Big Scary Monsters Recording Company
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| Big Scary Monsters | |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Kevin Douch |
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| Location | Oxford, England |
| Official website | bsmrocks |
Big Scary Monsters Recording Company (often known simply as Big Scary Monsters or BSM Records) is an independent record label, based in Oxford, England.
It has so far been responsible for releases from the likes of La Dispute, Beach Slang, Modern Baseball, Minus The Bear, mewithoutYou, Kevin Devine, Caspian, yndi halda, Gnarwolves, The Fall of Troy, Andrew W.K., Tall Ships, Into It. Over It., Toe, Pulled Apart By Horses, Meet Me In St Louis, Cursive, Joyce Manor, Bear vs. Shark, American Football, Axes, Delta Sleep, Tangled Hair and Talons amongst others.[1]
History
Big Scary Monsters was started in 2001 by Kevin Douch whilst still in sixth form.[1]
In Autumn 2006 BSM launched its first sub-label, Alcopop! Records. Alcopop! began working with bands such as Johnny Foreigner, Anamanaguchi, Fight Like Apes and others.
On 7 September 2010, the label celebrated its 100th release. Partied Hard was a DVD/CD compilation featuring over thirty promo, live and bonus videos from the label's history. It was only available between 7 September (the day after BSM099 came out) and 24 October 2010 (the day before BSM101 was due out).
In April 2011 BSM co-founded Pink Mist with fellow indie labels Holy Roar and Blood And Biscuits. A 12" compilation was released on Record Store Day to mark the launch. Pink Mist is an East London-based collective releasing records, promoting regular live shows and blogging about up and coming new bands. In 2012 it was nominated for Best Small Label at the AIM Awards.
Kevin Douch was featured as a speaker at AIM's Indie Con event in 2017.[2]
Big Scary Monsters have announced new albums from Lemuria, Yndi Halda, Nervus[3] and Tangled Hair[4] for 2018 as well as a vinyl reissue of Hell Is For Heroes' 'The Neon Handshake'[5].
Since 2007 BSM hosts an annual five-a-side football tournament at Wembley Powerleague, with bands, labels, magazines, shops and other music industry teams competing.[6]
Pop Up Stores
In December 2016 the label announced that they'd be opening up a Pop Up Store in Hackney London from January 23rd to February 4th in 2017. This two week period was eventually catalogued as BSM200 and was a celebration of the labels 16th birthday. During the pop up were in-store performances from the likes of Modern Baseball, Kevin Devine, Gnarwolves, Delta Sleep, Beach Slang and more. There were also other non-music based events including, a-bring-your-dog day, a screen printing day with Awesome Merchandise, and a cocktail bar run by the band Tiny Moving Parts.[7]
During March 2018 BSM announced they would be opening their second pop up store in Cardiff. The in-store featured performances from UK based signings, Jamie Lenman, Orchards, Nervus and US band Slaughter Beach, Dog.[7]
In 2019 BSM continued its run of form and announced their Pop Up Store would be coming to Glasgow in Scotland. Over their time there the label hosted in store performances from [We Were Promised Jetpacks]] and in store talks from prominent Scottish music figures.
Current bands
Bands currently releasing music on the Big Scary Monsters record label.[8]
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Previous bands
Bands who have previously released records on the label include:[8]
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References
- ^ a b "Big Scary Monsters Website".
- ^ "Additional speakers announced for AIM's Indie-Con 2017". Music Week. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Nervus sign to Big Scary Monsters: "I asked them, and they said yes"". Upset. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Premiere: Tangled Hair return with the tempered brilliance of "Nao Is My Driver"". GoldFlakePaint. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Payne, Helen. "Hell Is For Heroes Announce 15th Anniversary Reissue Of 'The Neon Handshake' - Stereoboard". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Rock Sound BSM Football Tournament Groups Announced - News - Rock Sound Magazine". Rock Sound. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Big Scary Monsters Records Are Pleased To Announce They'll Be Bringing Their Popup Shop To Cardiff!". Cardiff Times. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b "Current Artists / Past Artists". Big Scary Monsters.