Secret City Records is a

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based in

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. The music label was founded in 2006 by Andrew Rose and Justin West, originally as sublabel of

Justin Time Records Justin Time Records is a Canadian record company and independent record label founded in Montreal by Jim West. It was established in 1983 and specialises in jazz and blues. Although Justin Time initially recorded Canadian musicians such as Olive ...

. It became fully independent in late 2008. Artists who have released material on Secret City include Patrick Watson,

Miracle Fortress Miracle Fortress is a Canadian indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. The band's studio work is primarily a solo, project of songwriter Graham Van Pelt, who is accompanied by the rest of the band during live shows. Band history Van Pelt, a m ...

Plants and Animals Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal (featuring two members originally from Nova Scotia) which comprises guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woody Woodley. The trio began playin ...

, Diamond Rings,

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, Basia Bulat,

Thus Owls Thus Owls is a Swedish people, Swedish-Canadians, Canadian experimental indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, consisting of husband and wife duo Simon and Erika Angell,Ben Rayner"Thus Owls is the ‘must-see’ band at North by Northeast" ''T ...

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, and

The Barr Brothers The Barr Brothers is an indie folk band founded in Montreal, Quebec in 2006, consisting of two American brothers Andrew (drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards) and Brad Barr (guitar, vocals), as well as bassist Morgan Moore, pedal steel guitaris ...

. The label has also been the Canadian distributor for albums by

The Go! Team The Go! Team are an English six-piece band from Brighton, England. The band initially began as a solo project conceived by Ian Parton; however, after the unexpected success of The Go! Team's debut album, '' Thunder, Lightning, Strike'', Parton r ...

. A number of albums released on the label have gone on to be shortlisted for the

Polaris Music Prize The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award was established in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize; the prize was incr ...

.Sarah Liss
"Independent’s day: Montreal’s Secret City Records is Canada’s hottest new label"
cbc.ca, April 2, 2008. Patrick Watson's ''

Close to Paradise ''Close to Paradise'' is the second studio album by Patrick Watson, released on September 26, 2006. On September 24, 2007, the album won the Polaris Music Prize, after reaching the finals alongside such other albums as ''Neon Bible'' (Arcade Fire ...

'' was the prize winner in 2007, a year in which Miracle Fortress' '' Five Roses'' was also shortlisted, and in 2008 both Basia Bulat's '' Heart of My Own'' and Plants and Animals' ''

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'' were shortlisted for the prize, while Patrick Watson's ''

Wooden Arms ''Wooden Arms'' is the third album by Patrick Watson, released April 28, 2009 on Secret City Records.

'' was shortlisted in 2009.

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* Canadian independent record labels Companies based in Montreal Indie rock record labels Quebec record labels Record labels established in 2006 {{Canada-corp-stub

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