Better Looking Records is a
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...
with offices in
Los Angeles
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and
San Diego
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. Founded in
1999
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, Paul Fischer, who DJ'd at
KXLU
KXLU (88.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting out of Loyola Marymount University in southwest Los Angeles, California. It was first on the air in 1957, and in 2007, celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is a non-commercial college radio statio ...
college radio station in Los Angeles and worked at
crank! Records
crank! A Record Company was an independent record label which was started by Jeff Matlow in September 1994. The label "played a huge role in the spreading of emo in the mid-’90s", according to ''Alternative Press (magazine), Alternative Press'' ...
, partnered with Dave Brown who ran
Holiday Matinee Publicity and Muddle fanzine. The label grew with each release and is now a part of the
EastWest Records
East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in London, England.
History
Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with th ...
/ADA family of labels.
Artists
See also
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List of record labels
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Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ...
External links
Official site
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American record labels
Record labels established in 1999
1999 establishments in California