Mom + Pop Music is a

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–based independent record label. Founded by Michael Goldstone in 2008, its roster includes

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, Courtney Barnett,

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, Madeon, Tom Morello, Porter Robinson,

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, Tycho, Tash Sultana, Sunflower Bean, Beach Bunny, Caamp, and Del Water Gap. Goldstone serves as co-president of Mom + Pop Music with Thaddeus Rudd, who joined the label as Goldstone's business partner and co-president in 2009. On the 10th anniversary of the label's founding, Goldstone said: "Our ambition for Mom + Pop has been and always will be to build a collaborative label with transparency and sincere respect for our artists' creative controls." Initially backed by Q Prime owners Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein, Mom + Pop first opened its doors in

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, across from the Brill Building. In 2013, the company moved its New York City office to Manhattan's

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district, just north of Madison Square Park and the Flatiron Building. Mom + Pop employs 15 people in its New York City and Los Angeles offices, ranging in responsibilities from A&R to

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and design. In addition to

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-nominee and ARIA Award-winner Barnett,

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and

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co-founder/guitarist Morello, ARIA Award-winner Sultana, the Mom + Pop Music roster includes, among others, R&B singer-songwriter

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, German-Canadian-English singer-songwriter Alice Merton, Bangladeshi-American producer Jai Wolf, and indie rock trio Sunflower Bean, among others. The label's first two signings were An Horse and

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; since then, Mom + Pop Music has signed diverse artists such as Tokyo Police Club, Freelance Whales, Sleigh Bells,

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, Andrew Bird, Lucius, FIDLAR, Poliça, Neon Indian, and Jagwar Ma. Goldstone and Rudd signed Flume in 2012, followed by Barnett in 2014. Flume went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Electronic Album, and Barnett was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy in 2016. In 2017, Mom + Pop signed Merton, who had independently topped the charts in Germany. In June 2020, Goldstone and Rudd appeared on '' Billboard's'' "Indie Power Players" list, an annual list of independent music industry executives "driving artists to chart-topping success outside the major-label machinery."

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*Alan Palomo / Neon Indian * Alice Merton *

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* Beach Bunny * Caamp * Courtney Barnett * Del Water Gap *Evann McIntosh * Fidlar * FKJ * Galdive * Goth Babe * Hinds *Hotel Garuda * Jai Wolf *

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(with

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) also with MGMT * Lucius *

* Madeon *

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* Orion Sun * Porter Robinson * Raffaella * Sleater-Kinney * Sunflower Bean * Tash Sultana * Tegan and Sara * Tom Morello * Tycho * underscores

Former

* An Horse * Andrew Bird * Animal Kingdom * Ashe * Cloud Nothings (with Carpark Records) *

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*EL EL * Flume * Freelance Whales * Hunters *

* Jagwar Ma * The Jezabels * Jon Spencer Blues Explosion *

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* Lady Lamb *

* Mikhael Paskalev * MNDR * Poliça * Sleeper Agent * Sleigh Bells * Smith Westerns * Tei Shi * Tired Pony * Tokyo Police Club *

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* Wild Cub * Wavves

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