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v2 records is no more for fans of alkaline trio, the raconteurs, the blood brothers, block p

#1 ferro_man

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 03:18 AM

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003532370

On January 12, 2007, the label announced that they were undergoing restructuring to focus on their back catalog and digital distribution. As a result, their employees were let go and their roster of artists left as free agents.

THE FOLLOWING BANDS NO LONGER HAVE A LABEL AND ARE NOW "free agents"

12 Girls Band
12 Rods
The Adored
Aimee Mann
Alice Temple
Alkaline Trio
Amusement Parks on Fire
Ane Brun
At the Drive-In
Better Than Ezra
Bloc Party
The Blood Brothers
Blood Meridian
Brendan Benson
Burning Brides
Carla Bruni
The Cribs
The Crystal Method
The Datsuns
N'Dea Davenport
Declan O'Rourke
dEUS
dope
Duke Special
Elbow
Every Move a Picture
Grandaddy
Gosling
The Greenhornes
Hundred Reasons
Isobel Campbell
Jesse James Dupree
Josh Ritter
Langhorne Slim
Lethal Bizzle
Liberty X
Little Man Tate
Madasun
Madness
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Mark Lanegan
The Meligrove Band
Mercury Rev
Michael Hutchence
Moby
Nada Surf
Over It
P.M. Dawn
Ray Davies
Skin
Stereophonics
Sugarcult
Those Bastard Souls
The White Stripes (As of January 2007, their contract with V2 expired)

this really sucks for alkaline trio (who just signed with them back in october) and bloc party (as they were just getting ready to release their new cd)

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 04:00 AM

Out of all those acts, I only listen to Aimee Mann, Bloc Party, The Crystal Method, Margot & The Nuclear So And So's, and Nada Surf. Still sucks though, I guess I'll just download the new Bloc Party album again.

Also, I'm pretty sure Nada Surf is still signed to Barsuk anyway.

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 04:23 AM

Wow that really sucks.

By the way, you should check out Carla Bruni. She has pretty decent songs. myspace

#4 ferro_man

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 04:25 AM

QUOTE(Mary'sBuddha @ Jan 17 2007, 04:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i just copy pasted the list from wikipedia...i didn't fact check the bands...BUT since the label is folding...if any of the bands released any albums on V2 then the the rights would be up for grabs...because V2 let go all of their bands and they want to work on releasing new gospel music

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 04:30 AM

I'm liking this Carla Bruni character. I'll have to import her stuff.

#6 rockchic88

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 04:36 AM

the Bloc Party is coming out. It's also being actively promoted but I don't know who's behind it. Could be an indie promoter or someone else picked it up already

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 08:34 AM

haha, man that would suck.

#8 DanWitt

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 08:48 AM

AK3 has a new album dropping soon too.

God that sucks.

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 08:52 AM

Stereophonics are massive over here, so they shouldn't have too much trouble ...

I know Over It supported the Goo Goo Dolls recently, but they're a bit sucky. One of the bands that will probably struggle to get a new major label.

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 10:51 AM

Damn it!

Dope has been one of my biggest guilty pleasures for ever. I know their music is not exactly on par with the greats, but fuck it, I have always liked them.

Oh wellz.

#11 rockchic88

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 11:35 AM

I guess Bloc Party has moved over to Atlantic records for this record
everyone got booted too
a long time label person I know lost her job with them
I hear the whole thing is messy
I hope Akaline Trio and other bands with upcoming releases get picked up quickly
it has to be discouraging for them

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 01:45 PM

QUOTE(rockchic88 @ Jan 17 2007, 11:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

apparently the only thing that was kept on the label was the rights to the white stripes' back catalog
and it is sad that your aquaintence lost her job with them

i personally think the label was heading for trouble from the get go...which is why sir richard branson sold it to artemis

also...alkaline trio's next album was all b-sides and rarities...so its getting released under vagrant (as that was the bands label since they moved from asian man records in mid to late 2000)

#13 The Croatian Sensation

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 07:48 PM

vagrant.com nuff said

#14 HolyRoller

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 07:55 PM

What a burn.

#15 ferro_man

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 07:58 PM

QUOTE(The Croatian Sensation @ Jan 17 2007, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

vagrant.com nuff said

alkaline trio signed with V2 to get off of vagrant...i'd be surprised if they go back (unless the only reason they left vagrant was because v2 was offering them a ton more money)

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 08:39 PM

I like the blood brothers..

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Posted 17 January 2007 - 08:45 PM

V2 usually worked with smaller label to help with distribution, so I'm sure most of those atista re still signed to their smaller labels.

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Posted 18 January 2007 - 08:30 AM

QUOTE(ferro_man @ Jan 17 2007, 09:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

alkaline trio signed with V2 to get off of vagrant...i'd be surprised if they go back (unless the only reason they left vagrant was because v2 was offering them a ton more money)

There's no bad blood with Vagrant. Crimson completed their contract and Remains was an extra they decided to stay with Vagrant on. The choice to move to v2 was just for a change. I don't know if they would go back to Vagrant but they might if another opportunity doesn't arise. They recently lost the producer to their new album so they have some time to think things over.

#19 ferro_man

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Posted 18 January 2007 - 04:18 PM

QUOTE(outofstep187 @ Jan 18 2007, 08:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i kinda figured that remains was on vagrant because the majority of the content were b-sides from albums that were recorded for vagrant (and thus vagrant would have the rights to them)

unforrunatly they seemed to have scrapped the idea of reissuing goddamnit! with weak week as a bonus track on it...or at least that info is no longer on their wikipedia page...which is sad because i would love to have a remastered or rerecorded version of the song

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Posted 18 January 2007 - 05:19 PM

QUOTE(ferro_man @ Jan 18 2007, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Unfortunatly the general concencous on the goddamnit rerelease is don't hold your breath and the idea of a new version of weak week may not have been much more than speculation/high hopes. Damn.