ITAV works with many other musicians, labels, venues, and organizations. This page is a depot for links to all the creative people we have the privilege of sharing ideas and efforts with.
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"Independent musicians, labels, and listeners come together to support Wikileaks in its struggle against corporate America's unofficial sanctions. The music offered here has been donated by the artists in support of Wikileaks. All of the proceeds from this album will be donated to Wikileaks." -- C.J. Boyd
This compilation changes every Sunday -- songs appear, songs disappear, the order changes... it's a living, breathing document in support of shining a bright, bright light into the dark spaces of the world to expose abuses of power and privilege. Includes an exclusive Stargrazer song, "Ecliptical Ovoidance," as well as a bounty of great tracks from Joileah Thalmann, Wick-it The Instigator, C.J. Boyd, Molotov Folktale, and much more.
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AvE is a label based in Lansing, Michigan. Releases are made on the web, on handmade cassettes & CD-Rs, and we also do the occasional proper pressing. AvE artists make material available for free download on this site and on last.fm.
The birthing ground of many a great act in Lansing, mid-Michigan, and beyond, BMP started out as a scrappy punk label/promotional endeavor and has since blossomed into a one-stop booking agency/record label/hive for bands like The Cartridge Family, Cavalcade, Cheap Girls, Fisherking, The Dogs, Wastelander and more. Tireless art guerillas, caped crusaders, they've got it all.
Earthwork MusicA socially conscious Michigan-based musician collective centered around traditional instrumentation and forward-looking songcraft. The Earthwork Music collective believes in the intrinsic and historical power of music to raise both community and self-awareness and serves to facilitate and encourage original music in the state of Michigan and beyond. Their roster includes Breathe Owl Breathe, Chris Dorman, Gifts Or Creatures, Jen Sygit, Joshua Davis, Steppin' In It, Luke Winslow-King, Sam Corbin, Rachael Davis, May Erlewine and Seth Bernard.
Home label to Viking Moses!, Mother McKenzie, David Garland, Teenage Mysticism, and more. If you like a little Elephant 6 with your Leonard Cohen, a little grit in your beauty, and songwriters who write songs -- real songs, then look here.
GTG RecordingsLansing, MI-based label and musical collective. Tireless promoters of Michigan's original music -- especially of the sort that rocks, rolls, and steals souls. Home of The Plurals, The Break-Ups, Drinking Mercury, Small Houses, Narc Out The Reds, The Hat Madder, Stargrazer, CrookedSound, Frank & Earnest, Jason Alarm, Josh David & The Dream Jeans, The Hunky Newcomers, Honah Lee, etc.
Lower Peninsula Records is a vinyl-only label based in Lansing Michigan which ITAV assists from time to time with LP layouts and flier design.
LPR's catalog includes long-players from Frontier Ruckus, Sunil Sawani, and Husband And Wife, as well as shorter form (EPs/7"/etc.) from The Drinking Problem, Gold Teeth Gold Teeth, The Sights, and more! Craft and quality are the foremost criteria at Lower Peninsula. LPR's helmsman John Krohn is also the mastering engineer behind most of ITAV's output.
Home of a string of heavy, earthen bands from Bath, MI and the Lansing area, Madlantis has been paying its dues since the late 1990s with a sweltering miasma of bands like BerT, Dr. Device, Red Teeth, Ghoulie, and Hordes.
Silver Maple Kill is the home to the seething sounds of MK Ultra Culkin, Gaytar, Croatone, the mighty Jackpine Snag, Fade To Black, Edible Intention, and the genre-hopping volumes of the No F@#king Egos, This Is Lansing compilations. Helmed by drummer Todd Karinen, SMK seems to be picking up more steam and gaining traction with a string of fantastic, teeth-rattling releases slated for this year!
