States Rights Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 founded in 2001 by Steve Schroeder. The Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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 label's premier release was "Come Along" by Little Wings. Later that year, the label released "Tongue and Tooth" by The Badger King. Bobby Birdman

Bobby Birdman

Bobby Birdman is musician Rob Kieswetter's stage name. Kieswetter is originally from Nevada City, California, and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He has released albums on Hush Records, Not Not Fun, Fryk Beat, States Rights Records...

, Yacht

YACHT (band)

YACHT is an American band from Portland, Oregon, Marfa, Texas, and Los Angeles, CA. The core group consists of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, but expands to include musicians Rob "Bobby Birdman" Kieswetter, Jeffrey Brodsky and Katy Davidson as touring members.YACHT has released albums on...

, Lucky Dragons

Lucky Dragons

Lucky Dragons is an experimental music group consisting of Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara. Based in Los Angeles, California, the band are noted for their unusual sound, described as having the ability to make "'everyday sounds' become alluringly other"....

, The Blow

The Blow

The Blow is the moniker of Brooklyn, New York-based musician Mikhaela Yvonne Maricich, who has recorded several albums for K Records. Jona Bechtolt, aka Yacht, was also a member of The Blow from 2004 to 2007....

, The Dirty Projectors, White Rainbow

Adam Forkner

Adam Forkner is a musician from Portland, Oregon who, since 2003, has performed as White Rainbow.-as White Rainbow:*"Humidifier Plaza" digital, self-released via whiterainbowpizza.bandcamp.com 2011...

 and others have released on States Rights Records. Each band chooses a "state" for which their release will represent within the States Rights Records catalogue. As a result, there is no catalogue number for the releases, simply states. Locations like Atlantis

Atlantis

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, Socal, and "Far West Texas

West Texas

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" have also been represented.

Bands, artists and entities associated with States Rights Records

• Cains & Abels
  Cains & Abels
  Cains & Abels is a musical group originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan currently based in Chicago, Illinois. The band consists of David Sampson , Joshua Ippel , Jonathan Dawe , and Michelle Vondiziano...
  
  
• Yacht
  YACHT (band)
  YACHT is an American band from Portland, Oregon, Marfa, Texas, and Los Angeles, CA. The core group consists of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, but expands to include musicians Rob "Bobby Birdman" Kieswetter, Jeffrey Brodsky and Katy Davidson as touring members.YACHT has released albums on...
  
  
• Thanksgiving
  Thanksgiving (band)
  Thanksgiving, AOK, and A.O., are the names under which Portland, Oregon singer/songwriter Adrian Orange performs. Officially adopting the "Thanksgiving" moniker around 1999–2000, Orange played experimental folk music, often accompanying himself on electric guitar...
  
  
• Dirty Projectors
  Dirty Projectors
  The Dirty Projectors aka David Longstreth includes Amber Coffman , Angel Deradoorian , Brian McOmber , Nat Baldwin , and Haley Dekle during live performances...
  
  
• Urban Honking
  Urban Honking
  Urban Honking is an American webzine and pioneering blogging collective founded in 2001 by Steve Schroeder, Jona Bechtolt and Mike Merrill. The site and the community that has grown up around it are often collectively referred to by the contraction "UrHo" or "URHO."The site is based in Portland,...
  
  
• Jason Anderson (formerly Wolf Colonel)
• Department of Safety
  Department of Safety
  The Department of Safety was an artist-run community space founded in 2002, located in Anacortes, Washington's old police and fire station. It housed an all-ages music venue, art gallery, artist residency program, zine library, darkroom, artists' studios and living amenities for a handful of...
  
  
• Count Chocula
• Bobby Birdman
  Bobby Birdman
  Bobby Birdman is musician Rob Kieswetter's stage name. Kieswetter is originally from Nevada City, California, and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He has released albums on Hush Records, Not Not Fun, Fryk Beat, States Rights Records...
  
  
• Lucky Dragons
  Lucky Dragons
  Lucky Dragons is an experimental music group consisting of Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara. Based in Los Angeles, California, the band are noted for their unusual sound, described as having the ability to make "'everyday sounds' become alluringly other"....
  
  
• Xiu Xiu
  Xiu Xiu
  Xiu Xiu is an American avant-garde group originally from San Jose, California. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who has been its only constant member since its inception in 2002. His current bandmate is Angela Seo...
  
  
• The Blow
  The Blow
  The Blow is the moniker of Brooklyn, New York-based musician Mikhaela Yvonne Maricich, who has recorded several albums for K Records. Jona Bechtolt, aka Yacht, was also a member of The Blow from 2004 to 2007....
  
  
• Adam Forkner
  Adam Forkner
  Adam Forkner is a musician from Portland, Oregon who, since 2003, has performed as White Rainbow.-as White Rainbow:*"Humidifier Plaza" digital, self-released via whiterainbowpizza.bandcamp.com 2011...
  
  
• Love Letter Band
• Jib Kidder
• Lloyd & Michael (former members of Dear Nora
  Dear Nora (band)
  Dear Nora was an indie pop band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1999 by songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Katy Davidson, drummer and vocalist Marianna Ritchey, and bassist Ryan Wise. Ritchey and Wise were previously members of Wolf Colonel. They named their new band after Lewis & Clark College...
  
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