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City Slang

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About Me

About us:
It's not all that interesting and certainly not worth "shitloads" to write about. Oh well. City Slang is an independent record label, based in Berlin, Germany. (that's really exciting!)... Formed by a former tour agent (Christof Ellinghaus), it became, almost by chance, a label for US bands that needed a release in Europe. Started exclusively to put out the Flaming Lips album In A Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) it just so happened, that other bands, namely The Lemonheads, Das Damen and Yo la Tengo all were looking for somebody to release their respective albums in 1990. The story of the catalog can be found elsewehere on this website but the label ist still around today, 15 years after ist inception and that alone is good news. As it happenes with licensing contracts, they run out sometimes and thus our past catalog includes records from bands like Hole, Tortoise and Sebadoh, but in reality, today, we do not have the rights to these records anymore and can not sell them to you for that reason.
About the music:
Hell we dont know what makes us jump either. Its got to be good. There are no real boundaries, but chances are you wont find a Schlager record here or a Jazzrock workout. We like songs. We like originality. We like depth. We like it if you have a sound of your own. If you send us a demo and you tell us that you sound like Tortoise and Sebadoh mixed with Lambchop, why would we want to listen to that? We have been incredibly fortunate that we got to work with some of the greatest musicians and bands out there. So, once you have released a masterpiece like Neon Golden by The Notwist theres no point in going back to an Italian version of the same kind of stuff, just not as good. Does that make sense?
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Member Since: 5/4/2006
Band Website: cityslang.com
Band Members: Get Well Soon - Live at Melt! 2008

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Record Label: cityslang
Type of Label: Indie

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City Slang und Wichita play Popkomm

come and party with us!...
Posted by City Slang on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PST

DIGITAL SLANG 2

Very cool, easy and completely FOR FREE: DIGITAL SLANG 2Follow the link (or go to http://www.slangstore.com/digislang), give us your email address and get 6 tracks from the amazing City Slang artist a...
Posted by City Slang on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:22:00 PST

O’DEATH ECARD

Please check out the updated O'DEATH ECARD with the "Down To Rest" Video and dates for the upcoming tour.Your City Slang Crew...
Posted by City Slang on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:44:00 PST

CARIBOU SINGLE OUT +++ HOT CHIP & KELLY POLAR RMX

Caribou She's The OneA1 She's The One (Hot Chip Remix)A2 She's The One (Kelley Polar's Hughes Wilson Prom Night In Hell Version)B1 NiobeB2 She's The One (Album Version)... now available at our Slangst...
Posted by City Slang on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:31:00 PST

REST NOW WEARY HEAD YOU WILL ...

GET WELL SOONListen up dear friends - we have something important to tell you:We signed a new band from Germany! They are called GET WELL SOON and of course they are simply great... And because we're ...
Posted by City Slang on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:05:00 PST

TOURDATES Jul-Oct 07

Watch out for your favourite band on tour:current TOURDATES on our webpage
Posted by City Slang on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:12:00 PST

!!! SLANG STORE !!!

buy the latest Slang releases in our lovely SLANGSTORE
Posted by City Slang on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:54:00 PST