TFN: What does Dirt Cult look for in a band? Is there a “Dirt Cult” sound? So of the 60-something releases Dirt Cult has put out or are planning to put out here are the bands that are currently active in some capacity (though I’m sure I’ll miss someone.or by the time this goes to print someone will have broken up).Īutonomy, Big Dick, Big Eyes, Bobbby Joe Ebola & the Children MacNuggits, Brain Attack, Carnivores, Crow Bait, Crusades, Dan Padilla, Daylight Robbery, Defect Defect, Dude Jams, Earthmen & Strangers, Far Corners, Feral Trash, Foreign Objects, Fur Coats, Lenguas Largas, Libyans, Low Culture, The Magnificent, Marked Men, Muhammadali, New Swears, Rumspringer, Severance Package, Shark Pants, Street Eaters, Sundowners, Turkish Techno, Unwelcome Guests, VVHILE, Wide Angles I mean, I’m always really excited (and give priority to) bands that want to return to do another record, but my feelings aren’t going to get hurt if they decided to put out records on another label.
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Dirt Cult does not have contacts and bands are free to release records on whatever label they chose. Mason: This is a difficult question to answer because our roster is pretty fluid. TFN:How big is your current active roster? When I needed a name for my label I asked him if I could steal the name and shorten “culture” to “cult” and he gave his blessing. However, shortly after, the zine went on an extended hiatus. I had helped him release a split 7″ between my old band, The Answer Lies, and another local band called 10 Seconds to Liftoff on a label he was trying to start as a sort of subsidiary of the zine. The name is actually stolen from my friend’s fanzine called Dirt Culture.
I then approached Land Action from Seattle about doing a 7′ and things just kind of snowballed from there. I figured that rather than trying to “shop around” for a label, now would be as good a time as any to start my own, and if I fucked things up too badly, at least it would be for my own band’s release. We had recorded four songs on a 4-track tape recorder and we planning on touring the west coast. That might sound a bit nuts, but it’s true.Īt any rate, Shang-A-Lang was only a few months old. There was something strangely compelling for me about seeing a project through from start to finish and then spending countless hours packing orders up and sending them to post. I had grown up reading interviews and columns with label owners in Maximum Rock N Roll and other fanzines as well as mail ordering records and always thought that the idea of having my own label sounded like a lot of fun. Mason: The label started around 2006 to release a 7″ record by my own band at the time, Shang-A-Lang.
TFN: When and how did the label start? Where does the name come from? I run Dirt Cult Records out of Las Cruces, NM
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