Damnably is a small independent record label and music publisher based in

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, which also organises live events and tours for its roster of acts.

History

The label was founded in 2006 by George Gargan, of the band

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. He was later joined by filmmaker Janice Li. The label's first release was a single by Former Utopia, and its first high-profile signing was

Shonen Knife Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional lyr ...

. The label has specialized in signing international bands, particularly from Asia. Gargan and Li were married in the late 2010s, and several Damnably artists released songs to commemorate the event. Damnably is a member of the Association of Independent Music and PRS for Music Limited.

Artists

Damnably has released records and/or provided promotion for the following artists: * Bellini *

Bitch Magnet Bitch Magnet was an American post-hardcore band who formed in 1986 at Oberlin College in Ohio and later moved to North Carolina, United States. They released their first record in 1988. All of the band's albums were released on Communion Records ...

Kath Bloom Katherine Bloom is an American folk songwriter based in Litchfield, Connecticut. Biography The daughter of oboist Robert Bloom, Bloom grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, where she studied the cello as a child and started playing the guitar when ...

* Bottomless Pit * Chris Brokaw *

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* Dick Dale * Julie Doiron *

Drinking Boys and Girls Choir Drinking Boys and Girls Choir (DBGC) is a three-piece punk band from Daegu, a conservative city in southeastern South Korea, currently consisting of band members Meena Bae (bass & vocals), Myeong-jin Kim (drums & vocals) and Megan Nisbet (guitar & ...

Geoff Farina Karate is an American band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy, with Jeff Goddard joining in 1995. The band split up in 2005 before reuniting in 2022. The band is chara ...

* David Grubbs *

Hazy Sour Cherry Hazy Sour Cherry is a four-piece indie rock band from Tokyo, Japan. The band members were prominent in the Tokyo indie music scene before, being members of other various bands before forming the indie supergroup Hazy Sour Cherry in 2018. Their c ...

MJ Hibbett Mark John ("MJ") Hibbett (born 19 June 1970) is an English guitarist singer-songwriter, often compared to Billy BraggJoel RL Phelps and the Downer Trio Joel RL Phelps (born 1966) is an American musician and songwriter originally from Montana, known for his work with the indie rock bands Silkworm and The Downer Trio. Phelps has played with Pacific Northwest bands such as Ein Heit, which he joined ...

Lazarus Clamp Lazarus Clamp are an English band punk rock band, formed in Leicester in 1994, known for keeping a low profile and for its humorous live performances. History The band's debut single "Sea Sore Songs" was released on Amberley/Cleverlegs. The ba ...

Lonelady Julie Campbell, known as LoneLady, is a music artist from Manchester, England, influenced by the post-punk era, but later integrating dance and funk influences. She first started making music on a 4-track cassette recorder in her towerblock flat i ...

PW Long Preston Wright Long III (aka Preston Cleveland) is an American musician, journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is best known as lead singer and guitar player for the groups Wig, Mule and P.W. Long's Reelfoot; most of his recorded work has been r ...

* Jason Molina *

Otoboke Beaver is a Japanese punk rock band from Kyoto, formed in 2009. The band currently consists of singer Accorinrin, guitarist Yoyoyoshie, bassist Hirochan, and drummer Kahokiss. Their most recent album '' Super Champon'' was released in May 2022. Biog ...

Say Sue Me Say Sue Me () is an indie rock band from Busan, South Korea, currently consisting of members Sumi Choi, Byungkyu Kim, Sungwan Lim, and Jaeyoung Kim. The group formed in 2012 and has released three full-length albums: ''We've Sobered Up'' (2014), ...

Scrawl Scrawl was an American indie rock trio based in Columbus, Ohio, and active from the mid-1980s. History The band formed in 1985, originally under the name Skull. The founding members were Marcy Mays (lead vocals, guitar, songwriting), Sue Harsh ...

* Benjamin Shaw *

Spraydog Spraydog are an English band that formed in 1994 in Chester-le-Street and Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Biography Formed around 1994, Spraydog have released five studio albums, (4 on their own Ferric Mordant label), nine EPs on Beautiful Pige ...

* Stinking Lizaveta * Damo Suzuki *

Thee More Shallows Thee More Shallows is a three-piece experimental indie rock band based in San Francisco, California. It was formed in 2001. The band consists of Dee (ne David) Kesler, Chavo Fraser and Jason Gonzales. History The three musicians who would come to ...

Uzeda Uzeda is an Italian underground rock group founded in Catania, Sicily, in 1987 by lead singer Giovanna Cacciola, guitarists Agostino Tilotta and Giovanni Nicosia, bassist Raffaele Gulisano and drummer Davide Oliveri. Steve Albini met the band a ...

* Shannon Wright * Wussy

References

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