Woodsist is an American
independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...
founded in 2006 by Jeremy Earl of the band
Woods and based in
Stone Ridge, New York
Stone Ridge is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,173 at the 2010 census.
Stone Ridge is located in the Town of Marbletown, along US 209 where it overlaps NY 213.
History
The ...
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Artists
* Alex Bleeker and the Freaks
* Art Museums
*
The Babies
The Babies was an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York City.
History
In 2008, Kevin Morby of Woods and Cassie Ramone of the Vivian Girls shared a small apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn for a few months and wrote some songs. After meet ...
*
Blank Dogs
Blank Dogs is an American post-punk project from Brooklyn. It is a monicker for multi-instrumentalist Mike Sniper, who had previously played with DC Snipers.[Blues Control
Blues Control was an American experimental music duo from Queens, New York City.
Blues Control's members were Russ Waterhouse (guitar, electronics) and Lea Cho (keyboards). The group released music on a variety of formats, including vinyl, casset ...]
* The Christian Family Underground
* Cian Nugent
*
Crystal Stilts
Crystal Stilts is an American post-punk band from Brooklyn, New York City, United States, though their founding members, Brad Hargett and JB Townsend, were originally from Florida.
History
Crystal Stilts was formed in 2003 by Brad Hargett and JB ...
* The Doozer
*
Ducktails
* Eat Skull
*
Excepter
Excepter is an experimental music group from Brooklyn, founded in 2002 by No-Neck Blues Band member John Fell Ryan. They have released their work on labels such as Load Records and Animal Collective's Paw Tracks, and are known for their improvisa ...
*
Fergus & Geronimo
Fergus & Geronimo were an experimental rock band from Denton, Texas. The duo had a multi-genre approach to songwriting, with influences including soul, pop, proto-punk, garage rock and psychedelic pop.
The band started in late 2008 when Andrew ...
* The Folk Spectre
*
The Fresh & Onlys
The Fresh & Onlys are an American rock band. They were formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 2008 by Tim Cohen of Black Fiction, bassist Shayde Sartin and guitarist Wymond Miles. A year later they recruited drummer Kyle Gibson. ...
* Ganglians
* Golden Calves
*
Hand Habits
Meg Duffy is an American musician and guitarist who has played as a studio musician on records by The War on Drugs, Weyes Blood, Perfume Genius, Sasami, and William Tyler, among many others. Duffy was also a longtime member of Kevin Morby's li ...
* Herbcraft
* Idle Times
*
Jana Hunter
Jana Hunter is an American songwriter and musician based in Baltimore.
Early life
Hunter was born in Texas.
Recording and band membership
Hunter was signed to Gnomonsong, a record label run by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic. ...
* John Andrews & the Yawns
*
Jonathan Rado
Jonathan Rado is an American musician, record producer and engineer, best known as a multi-instrumentalist in the indie rock duo Foxygen. Rado is a native of Westlake Village, California, where he formed Foxygen with his classmate Sam France in 20 ...
*
Kevin Morby
Kevin Robert Morby (born April 2, 1988) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. A former member of Woods and the Babies, Morby has released seven solo studio albums: ''Harlem River'' (2013), '' Still Life'' (2014), ''Singing Saw'' (20 ...
*
Kurt Vile
Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during li ...
*
Little Wings
Kyle Field is an American musician who releases material under the moniker Little Wings.
Early life
Field was born in Alabama in 1972. As a child, his family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where his father worked as a coach for the UCL ...
* Loosers
*
Mac Demarco
MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV; April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut ''Rock and Roll Night C ...
* Magic Lantern
* Matt Kivel
* Matt "MV" Valentine
*
The Mayfair Set
''The Mayfair Set'', subtitled ''Four Stories about the Rise of Business and the Decline of Political Power'', is a BBC television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It explores the decline of Britain as a world power, the proliferatio ...
*
Meneguar
Meneguar was an indie rock band whose members had previously played under different arrangements and names, but which reached its current form in 2004 in Brooklyn, New York. The group released the albums ''I Was Born at Night'' and ''Strangers ...
* Meth Teeth
* Moon Duo
*
MV & EE
MV & EE is a Vermont-based group of musicians focused around partners Matt "MV" Valentine and Erika "EE" Elder. Matt Valentine was in the neo-psychedelic group, The Tower Recordings and has also released music under his own name and the pseudonym ...
