Afternoon Records Explained
Afternoon Records is a record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The label was founded by Ian Anderson and Michael M. Sandstedt in 2003, the year Anderson graduated from high school.[1] [2] He wanted to create a platform for his high school band Aneuretical and others.[3] [4] Afternoon Records is distributed by Warner Music Group.
Ian Anderson's own band One for the Team was on the label.[5]
Bands
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Current bands
Past bands
- A Night In The Box
- A False Notion
- Aneuretical
- The Battle Royale
- The Coast
- Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble
- Ela
- God Damn Doo Wop Band
- Haley Bonar
- Hello Blue
- I, Colossus
- Kurmudgeon
- Linus
- Look Down
- Mouthful of Bees
- Night Moves
- Now, Now
- The Plagarists
- Red Fox Grey Fox
- Spiritual Mansions
- Squareshooters
- Superdanger
- Target Market
- Topwise
- Towers Thick Walls
- Viceburgh
- The Wars of 1812
- We Shot The Moon
- Young Dudes
Discography
- AR075 The Poison Control Center - Stranger Ballet (06/07/2011)
- AR074 Dolfish - Your Love Is Bummin' Me Out (June 2011)
- AR073 We All Have Hooks for Hands - Girls EP
- AR072 Yellow Ostrich - The Mistress
- AR071 Pomegranates - One of Us
- AR070 The Poison Control Center - Sad Sour Future
- AR069 Tarlton - Evergreens
- AR068 One for the Team - Hard for You
- AR067 One for the Team - Ghosts
- AR066 Ten Centuries - White Pines
- AR065 Afternoon Records - Autumn Mixtape 2009
- AR064 We Shot the Moon - A Silver Lining
- AR063 We Shot the Moon - The Bright Side
- AR062 John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt (Vinyl Reissue)
- AR061 John Vanderslice - Cellar Door (Vinyl Reissue)
- AR060 John Vanderslice - Life and Death of an American Fourtracker (Vinyl Reissue)
- AR059 John Vanderslice - Time Travel Is Lonely (Vinyl Reissue)
- AR058 We All Have Hooks for Hands - The Shape of Energy
- AR057 Sissy Wish - Beauties Never Die
- AR056 Target Market - Up on the Moon
- AR055 Mouthful of Bees - Mouthful of Bees
- AR054 The Coast - Expatriate
- AR053 One for the Team - Build a Garden EP
- AR052 Tarlton - The Papa These EP
- AR051 Aneuretical - When You Were A Kid (reissue)
- AR050 Hail On - A compilation celebrating the release of 50 records, 2003–2008
- AR049 The Poison Control Center - Make Love a Star EP
- AR048 Now, Now Every Children - Cars[7]
- AR047 Spiritual Mansions - Touched
- AR046 The Poison Control Center - Give It a Try/When the World Sleeps 7"
- AR045 One for the Team - Build It Up
- AR044 Haley Bonar - Big Star
- AR043 A Night in the Box - Write a Letter
- AR042 Now, Now Every Children - In the City EP
- AR041 The Wars of 1812 - Status Quo Ante Bellum
- AR040 Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble - Crescent Moon Is in Big Trouble EP
- AR039 Now, Now Every Children - Not One, But Two EP
- AR038 The Battle Royale - Wake Up, Thunderbabe
- AR037 I, Colossus - I, Colossus
- AR036 The Poison Control Center - A Collage of Impressions
- AR035 Young Dudes - Young Dudes LP
- AR034 The Poison Control Center - Glory Us EP
- AR033 Spiritual Mansions - Give Us Your Hearts
- AR032 We All Have Hooks For Hands - The Pretender
- AR031 Mouthful of Bees - The End
- AR030 Ela - Real Blood on Fake Trees
- AR029 Target Market - No Thrills
- AR028 Haley Bonar - Lure the Fox
- AR027 A Night in the Box - The Hustle, The Prayer, The Thief
- AR026 The Battle Royale - Sparkledust Fantasy
- AR025 The God Damn Doo Wop Band - Broken Hearts
- AR024 The Squareshooters - I Am the Keeper
- AR023 Aneuretical - Million Dollar Man
- AR022 One for the Team - Good Boys Don't Make Noise
- AR021 The Plagiarists - Veto!
- AR020 Viceburgh - Intense Excitement
- AR019 Superdanger - Fight Fight Fight
- AR018 Linus - Championships are won in the off-season
- AR017 The Squareshooters - ...Get Kick Out of High School
- AR016 Look Down - 24/7 Dance Force
- AR015 Hello Blue - What It Takes to Wake Up
- AR014 Towers Thick Walls - Towers Thick Walls
- AR013 Superdanger - Superdanger (EP)
- AR012 A False Notion - Somewhere Between Sleep and Awake
- AR011 Aneuretical - When You Were a Kid
- AR010 Kurmudgeon - Cables & Ties
- AR009 Look Down - The American Hustle (EP)
- AR008 Afternoon Records Compilation
- AR007 Aneuretical - Albumone
- AR006 The New Renaissance - The Sting of Revolution
- AR005 Nero - Nero
- AR004 Peace, Love & The Common Cold - Tanning in the Headlights (EP)
- AR003 Aneuretical - Can You Sleep Without Waking Up (EP)
- AR002 Topwise - Topwise (EP)
- AR001 The Genepicks - Weekend at Genepicks
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: How to run a record label on the cheap. 2009-09-05. Billboard. 9. en.
- Web site: On the run with Ian Anderson. 2021-04-08. MPR News. 12 November 2006 .
- Web site: On the Road with Ian Anderson. 2021-04-08. NBC Chicago. 30 October 2008 . en-US.
- Web site: 2009-09-14. Bandleader, record mogul, journalist, coffee fiend: The mad, mad, mad, mad world of Ian Anderson. live. 2021-04-08. Twin Cities Daily Planet. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224231616/https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/bandleader-record-mogul-journalist-coffee-fiend-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-ian-anderson/ . 2021-02-24 .
- Web site: Music: Never mind the bullets, here's Muja Messiah. 2021-04-08. Star Tribune.
- Web site: Artists at Afternoon Records . Afternoon Records.
- Now, Now Talks Emerging From 'Shroud of Darkness' to Make 'Saved'. 2021-04-08. Billboard. en.
