City Slang

City Slang is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany.

City Slang
Founded	1990
Founder	Christof Ellinghaus
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop
Country of origin	Berlin, Germany
Official website	cityslang.com

History

The independent music label City Slang was founded in 1990 as a European outpost for American indie rock. Thirty years later, the imprint represents a diverse roster of distinctive and passionate artists from around the world. Since 1990, City Slang has been home to Yo La Tengo, Hole, Lambchop, Caribou, Noga Erez, José González, Boy Harsher and many more.

It was named after the song "City Slang" by Sonic's Rendezvous Band.

Artists

Current roster

List of current artists, adapted from the City Slang website.^[1]

A Au Suisse Erika M. Anderson B Lou Barlow Bayonne Los Bitchos Boss Hog Built to Spill Boy Harsher C Calexico Calexico and Iron & Wine Caribou (Dan Snaith) Ian Chang Casper Clausen COMA D Dear Reader McKinley Dixon Kevin Drew E Efterklang El Perro Del Mar Eleventh Dream Day Noga Erez F Faux Real Fazer Freakwater G Get Well Soon (band) [[[Kenneth James Gibson]] Laura Gibson Gold Panda José González (singer) Grandbrothers

H Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) Anna von Hausswolff Health Herman Dune Hole (band) I Imarhan J Jakuzi Jawbox Junior Boys Junip K KAINA Sophia Kennedy King Hannah L Lambchop Lambrini Girls Liima M Dan Mangan Moon Duo Sen Morimoto Augustus Muller N Nada Surf The Notwist P El Perro del Mar Pom Pom Squad Port O'Brien Jessica Pratt

R Radio 4 (band) Roosevelt Royal Bangs S Anna B Savage Schneider TM Sebadoh Selling Sinkane sir Was Softee Son Lux Sprints Superchunk T Cortney Tidwell Timber Timbre Tindersticks To Rococo Rot Tortoise (band) Trans Am (band) V Vera Sola Waleed White Denim Why? (American band) WIVES Wye Oak (band) Y Yo La Tengo Z Zouj

Full roster

A Arcade Fire Au Suisse The Album Leaf B Lou Barlow And His Sentridoh Bayonne Big Ray Blackmail Black Mountain Black Yaya Boss Hog Boy Harsher Broken Social Scene Built To Spill Don Caballero C Calexico Caribou Cell Ken Chambers Ian Chang Chavez Vic Chesnutt CocoRosie COMA Combustible Edison Cosmic Psychos Cristobal And The Sea D Das Damen Dear Reader Dave Depper Dim Stars McKinley Dixon Kevin Drew

E Efterklang Eight Frozen Modules Justine Electra Eleventh Dream Day El Perro Del Mar EMA Noga Erez The Experimental Pop Band F The Faint Fazer The Flaming Lips Freakwater G Gallon Drunk Sue Garner Get Well Soon Benjamin Gibbard Laura Gibson Gold Panda Goldrush José González Grandbrothers Guided By Voices H Hauschka Lee Hazlewood Health HeCTA Herman Dune Hole I Imarhan

J Jakuzi Jawbox Jessica Pratt Junior Boys Junip The Jal-Alai Savant K KAINA Sophia Kennedy King Hannah The Kingsbury Manx Kort L Lackthereof Lambchop Lambrini Girls Larmousse Lemonheads Liima Los Bitchos Love Child Love Inks M Malajube Dan Mangan J Mascis + The Fog Menomena Moon Duo Sen Morimoto The Most Serene Republic Alexi Murdoch N nAbi Nada Surf Naytronix The Notwist

O O'Death On An On P Norman Palm Barbara Panther Panthers Alden Penner Pick A Piper Pink Mountaintops Pom Pom Squad Poolside Port O'Brien Jessica Pratt R Radio 4 Roosevelt Royal Bangs S Salaryman Anna B Savage Schneider TM Seam Sebadoh Selling Sharon Stoned Sink Sinkane sir Was Skunk Smog Softee Son Lux Sophia Sprints Stuart A. Staples Stars St. Thomas Superchunk Sylvan Esso

T Techno Animal Cortney Tidwell Timber Timbre Tindersticks To Rococo Rot Tortoise Toy Fight Trans Am Tu Fawning U Unsane V Vera Sola Anna Von Hausswolff W Waleed Waters Wheat White Denim Why? WIVES Wuhling Wye Oak Y Yo La Tengo Z Zouj

See also

• List of record labels