* Night Wounds
* Nodzzz
* Pink Reason
*
Pocahaunted
Pocahaunted (often shortened by the band to P-haunt) was a hypnagogic pop project based in Los Angeles, California founded in 2005 by Amanda Brown and Bethany Cosentino.
History
Amanda Brown co-founded Not Not Fun Records in 2006; she and frie ...
*
Psychedelic Horseshit
Psychedelic Horseshit is an American band from Columbus, Ohio, that plays a microgenre of lo-fi noise pop that they named "shitgaze".
History
The group was founded by Matt Whitehurst in 2005; he claims the band's name was coined off-the-cuff by Sa ...
* Purling Hiss
*
Raccoo-oo-oon
*
Real Estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...
* Robedoor
* Royal Baths
*
Sic Alps
Sic Alps were an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 2004 by Mike Donovan and Adam Stonehouse, they released music on Siltbreeze, Drag City, Woodsist and several other independent record labels.
After signing ...
*
Simon Joyner
Simon Joyner (born 1971) is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He has influenced the music of Bright Eyes, Kevin Morby and Gillian Welch. In the early 1990s, Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by ''Rolling St ...
* Skygreen Leopards
* Spectre Folk
*
Sun Araw
Cameron Stallones, better known as Sun Araw, is an American musician. Previously a member of the band Magic Lantern, he has released several albums of experimental music, including a collaboration with Jamaican reggae group The Congos. He has als ...
*
Thee Oh Sees
Osees are an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1997, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of primary songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (d ...
*
Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls is an American band based in Brooklyn, New York. The only consistent members have been Cassie Ramone and Katy Goodman, on guitar and bass, respectively; the group has had several drummers throughout its history. They took their n ...
*
Wavves
Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2008 by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams (born June 12, 1986), the band also features Alex Gates (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen Pope (bass guitar, backing vocals) an ...
*
White Fence
White Fence (also known by the acronym WF) is a predominantly Mexican American street gang in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles.
History
White Fence is one of the oldest gangs in Los Angeles. The gang itself claims its histor ...
*
Wooden Wand
Wooden Wand is the stage name of singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth, who has recorded under his given name as well as the name WAND. The style of music recorded by Toth and his many incarnations has drawn on a variety of both conventional and ex ...
*
Woods
* The Woolen Men
Discography
* Woodsist 001
Raccoo-oo-oon – Mythos Folkways No. 1 (LP) 2006
* Woodsist 002 Night Wounds – Allergic to Heat (LP) 2006
* Woodsist 003
Blues Control
Blues Control was an American experimental music duo from Queens, New York City.
Blues Control's members were Russ Waterhouse (guitar, electronics) and Lea Cho (keyboards). The group released music on a variety of formats, including vinyl, casset ...
– Puff (LP) 2007
* Woodsist 004
Woods –
At Rear House
''At Rear House'' is the debut studio album by the American band Woods, released in 2007 on Woodsist
Woodsist is an American independent record label founded in 2006 by Jeremy Earl of the band Woods and based in Stone Ridge, New York.
Ar ...
(LP) 2007
* Woodsist 005
Wooden Wand
Wooden Wand is the stage name of singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth, who has recorded under his given name as well as the name WAND. The style of music recorded by Toth and his many incarnations has drawn on a variety of both conventional and ex ...
– More from the Mountain (7") 2007
* Woodsist 006
Raccoo-oo-oon – Mythos Folkways Vol. III (LP) 2007
* Woodsist 007
Jana Hunter
Jana Hunter is an American songwriter and musician based in Baltimore.
Early life
Hunter was born in Texas.
Recording and band membership
Hunter was signed to Gnomonsong, a record label run by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic. ...
– Carrion (S/Sided 12") 2007
* Woodsist 008 The Christian Family Underground – For the Depth of Your Union... (LP) 2007
* Woodsist 009 The Folk Spectre – The Blackest Medicine (LP) 2007
* Woodsist 010 Loosers – Logic on Its Head (10") 2007
* Woodsist 011
Sic Alps
Sic Alps were an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 2004 by Mike Donovan and Adam Stonehouse, they released music on Siltbreeze, Drag City, Woodsist and several other independent record labels.
After signing ...
