Outside Music
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Outside Music is a Canadian record label and distributor, founded by Lloyd Nishimura in 1995. In 2007, it expanded to include an artist management division which counts Jill Barber, Matthew Barber, One Hundred Dollars and Sunparlour Players as management clients.
The Outside Music Label has released a variety of albums; the first being in 2001 with The Sadies's Tremendous Efforts. During its 10 years of existence, the label has released albums by such noted artists as Billy Bragg, Tinariwen, The Super Friendz, and the soundtrack to the hit indie film The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico. In 2010, The Sadies's Darker Circles and The Besnard Lakes's The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night appeared on the Polaris Music Prize shortlist while in 2011, Little Scream's The Golden Record, Sloan's The Double Cross, Black Mountain's Wilderness Heart and One Hundred Dollars's Songs of Man all garnered Polaris long list nominations. Matthew Barber, Jill Barber, Oh Susanna, The Sadies and The Hylozoists have all received Juno Award nominations for albums released on the Outside Music Label
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Notable mentions and awards
- 2007 Jill Barber won Female Artist of the Year as well as Best Album of the Year for For All Time at the East Coast Music Awards. She also received nominations for Folk Recording of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for the song "Don't Go Easy"
- 2008 Jill Barber was nominated for New Artist of the Year and her album For All Time; nominated in the solo category for Roots and Traditional Album at the Junos.
- 2008 The Sadies were nominated for a Juno Award for Best Roots/Traditional Band for the album New Seasons.
- 2009 Matthew Barber received Juno nomination for the record "Ghost Notes" in the Roots & Traditional Album Of the Year: Solo category.
- 2009 Jill Barber's Chances long listed for a Polaris Music Prize.
- 2009 Jill Barber won two East Coast Music Awards for her album Chances; Jazz Recording of the Year and Female Solo Recording of the Year.
- 2009 Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains was nominated for Indie Video of the Year category at the Much Music Video Awards for "Who Do We Care For?"
- 2010 Tinariwen's album Imidiwan: Companions took the prize for best album in the 2010 Uncut Music Award.
- 2010 Tinariwen performed for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics at the Orpheum in Vancouver.
- 2010 The Besnard Lakes nominated for the SOCAN ECHO Prize for songwriting.
- 2010 The Sadies appeared on the Junos telecast in a tribute to The Band alongside longtime collaborator and The band co-founder Garth Hudson.
- 2011 The Sadies's album Darker Circles was nominated for Best Album and they took home the Folk/Roots Group of the Year award at the Canadian Music Fest Indies. Additionally Black Mountain was nominated in the Best Rock Album category for Wilderness Heart.
- 2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List nominees included label roster artists Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart, Little Scream - The Golden Record, One Hundred Dollars - Songs of Man, Sloan - The Double Cross.
- 2011 Matthew Barber's song "Where the River Bends" was used by Hockey Night in Canada in a video honouring the NHL players who had died in the summer.
- 2012 Sloan's album "The Double Cross" was nominated for a Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year
- 2013 Rose Cousins's album We Have Made a Spark won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year, Solo
- 2013 Justin Rutledge's album Valleyheart won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of The Year
- 2014 Justin Rutledge's album Valleyheart won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of The Year, Solo
- 2015 Jenn Grant's album Compostela was nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Best Songwriter of the Year at Juno Awards.
Current artists
- Jill Barber
- Matthew Barber
- The Besnard Lakes
- Folly and the Hunter
- Aidan Knight
- Little Scream
- Oh Susanna
- One Hundred Dollars
- Justin Rutledge
- The Sadies
- Sloan
- Sunparlour Players
- Leif Vollebekk
Label alumni
- Baby Eagle
- King Cobb Steelie
- Blood Meridian
- Sebastien Grainger
- Dog Day
- Woolly Leaves
- Tinariwen
- Rebekah Higgs
- Rock Plaza Central
- Billy Bragg
- The Weekend
- The Wailin' Jennys
Labels distributed through Outside
- 604 Records (vinyl releases only)
- ACT
- anticon
- Aporia Records
- Asthmatic Kitty
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Ba Da Bing!
- Bella Union
- Big Dada
- Barsuk
- Blue Corn Music
- Bongo Beat
- Boompa Records
- Burger Records
- Butterscotch Records
- Canyon Records
- Cellar Live
- Chronograph Records
- Constellation
- Cornerstone Records
- Crammed Discs
- Dead Daisy Records
- Do Right! Music
- Domino
- Electro-Fi Records
- Fat Cat Records
- Fat Possum Records
- File Under: Music
- Flemish Eye
- Hardly Art
- Indica
- Jazz Cellar Café
- Kelp Records
- Kill Rock Stars
- Light In The Attic
- Metropolis
- Milagro
- Merge Records
- Mint Records
- Ninja Tune
- NorthernBlues Music
- Outside Music
- Paper Bag Records
- Red House Records
- S.P.A.C.E
- Sacred Bones
- Saddle Creek Records
- Saved By Radio
- Six Degrees
- Songlines
- Soul Jazz
- Standard Form
- Sub Pop
- The Control Group
- Thirsty Ear
- Valley Entertainment
- Vinyl Cafe
- weewerk
- White Swan Records
- White Whale Records
- Wichita
- Windham Hill
- Yep Roc
- You've Changed Records
- Zunior
International independent artists, such as Aimee Mann, Oneida and Billy Bragg, have also distributed material in Canada through Outside Music.
