Last Gang Records

Last Gang Records is a record label that was formed by Canadian music industry attorney [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Taylor_(Music_Attorney) Chris Taylor] and concert promoter Donald Tarlton in the Fall of 2003 at the Pop Montreal Music Festival.

As their music attorney, Taylor had been working for the group Metric since the early days of 1998 and had literally "shopped" the band to over 100 record labels around the world but to no avail. He was prepared to release the album himself with his own money when he met with Tarlton. After viewing the Metric video for "Grow Up and Blow Away" (a single on a Metric album that would not be released until 2007) Donald offered to help Taylor realize his vision of introducing Metric's music to the world. They formed a joint venture company under the DKD label group Last Gang Records. Metric released their critically acclaimed, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? in the autumn of 2003, and Last Gang Records was born. The label’s second signing, Death From Above 1979, was a critic’s darling and toured around the world 3 times in 2004/2005 before disbanding in the Fall of 2005.

Last Gang was nominated as Independent Record Label of the Year at the Canadian Music Awards in 2006 [ [http://www.cmw.net/cmw2006/media_details.asp?media_ID=44 CMA Nominees 06] ] . Metric was nominated for a Juno Award in 2005 and albums by Tiga and MSTRKRFT won Juno Awards (Canada’s Grammy Awards) in 2007. Recent signing, Crystal Castles, were featured on the cover of the NME (June, 2008) and playing major festivals around the globe. The Toronto-based company also has its hands in publishing, licensing, multiformat releases, management and legal, pushing forward-thinking, progressive dance and alternative acts [ [http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/features/e3id3157507ac800210d1231b164ec5d027 Billboard: THE INDIES ISSUE: THE VISIONARIES] ] .

Artists

Last Gang Records has released recordings by:

* Let's Go To War
* Metric
* Death From Above 1979
* Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
* MSTRKRFT
* Boys Noize
* Chromeo
* Bang Lime
* Tiga
* Panurge
* Mother Mother
* Femme Fatale
* The New Pornographers
* Tricky Woo
* From Fiction
* Crystal Castles

ee also

* List of record labels

External links

* [http://www.lastgangrecords.com Last Gang Records]
* [http://www.youtube.com/lastgangrecords Last Gang Records YouTube]

References