Kanine Records is an

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based in the Williamsburg section of

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, New York started at the end of 2002 by Lio and Kay Kanine. Their first release, ''NY: The Next Wave'', was a 20 track compilation featuring mostly unsigned and emerging acts from the area. From there, they started to sign local bands and release CD EPs, 12-inch vinyl and eventually full-length records. The label remains independent and continues to grow due to the ongoing success of artists like

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, and Surfer Blood. Recent and upcoming releases include albums by The Natvral (Kip Berman from

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart were an American indie pop band from New York City, formed in 2007. The band centered around founding member and principal songwriter Kip Berman (vocals, guitar). In the band's final iteration, Berman was joined ...

Pearl Charles Pearl Charles (born May 11, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Her sound is a melding of 1960s rock and 1970s cosmic country. Education Pearl Charles earned a BFA in music from CalArts. Music Pearl Charles go ...

, Hoorsees, Lucid Express, and VEPS.

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Current artists

*Agent blå *

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*Diary * Eternal Summers * Fear of Men *Garden Centre *

Hockey Dad Hockey Dad is an Australian surf rock band from Windang, New South Wales, Australia. The band consists of two members, drummer Billy Fleming and vocalist and guitarist Zach Stephenson. History The band was founded in 2013, although the member ...

*Honey Cutt *Honey Lung *Hoorsees *Las Robertas * Living Hour *Lucid Express *Nicole Yun *

*Pinact *

Splashh Splashh were an Anglo-Australian indie rock band, formed in 2012 in Hackney, East London. The band was composed of frontman and guitarist Sasha Frantz Carlson, guitarist/synth player Taddeo "Toto" Vivian MacDonald, bassist Thomas Beal, and syn ...

*Skywave * Surfer Blood *Tallies *

The Blow The Blow is an American electro pop band, comprising Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne. Maricich and Dyne write, compose, produce and perform all the music. It was formed as a solo project by Maricich in 2002, and she was joined by Jona Bechtol ...

* The Depreciation Guild *The Natvral * Veps *

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*Weeping Icon *Young Prisms

Former artists

*Blind Man's Colour * Beach Day (band) *

Beverly (band) Beverly is an American, Brooklyn-based band that formed in 2013. They began recording their debut LP, ''Careers'', in 2013 and finished in early 2014. It was released on July 1, 2014 on Williamsburg-based Kanine Records. Beverly's original li ...

* Bleeding Rainbow * Dinowalrus *Dream Diary * Drink Up Buttercup * Expert Alterations *Flowers * Four Volts *Grooms *Holy Hail *The iOs *The Izzys * Jean on Jean *Leave The Planet *

Mixel Pixel Mixel Pixel was a music/video project based in Brooklyn, New York, active from 1995-2009. Formed in December 1995 in rural Minnesota, Mixel Pixel soon released their first home recorded 4 track cassettes, Lez Puff, Pastelogram, and Basement Mom. ...

*Mommy and Daddy * Northern State *

Oxford Collapse Oxford Collapse were an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band’s lineup included Michael Pace on vocals and guitars, Dan Fetherston on drums, and Adam Rizer on bass and vocals. History Oxford Collapse first released a limit ...

*Pepper Rabbit *

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Professor Murder Professor Murder is a dance-punk quartet from New York City that mixes synthesizers and percussion-based compositions in a method that has drawn comparison to post-punk and new wave bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. They released their cr ...

*Rockethouse * September Girls *Shock Cinema *The Flesh *Valleys *Viernes *ZAZA

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