Teenage USA Recordings is a Canadian independent record label, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietro[1][2] in the fall of 1997 on the back of Klygo's Skull Geek record label and fanzine.
The label, based in Toronto, has released records by artists such as Elevator, Eric's Trip, The Weekend, Pecola, Gaffer, Smallmouth, Peaches, Stink Mitt, Dan Bryk, Kid Lunch, Thanatopop, Cecil Seaskull, Two-Minute Miracles, Lonnie James, Blood Meridian, Solar Baby, Robin Black, The Zoobombs, The Exploders, 122 Greige, The Killer Elite, Neck, and Mean Red Spiders.
Song Corporation bought into the label in 2000 and named Klygo and DiPietro as Song's Directors of Artistic Development.[3][4] Following Song's bankruptcy a year later, the pair regained ownership of their label and signed a distribution deal with Outside Music. Shortly thereafter, DiPietro took a job at Outside, running their in-house label in addition to teenage USA. Klygo took over as Festival Director at Canadian Music Week, as well as starting a new experimental gallery-salon space with artist Germaine Koh called (weewerk) that eventually became a record label.
Teenage USA Recordings discography
edit| Year | Artist | Title | Type | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Pecola | Dat Hoang EP | EP | teen 002 |
| Smallmouth | All Ports in Frequent Seas | teen001 | ||
| 1998 | Pecola/Smallmouth | Pecola / Smallmouth | 7" | teen 003 |
| Lonnie James | This Land is Your Land | CD | teen 004 | |
| Gaffer | Snow Falls Like Stars | teen 005 | ||
| Mean Red Spiders | Places You Call Home | teen 006 | ||
| Solarbaby | The Power of Negative Prayer | teen 007 | ||
| Cecil Seaskull | Whoever | teen 008 | ||
| Neck | Uncrated Distant Star EP | CD, EP | teen 009 | |
| 122 Greige | Moving Away from the Sun | CD | teen 010 | |
| The Two-Minute Miracles | Volume I | teen 012 | ||
| 1999 | Kid Lunch | Kid Lunch | teen 011 | |
| Lonnie James | Dee-O | teen-14 | ||
| Thanatopop | Four Track Mind | teen 015 | ||
| 2000 | Peaches | Peaches | CD, EP | teen017, teen 3017-2 |
| The Exploders | Who's Who & What's What | 7", EP | teen 020 | |
| Dan Bryk | Lovers Leap | CD | teen 021, teen 3021-2 | |
| The Weekend | The Weekend | teen 3016-2 | ||
| Robin Black & The Intergalactic Rock Stars | Star Shaped Single | CD, EP | teen 3018-2 | |
| Mean Red Spiders | Starsandsons | CD | teen 3019-2 | |
| Elevator | Taste of Complete Perspective | CD, LP | teen 3023 | |
| 2001 | Various | Ear Candy Song Sampler: January 2001 "Cherry" | CD | SEC01-01 |
| Gord Disley | Shots Fired | teen 024 | ||
| The Killer Elite | "End of a Whip / Talk About the City" | 7" | teen 026 | |
| The Exploders | New Variations | CD | teen 027 | |
| The Two-Minute Miracles | Volume II: Thirteen Songs from the House of Miracles | teen3022 | ||
| Eric's Trip | The Eric's Trip Show (Recorded Live in Concert 1991-1996) | teen-3025 | ||
| Zoobombs | Bomb You Live | teen 3028 | ||
| 2002 | Mean Red Spiders | Still Life Fast Moving | teen 3030 | |
| The Weekend | Teaser EP | CD, EP | teen 3029, teen 3034 (2003) | |
| 2003 | Great Lake Swimmers | Great Lake Swimmers | CD | teen 033 |
| Stinkmitt | Scratch 'N' Sniff | teen3031 | ||
| The Two-Minute Miracles | Volume III: The Silence of Animals | teen3032 | ||
| 2004 | Blood Meridian | We Almost Made It Home | teen 035 | |
| Stinkmitt | Biker Shorts (Remix) | 12" | teen 036 | |
| 2005 | The Weekend | Beatbox My Heartbeat | teen37 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Everett-Green, Robert. "Indies may hold key to the future", The Globe and Mail, 2002-04-13, p. R13.
- ^ Wilson, Carl. "The music born of creative misremembering", The Globe and Mail, 2000-10-12, p. R9.
- ^ Hayes, David (February 2002). "Song corpse: it seemed like the answer to the industry's prayers. Allan Gregg's record label promised to combine the artistic integrity of an indie with the corporate clout of a major", Toronto Life 36 (2): 76.
- ^ "Teen USA purchased by Song Corp". Chart. 2000-03-10. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
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