– Strawberry Guillotine (7") 2007
* Woodsist 012
Pocahaunted
Pocahaunted (often shortened by the band to P-haunt) was a hypnagogic pop project based in Los Angeles, California founded in 2005 by Amanda Brown and Bethany Cosentino.
History
Amanda Brown co-founded Not Not Fun Records in 2006; she and frie ...
– Peyote Road (LP) 2008
* Woodsist 013
Meneguar
Meneguar was an indie rock band whose members had previously played under different arrangements and names, but which reached its current form in 2004 in Brooklyn, New York. The group released the albums ''I Was Born at Night'' and ''Strangers ...
– The In Hour (CD/LP)
* Woodsist 014 Pink Reason – Winona (7") 2008
* Woodsist 015 Robedoor – Endlessly Blazing (LP) 2008
* Woodsist 016
Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls is an American band based in Brooklyn, New York. The only consistent members have been Cassie Ramone and Katy Goodman, on guitar and bass, respectively; the group has had several drummers throughout its history. They took their n ...
– Tell the World (7") 2008
* Woodsist 017
Crystal Stilts
Crystal Stilts is an American post-punk band from Brooklyn, New York City, United States, though their founding members, Brad Hargett and JB Townsend, were originally from Florida.
History
Crystal Stilts was formed in 2003 by Brad Hargett and JB ...
– Crystal Stilts (CD/12") 2008
* woodsist 018
Sun Araw
Cameron Stallones, better known as Sun Araw, is an American musician. Previously a member of the band Magic Lantern, he has released several albums of experimental music, including a collaboration with Jamaican reggae group The Congos. He has als ...
– Boat Trip (12") 2008
* Woodsist 019 Magic Lantern – Magic Lantern (12") 2008
* Woodsist 020 Idle Times – Idle Times (7") 2008
* Woodsist 021
Blank Dogs
Blank Dogs is an American post-punk project from Brooklyn. It is a monicker for multi-instrumentalist Mike Sniper, who had previously played with DC Snipers.[Wavves
Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2008 by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams (born June 12, 1986), the band also features Alex Gates (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen Pope (bass guitar, backing vocals) an ...]
–
Wavves
Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2008 by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams (born June 12, 1986), the band also features Alex Gates (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen Pope (bass guitar, backing vocals) an ...
(CD/LP) 2008
* Woodsist 023
Psychedelic Horseshit
Psychedelic Horseshit is an American band from Columbus, Ohio, that plays a microgenre of lo-fi noise pop that they named "shitgaze".
History
The group was founded by Matt Whitehurst in 2005; he claims the band's name was coined off-the-cuff by Sa ...
– Shitgaze Anthems (LP) 2009
* Woodsist 024
Kurt Vile
Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during li ...
– Constant Hitmaker (CD/LP) 2009
* Woodsist 025
Woods –
Songs of Shame
''Songs of Shame'' is the fourth album by the American band Woods, released on April 9, 2009, on Woodsist and on April 14, 2009, on Shrimper Records. The album was recorded by the band at Jarvis Taveniere's studio, Rear House, in Brooklyn.
Criti ...
(CD/LP) 2009
* Woodsist 026
Thee Oh Sees
Osees are an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1997, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of primary songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (d ...
– Tidal Wave (7") 2009
* Woodsist 027
Fergus & Geronimo
Fergus & Geronimo were an experimental rock band from Denton, Texas. The duo had a multi-genre approach to songwriting, with influences including soul, pop, proto-punk, garage rock and psychedelic pop.
The band started in late 2008 when Andrew ...
– Harder than It's Ever Been/Last Letter (7") 2009
* Woodsist 028 Ganglians – Ganglians (12") 2009
* Woodsist 029
Real Estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...
– Fake Blues (7") 2009
* Woodsist 030 Meth Teeth – Everything Went Wrong (LP) 2009
* Woodsist 031 Ganglians – Monster Head Room (CD) 2009
* Woodsist 032
The Fresh & Onlys
The Fresh & Onlys are an American rock band. They were formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 2008 by Tim Cohen of Black Fiction, bassist Shayde Sartin and guitarist Wymond Miles. A year later they recruited drummer Kyle Gibson. ...
– Grey-Eyed Girls (CD/LP) 2009
* Woodsist 033
The Mayfair Set
''The Mayfair Set'', subtitled ''Four Stories about the Rise of Business and the Decline of Political Power'', is a BBC television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It explores the decline of Britain as a world power, the proliferatio ...
