Minty Fresh is a Chicago-based

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 ...

, founded in 1993 by Jim Powers with Anthony Musiala. The label is known for launching the careers of

Veruca Salt Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro and bassist Steve Lack. They are best known for their first single, " Seether", th ...

. They also gave the Swedish band

The Cardigans The Cardigans is a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1992 by guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. Post-hiatus shows sin ...

their first US release and released the debut single by

Liz Phair Elizabeth Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to start a musical career ...

. They also run the "Mini Fresh" label which produces children's music.

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All India Radio All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All ...

The Aluminum Group The Aluminum Group is an American pop band from Chicago, Illinois centered on brothers John and Frank Navin. The band has released eight albums, on various record labels including Minty Fresh, Hefty, Wishing Tree, and P-Vine. History The Navin b ...

* Lindsay Anderson * Astrid Swan * Axe Riverboy * Bark Bark Disco *

Beangrowers Beangrowers are a Maltese three-piece indie rock band consisting of Alison Galea (vocals and guitar), Mark Sansone (bass guitar) and Ian Schranz (drums and Electronic music, noise). All three were born in 1977 in St. Julian's, Malta. The member ...

Bettie Serveert Bettie Serveert is a Dutch indie rock band. The name translates to "Bettie Serves", or "Service to Bettie", which is the title of a book written by Dutch tennis player Betty Stöve, who made it to the Wimbledon Ladies Singles final in 1977. ...

* The Children's Hour * Andrew Deadman * Desperate Journalist * Doktor Kosmos * Drew Andrews * Every Good Boy *

Ezra Furman and the Harpoons Ezra Furman and the Harpoons were a four-piece rock band active between 2006 and 2011. The band consisted of Ezra Furman (vocals, guitar), Job Mukkada (bass guitar), Adam Abrutyn (Drum kit, drums), and Andrew Langer (guitar). They formed at Tufts ...

* Firefox AK * Floraline * Fonda * Friend + Doktor Kosmos * Fugu * The Hit Parade *

HushPuppies HushPuppies is a French garage rock and indie rock band influenced by the various bands of the 1960s. Members of the group live in Paris, France, although originate from Perpignan and Bordeaux. Members * Singer: Olivier Jourdan * Guitar: Cyr ...

Husky Rescue Husky Rescue is a Finnish electronic music band from Helsinki, formed in 2002. The group consists of Marko Nyberg, Johanna Kalén, and Antony Bentley. History 2002–2010 Husky Rescue was formed by Marko Nyberg, who began composing under the n ...

Ivy ''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and ...

* Kahimi Karie *

Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented wi ...

Komeda Komeda is a Swedish pop/indie band from Umeå. They were initially called Cosma Komeda, named in honour of composer Vladimir Cosma and jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate ...

* The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group * Light FM * The Living Blue *

* Love Jones *

Mastretta Mastretta Cars is a Mexican car maker and design studio established by industrial designer Daniel Mastretta in Mexico City in 1987. During the 1990s, Mastretta developed a small number of kit cars under the brands Tecnoidea and Unediseño, but ...

* Melony * Mike Scott * Miou Miou * Musique Le Pop *

The Orange Peels The Orange Peels is an American rock band that has its roots in the international indie-pop and indie-rock movements of the 1990s. Throughout seven albums, the group has extended its pop sensibilities beyond the borders of those genres to explo ...

Papas Fritas Papas Fritas (typically stylized as pApAs fritAs) was an American indie rock band that formed in 1992 and released three studio albums before breaking up in 2000. The band's name is Spanish for "fried potatoes" (specifically " French fries" in A ...

* The Poems *

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* Sepiatone * Sarah Shannon *

Sébastien Schuller Sébastien Schuller (born 26 August 1970) is a French singer, songwriter and film score composer living in Philadelphia. His film scores include '' Toi et Moi '', '' Notre univers impitoyable'', '' Un Jour d'Été'', '' One O One'' and ''High Soci ...

* Sleep Thieves * Soy Un Caballo * Stump The Host * Suburban Kids with Biblical Names * The Sugarplastic *

Tahiti 80 Tahiti 80 are a French indie pop band from Rouen. The group was founded in 1992 by Xavier Boyer, Pedro Resende, Médéric Gontier and Sylvain Marchand. History Singer and guitarist Boyer and bassist Resende formed the pop combo as students at ...

* Trost *

The Waterboys The Waterboys are a folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Mike Scott has remained ...

* White Shoes & The Couples Company * Zeshan B

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