day: Flung |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/bandcamp-of-the-day-flung/ |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=New Noise Magazine}}
- Frameworks
- gobbinjr
- Grown Ups
- Happy Diving
- Have Mercy
- Heat
- Infinity Girl
- Inns
- Kind of Like Spitting
- Lion Club
- Mock Orange
- Moller
- Moving Mountains
- My Heart to Joy
- My Fictions
- Nai Harvest
- People Like You
- Pianos Become the Teeth
- Prawn
- Pretend
- Pswingset
- Queen Moo
- Rooftops
- Run, Walk
- Sirs
- Sixfinger
- Slingshot Dakota
- Solids
- Sorority Noise
- Special Explosion
- Stand Up Get Down
- Street Smart Cyclist
- Suis La Lune
- Sundials
- Tancred
- The Jazz June
- The Saddest Landscape
- The Velvet Teen
- The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
- Us Against The Archers
- We Were Skeletons
- Wild Ones
- Wildhoney
- Yeyey
- You Blew It!
- You, Me, and Everyone We Know
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References
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External links
- [https://www.topshelfrecords.com/ Topshelf Records] (Official Website)
- [https://topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com/ Topshelf Records] on Bandcamp
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