– Young One (CD) 2009
* Woodsist 034
Real Estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...
–
Real Estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...
(CD/LP) 2009
* Woodsist 035
The Fresh & Onlys
The Fresh & Onlys are an American rock band. They were formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 2008 by Tim Cohen of Black Fiction, bassist Shayde Sartin and guitarist Wymond Miles. A year later they recruited drummer Kyle Gibson. ...
– "The Second One to Know" 7"
* Woodsist 036 Eat Skull – "Jerusalem Mall" 7"
* Woodsist 037 Art Museums – "Rough Frame" (CD/LP)
* Woodsist 038 Moon Duo – "Escape" Mini-LP/CD
* Woodsist 039
MV & EE
MV & EE is a Vermont-based group of musicians focused around partners Matt "MV" Valentine and Erika "EE" Elder. Matt Valentine was in the neo-psychedelic group, The Tower Recordings and has also released music under his own name and the pseudonym ...
– "Home Comfort" LP
* Woodsist 040
Woods – "At Echo Lake" (CD/LP/CS)
* Woodsist 041
Woods – "I Was Gone" 7"
* Woodsist 042
White Fence
White Fence (also known by the acronym WF) is a predominantly Mexican American street gang in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles.
History
White Fence is one of the oldest gangs in Los Angeles. The gang itself claims its histor ...
– S/T (CD)
* Woodsist 043 V/A – Welcome Home/Diggin' the Universe (LP/CS)
* Woodsist 044 Royal Baths – CD/LP
* Woodsist 045
Sun Araw
Cameron Stallones, better known as Sun Araw, is an American musician. Previously a member of the band Magic Lantern, he has released several albums of experimental music, including a collaboration with Jamaican reggae group The Congos. He has als ...
– Off Duty 12"/ CD (includes Boat Trip EP)
* Woodsist 046
Excepter
Excepter is an experimental music group from Brooklyn, founded in 2002 by No-Neck Blues Band member John Fell Ryan. They have released their work on labels such as Load Records and Animal Collective's Paw Tracks, and are known for their improvisa ...
– "Late" 12"
* Woodsist 047 Purling Hiss – Public Service Announcement LP
* Woodsist 048
Ducktails – III: Arcade Dynamics CD/LP
* Woodsist 049 White Fence – Is Growing Faith CD/LP
* Woodsist 050 Spectre Folk – The Blackest Medicine, Vol. II- 12"
* Woodsist 051 Nodzzz - "Innings" – (CD/LP) 2011
* Woodsist 052 Matt "MV" Valentine – "What I Became" (LP) 2011
* Woodsist 053 Woods – "
Sun and Shade
''Sun and Shade'' is the sixth studio album by the American folk rock band Woods. It was released on June 14, 2011, by Woodsist.
Background
''Sun and Shade'' was recorded at the Woodsist headquarters in Warwick, New York, with American musician ...
" (CD/LP) 2011
* Woodsist 054
Woods /
Kurt Vile
Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during li ...
– Split (7") 2011
* Woodsist 055 The Doozer – Keep It Together (LP) 2012
* Woodsist 056 Golden Calves – Collection: Money Band + Century Band (2xLP) 2012
* Woodsist 057 White Fence – Family Perfume vol. 1 (LP) 2012
* Woodsist 058 White Fence – Family Perfume vol. 2 (LP) 2012
* Woodsist 059 White Fence – Family Perfume vol. 1&2 (CD/CS/2xLP) 2012
* Woodsist 060
MV & EE
MV & EE is a Vermont-based group of musicians focused around partners Matt "MV" Valentine and Erika "EE" Elder. Matt Valentine was in the neo-psychedelic group, The Tower Recordings and has also released music under his own name and the pseudonym ...
– Space Homestead (CD/LP) 2012
* Woodsist 061
Woods – "Cali in a Cup" (7") 2012
* Woodsist 062
Woods – "
Bend Beyond
''Bend Beyond'' is the seventh album by the American band Woods, released in September 2012 by Woodsist and Remote Control Records.
The album is the last to feature the band's bassist, Kevin Morby.
Critical reception
''Bend Beyond'' received ...
" (CD/LP/CS) 2012
* Woodsist 063
The Babies
The Babies was an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York City.
