Dead Oceans
Dead Oceans is an American independent record label formed in 2007 and based in Bloomington, Indiana. History
In 2007, Phil Waldorf founded Dead Oceans with Chris Swanson. Swanson suggested the name Dead Oceans, which came from the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (1963). Chris' brother Ben Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Jonathan Cargill of Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar also helped to found the label. The label is part of Secretly Group. Some of the label's earliest releases include Phosphorescent's Pride, Dirty Projectors' Rise Above, and Akron/Family's Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, ranging from folk to art punk to groove-y rock. Dead Oceans has published Julianna Barwick, Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, Ryley Walker, The Tallest Man on Earth, Kevin Morby, Marlon Williams, Shame, and many others. In 2017, the label released shoegaze band Slowdive's first album in 22 years. In 2018, Dead Oceans was listed as #7 on Paste magazine's top-10 record labels of 2018. Jagjaguwar was listed as #4 and Secretly Canadian was listed as #8. Artists

 A Place to Bury Strangers 
 Akron/Family
 Alex Lahey
 Bear in Heaven
 Better Oblivion Community Center
 Bill Fay
 Bishop Allen
 Bleached
 Bowerbirds
 Brazos
 Bright Eyes
 Califone
 Citay
 Destroyer
 Dirty Projectors
 Dub Thompson 
 Durand Jones & The Indications
 Evangelicals
 Fenne Lily
 Frog Eyes 
 Gauntlet Hair
 Japanese Breakfast
 John Vanderslice
 Julianna Barwick
 Kane Strang
 Kevin Morby
 Khruangbin
 Mark McGuire
 Marlon Williams
 Mitski
 Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
 Nurses
 On Fillmore
 Phoebe Bridgers
 Phosphorescent
 Ryley Walker
 Shame
 Sloppy Jane
 Slowdive
 Strand of Oaks
 Sun Airway
 The Donkeys
 The Explorers Club
 The Luyas
 The Tallest Man on Earth
 These Are Powers
 Tom Rogerson
 Toro y Moi
 Wednesday
 White Hinterland

See also
List of record labels
Secretly Canadian
Jagjaguwar

References

External links
Dead Oceans official website

 
American independent record labels
Indie rock record labels
Alternative rock record labels
Record labels established in 2007
Indie pop record labels