Kanine Records is an

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based in the Williamsburg section of

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, New York started at the end of 2002 by Lio and Kay Kanine. Their first release, ''NY: The Next Wave'', was a 20 track compilation featuring mostly unsigned and emerging acts from the area. From there, they started to sign local bands and release CD EPs, 12-inch vinyl and eventually full-length records. The label remains independent and continues to grow due to the ongoing success of artists like

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, and

Surfer Blood Surfer Blood are an American indie rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, currently signed to Kanine Records, formerly signed to Joyful Noise Recordings and Warner Bros. Records. The band currently consists of four members: J ...

. Recent and upcoming releases include albums by The Natvral (Kip Berman from

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an American indie pop band from New York City. The band was formed by Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), Peggy Wang (keyboards, vocals), Alex Naidus (bass), and Kurt Feldman (drums) in 2007. Their current lineup i ...

Pearl Charles Pearl Charles (born May 11, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Her sound is a melding of 1960s rock and 1970s cosmic country. Education Pearl Charles earned a BFA in music from CalArts. Music Pearl Charles ...

, Hoorsees, Lucid Express, and VEPS.

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*Diary * Eternal Summers * Fear of Men *Garden Centre *

Hockey Dad Hockey Dad is an Australian Surf music, surf rock band from Windang, New South Wales. The duo consists of drummer Billy Fleming and vocalist and guitarist Zach Stephenson. Since 2013, they have released one Extended play, EP, ''Dreamin' (EP), D ...

*Honey Cutt *Honey Lung *Hoorsees *Las Robertas *

Living Hour Living Hour is a Canadian indie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. History Living Hour formed in 2013, with their first release being a The White Stripes cover. In 2015, the band released their first song on a four way split. The following year, ...

*Lucid Express *Nicole Yun *

*Pinact *

Splashh Splashh were an Anglo-Australian indie rock band, formed in 2012 in Hackney, East London. The band was composed of frontman and guitarist Sasha Frantz Carlson, guitarist/synth player Taddeo "Toto" Vivian MacDonald, bassist Thomas Beal, and syn ...

*Skywave *

*Tallies *

The Blow The Blow is an American electro pop band, comprising Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne. Maricich and Dyne write, compose, produce and perform all the music. It was formed as a solo project by Maricich in 2002, and she was joined by Jona Bechtolt ...

The Depreciation Guild The Depreciation Guild was an American dream pop and shoegaze band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2005 by lead vocalist and songwriter Kurt Feldman and guitarist Adrian Hashizume. Before disbanding, their lineup included Feldman, Christoph H ...

*The Natvral * Veps *

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*Weeping Icon *Young Prisms

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*Blind Man's Colour *

Beach Day (band) Beach Day are a rock band based in Hollywood, Florida. The duo consists of Kimmy Drake (guitars/vocals) and Skyler Black (drums). The duo met at a local show and bonded over their love of 60's girl groups and a common desire to be in a band tha ...

Beverly (band) Beverly is a Brooklyn-based American pop rock band that formed in 2013. They began recording their debut LP, ''Careers'', in 2013 and finished in early 2014. It was released on July 1, 2014, on Williamsburg-based Kanine Records. Beverly's ori ...

Bleeding Rainbow Bleeding Rainbow was an American, Philadelphia-based indie rock band, originally composed of singer/bassist Sarah Everton—also the drummer when they played as Reading Rainbow— and singer/guitarist Rob Garcia, though the group was expanded to ...

Dinowalrus Dinowalrus is an American band from Brooklyn, New York, formed by Titus Andronicus guitarist Peter Feigenbaum. The band have released four albums and toured internationally. History The group was formed in 2007 by vocalist/guitarist Pete Feigen ...

*Dream Diary *

Drink Up Buttercup Drink Up Buttercup was an American band from Philadelphia. Band members were James Harvey (vocals), Mike Cammarata (drums), Farzad Houshiarnejad (organs, bass, guitar, percussion) and Ben Money (bass, organs, percussion). The band came together ...

* Expert Alterations *Flowers *

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*Grooms *Holy Hail *The iOs *The Izzys *

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*Leave The Planet *

Mixel Pixel Mixel Pixel was a music/video project based in Brooklyn, New York, active from 1995-2009. Formed in December 1995 in rural Minnesota, Mixel Pixel soon released their first home recorded 4 track cassettes, Lez Puff, Pastelogram, and Basement Mom ...

*Mommy and Daddy * Northern State * Oxford Collapse *Pepper Rabbit *

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Professor Murder Professor Murder is a dance-punk quartet from New York City that mixes synthesizers and percussion-based compositions in a method that has drawn comparison to post-punk and new wave bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. They released their c ...

*Rockethouse * September Girls *Shock Cinema *The Flesh *Valleys *Viernes *ZAZA

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