History
In 2008, Kevin Morby of Woods and Cassie Ramone of the Vivian Girls shared a small apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn for a few months and wrote some songs. After meet ...
– "Moonlight Mile" (7") 2012
* Woodsist 064
The Babies
The Babies was an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York City.
History
In 2008, Kevin Morby of Woods and Cassie Ramone of the Vivian Girls shared a small apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn for a few months and wrote some songs. After meet ...
– "
Our House on the Hill
''Our House on the Hill'' is the second studio album by American rock band The Babies. It was released in November 2012 under Woodsist Records.
Track list
Personnel
;The Babies
*Kevin Morby – vocals, guitar
*Cassie Ramone – vocals, guita ...
" (CD/LP/CS) 2012
* Woodsist 065 Eat Skull – "III" (LP) 2013
* Woodsist 066 Herbcraft – "The Astral Body Electric" (LP) 2013
* Woodsist 067 The Woolen Men – "S/T" (LP) 2013
* Woodsist 068 Alex Bleeker and the Freaks – "How Far Away" (CD/LP) 2013
* Woodsist 069
Woods – "Be All Be Easy" (7") 2013
* Woodsist 070
Jonathan Rado
Jonathan Rado is an American musician, record producer and engineer, best known as a multi-instrumentalist in the indie rock duo Foxygen. Rado is a native of Westlake Village, California, where he formed Foxygen with his classmate Sam France in 20 ...
– "Law and Order" (CD/LP) 2013
* Woodsist 071
Kevin Morby
Kevin Robert Morby (born April 2, 1988) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. A former member of Woods and the Babies, Morby has released seven solo studio albums: ''Harlem River'' (2013), '' Still Life'' (2014), ''Singing Saw'' (20 ...
– "
Harlem River
The Harlem River is an tidal strait in New York, United States, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the New York mainland.
The northern stretch, also called the Spuyte ...
" (CD/LP) 2013
* Woodsist 072
Woods – "
With Light and with Love
''With Light and with Love'' is the eighth studio album by the American band Woods, released on April 15, 2014 on Woodsist. The album is the band's first following the departure of bass guitarist Kevin Morby.
The album was followed by a 7" and d ...
" (CD/LP/CS) 2014
* Woodsist 073 Skygreen Leopards – "Family Crimes" (CD/LP) 2014
* Woodsist 074 Matt Kivel – "Days of Being Wild" (CD/LP) 2014
* Woodsist 075
Kevin Morby
Kevin Robert Morby (born April 2, 1988) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. A former member of Woods and the Babies, Morby has released seven solo studio albums: ''Harlem River'' (2013), '' Still Life'' (2014), ''Singing Saw'' (20 ...
– "
Still Life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
" (CD/LP) 2014
* Woodsist 076
Simon Joyner
Simon Joyner (born 1971) is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He has influenced the music of Bright Eyes, Kevin Morby and Gillian Welch. In the early 1990s, Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by ''Rolling St ...
– "Grass, Branch & Bone" (LP) 2015
* Woodsist 077
Little Wings
Kyle Field is an American musician who releases material under the moniker Little Wings.
Early life
Field was born in Alabama in 1972. As a child, his family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where his father worked as a coach for the UCL ...
– "Explains" (CD/LP) 2015
* Woodsist 078 John Andrews & the Yawns – "Bit by the Fang" (LP) 2015
* Woodsist 079
The Babies
The Babies was an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York City.
History
In 2008, Kevin Morby of Woods and Cassie Ramone of the Vivian Girls shared a small apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn for a few months and wrote some songs. After meet ...
– "Our House on the Hill Outtakes" 2015
* Woodsist 080 Herbcraft – "Wot Oz" (LP) 2015
* Woodsist 081
Little Wings
Kyle Field is an American musician who releases material under the moniker Little Wings.
Early life
Field was born in Alabama in 1972. As a child, his family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where his father worked as a coach for the UCL ...
– "Live in Big Sur" (CS) 2015
* Woodsist 082 The Woolen Men – "Temporary Monument" (LP) 2015
* Woodsist 083 Cian Nugent – "Night Fiction" (LP) 2016
See also
*
List of record labels
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References
External links
Woodsist official website
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American record labels
Record labels established in 2006
Companies based in Orange County, New York