Dead Oceans, Inc., is an American

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founded in 2006 and based in

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History

On June 30, 2006, Phil Waldorf founded Dead Oceans with Chris Swanson. Swanson suggested the name Dead Oceans, which came from the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "

A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is a song written by American musician and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan in the summer of 1962 and recorded later that year for his second studio album, '' The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' (1963). Its lyrical structure is based ...

" (1963). Chris' brother Ben Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Jonathan Cargill of Secretly Canadian and

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also helped to found the label.Dave Maher
"Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar Birth Dead Oceans"
''Pitchfork Media'', February 19, 2007. The label was launched in 2007, and is part of Secretly Group. In 2017, the label released

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band Slowdive's first album in 22 years. In 2018, Dead Oceans was listed as #7 on ''Paste'' magazine's top-10 record labels of 2018.

Artists

* A Place to Bury Strangers * Akron/Family * Alex Lahey * Bear in Heaven * Better Oblivion Community Center * Bill Fay * Bishop Allen * Bleached * Bowerbirds * Brazos * Bright Eyes * Califone * Cassandra Jenkins * Citay *

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* Dirty Projectors * Dub Thompson *

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* Evangelicals * Fenne Lily * Frog Eyes * Gauntlet Hair * Greg Mendez * Japanese Breakfast * Jensen McRae * John Vanderslice * Julianna Barwick * Kane Strang * Kevin Morby * Khruangbin * Mark McGuire * Marlon Williams *

Mitski Mitsuki Laycock (born September 27, 1990), also known as Mitski Miyawaki, and known professionally as Mitski, is an American singer-songwriter. She Self-publishing, self-released her first two albums, ''Lush (Mitski album), Lush'' (2012), and '' ...

* Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band * Nurses * On Fillmore *

Phoebe Bridgers Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter. Her indie folk music typically centers on acoustic guitar and Electronic music, electronic production, with melancholic lyrical themes. She has won four Grammy Aw ...

* Phosphorescent * Ryley Walker * Scowl *

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* Sloppy Jane * Slowdive *

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* Sun Airway * The Donkeys *

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* The Luyas *

The Tallest Man on Earth Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the Indepen ...

These Are Powers These Are Powers was an American experimental music group from Brooklyn, New York and Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band mixes polyrhythm with samples and other electronic sounds and noise rock. History These Are Powers were an avant-g ...

* Tom Rogerson * Toro y Moi *

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* White Hinterland

References

External links

Dead Oceans official website
{{Authority control American independent record labels Indie rock record labels Alternative rock record labels Record labels established in 2007 Indie pop record labels 2007 establishments in Indiana

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