Backporch Revolution
Backporch Revolution is an independent record label, netlabel, and artists' collective from New Orleans, Louisiana, probably most noted for releasing material by Chef Menteur, potpie and other New Orleans underground artists. In 2006, Backporch Revolution released the compilation Proud To Swim Home: A Backporch Revolution Compilation for New Orleans, a benefit disc for groups assisting New Orleans' recovery after Hurricane Katrina.
Roster
Artists whose work has appeared on this label include (but not limited to):
- Archipelago
- Becca Rice
- The Bastard Sons of Morton Subotnick
- The Buttons
- Chef Menteur
- Electrical Spectacle
- B. Killingsworth
- Geisterfahrer
- King Ghidorah
- Liteworks
- Murmur
- potpie
- pinkySqueak
- Shinola
- Time Promises Power
- The Uptown Cajun All-stars
- Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death
See also
References
(1)This followed the extremely popular and visible "New Orleans: Proud To Swim Home" bumper sticker which was a conception of Dan Haugh, and seen in the Spike Lee documentary When the Levees Broke.
External links
- Official site
- Backporch Revolution on MySpace
- Raleigh News and Observer feature
- Offbeat review of Proud To Swim Home compilation
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