Keeled Scales is an independent record label based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2014 by musicians Tony Presley (Real Live Tigers) and Seth Whaland (Literature, Tres Oui).[1] The label has released over 60 albums from artists such as Buck Meek (of Big Thief), Katy Kirby, Lunar Vacation, Sun June and more.
| Keeled Scales | |
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| Founded | 2014 |
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| Distributor(s) | Secretly Distribution |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Official website | www |
In 2020, the label helped curate a benefit compilation to support the Estok’Gna, an indigenous Texas tribe, in their efforts to protest the building of a gas pipeline through their lands.[2]
In 2021, Keeled Scales entered into a partnership with fellow indie label Polyvinyl Records, but still retains creative control over its operations.[3]
Also in 2021, the Austin Chronicle named Keeled Scales “Best Quiet Giant,” praising the label for its “stacked roster and tastemaking reputation.” [4]
Discography edit
The following are the albums released by the label:[5]
- The Room Outside – The Room Outside
- Real Live Tigers – Tomboys
- The Shivers – Charades
- Mandarin Dynasty – Feedback Time
- Real Live Tigers – Denatured
- Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster – Date With The End
- Dubb Nubb – It's Weird In This World
- Caitlin Kraus – Waiting For The World
- LRN GRN – Easy Spirits/Grape Perfume
- Adam Torres – Pearls To Swine
- Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster – Constant Stranger
- Lindsay Clark – Home of the Brave
- Lindsay Clark – Begin
- Knife in the Water – Reproduction
- Human Behavior – Cancer: As Seen From Basement
- Future Museums – Visible Nest
- RF Shannon – Other Trails
- Julia Lucille – Chthonic
- Julia Lucille – Bedroom Tapes, Vol. 1
- Brice Randall Bickford – PARO
- LRN GRN – No Water/Only Light
- Moses Nesh – No Labor-Saving Machine
- Alex Dupree – You Winsome, You Lonesome
- M. Bailey Stephenson – Sitting with Sounds and Listening for Ghosts
- David Dondero – Spider West Myshkin and a City Bus
- Katy Kirby – Juniper
- Twain – Rare Feeling
- Future Museums – Heart Pulp
- Lake Mary – River Ceremony
- Buck Meek – Buck Meek
- Sun June – Years
- Twain – 2 E.P.s
- Jo Schornikow – Secret Weapon
- Sun June – Jeff Demos (tour cassette)
- Twain – Adventure
- Jordan Moser – Long Night
- Erin Durant – Islands
- Will Johnson – Wire Mountain
- Sun June – Somewhere
- RF Shannon – Rain On Dust
- David Dondero – The Transient
- The Deer – Do No Harm
- Buck Meek – Two Saviors
- Tenci – My Heart Is An Open Field
- Adam Ostrar – The Worried Coat
- Katy Kirby – Cool Dry Place
- Good Looks – Bummer Year
- Will Johnson – El Capitan
- Moriah Bailey – I Tried Words
- Renée Reed – s/t
- Jo Schornikow – Altar
- Karima Walker – Waking the Dreaming Body
- Jordan Moser – Peril
- Twain – Noon
- Lunar Vacation – Inside Every Fig is a Dead Wasp
- RF Shannon – Red Swan in Palmetto
- Alex Dupree – Thieves
- Tenci – A Swollen River, A Well Overflowing
- The Deer – The Beautiful Undead
- Rae Fitzgerald – Say I Look Happy
- Meernaa – So Far So Good
- Why Bonnie – 90 in November
- Will Johnson – No Ordinary Crown
- Karima Walker – demos
References edit
- ^ "Keeled Scales Series". KUTX. August 23, 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Big Thief, Sharon Van Etten, Black Belt Eagle Scout, and More Contribute to Indigenous Benefit Album". Pitchfork. September 30, 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Faster Than Sound: Austin Imprint Keeled Scales Partners With Polyvinyl Records". The Austin Chronicle. June 4, 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Best Quiet Giant – Keeled Scales". The Austin Chronicle. 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Keeled Scales Discography". Retrieved 19 November 2023.
