Saddle Creek Records
Founded	1993
Founder(s)	Robb Nansel Justin Oberst Conor Oberst Mike Mogis
Distributing label	Sony (US)
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Country	US
Location	Omaha, Nebraska
Official site of Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records is an independent record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. The label was founded by Robb Nansel and Mike Mogis in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). The label is named after Saddle Creek Road, a street that cuts through the east side of midtown Omaha, and the beginnings of a scene whose members included Conor Oberst (then a solo artist), Tim Kasher (then of Slowdown Virginia), and others. Collectively, they were known unofficially as the 'Creekers'. Saddle Creek first appeared in print on a show flyer, offering to 'Spend an evening with Saddle Creek' (later to be the title of the label's DVD.) ^[1] Saddle Creek became an incorporated entity as a class project for the two on entrepreneurship. Justin Oberst, brother of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, stepped in to fill the shoes of Mogis around 1998, with Mogis moving more into recording and production. Distribution is handled by the Alternative Distribution Alliance. Image File history File links Saddlecreeklogo. ... See also: 1992 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. ... Rob Nansel is an Omaha musician and co-founder of Saddle Creek Records (originally Lumberjack Records). ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Conor Oberst at Stadtgarten in Cologne Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. ... Mike Mogis is a Nebraska producer/engineer who along with his brother A.J. Mogis founded Presto! Recording Studios (previously known as Dead Space Recording and, earlier, Whoopass Recording). ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Nickname: Gateway to the West Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Mayor Michael Fahey Area    - City 307. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Nickname: Gateway to the West Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Mayor Michael Fahey Area    - City 307. ... Rob Nansel is an Omaha musician and co-founder of Saddle Creek Records (originally Lumberjack Records). ... Mike Mogis is a Nebraska producer/engineer who along with his brother A.J. Mogis founded Presto! Recording Studios (previously known as Dead Space Recording and, earlier, Whoopass Recording). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Conor Oberst at Stadtgarten in Cologne Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

Saddle Creek Records continues to be the flagship label of a style of music that is beginning to be called the Omaha Sound, characterized by a slight country twang. This is increasingly inaccurate, though, with the rise of more electronic sounds such as those favored by The Faint and Broken Spindles. The eclectic sounds of Saddle Creek's disparate member bands is somewhat explained by their history; a number of the original members of the label attended grade school together (Oberst himself was 13 years old at the time of the first Lumberjack release, Conor Oberst's "Water"). A "brother label," of sorts, to Saddle Creek is Team Love, started by Conor Oberst in 2004. The Omaha sound, while enjoying its peak in popularity now, musicly peaked in the mid 1990s. ... The Faint is an indie rock/synth pop band. ... Broken Spindles is the brainchild of Joel Petersen of Omaha, Nebraska. ... Team Love is a New York City-based independent record label founded by Conor Oberst and Nate Krenkel in 2003. ... Conor Oberst at Stadtgarten in Cologne Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. ...

In 2005, Spend An Evening with Saddle Creek, a documentary detailing the first ten years of the record label's history, was released. The DVD features extensive interviews with the Saddle Creek bands, archival footage, and rare live performances. Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek is a documentary focusing on the first ten years of the Saddle Creek scene in Omaha, Nebraska. ...

Bands

• Azure Ray
• Beep Beep
• Bright Eyes
• Broken Spindles
• Criteria
• Cursive
• Desaparecidos
• Eric Bachmann
• The Faint
• The Good Life
• Ladyfinger (ne)
• Maria Taylor
• Mayday
• Neva Dinova
• Now It's Overhead
• Orenda Fink
• Son, Ambulance
• Sorry About Dresden
• Two Gallants

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Past Bands

• Commander Venus
• Gabardine
• Lullaby for the Working Class
• Park Ave.
• Polecat
• Rilo Kiley
• Slowdown Virginia
• Smashmouth
• We'd Rather Be Flying

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Discography

• LBJ-01 Conor Oberst - Water CS
• LBJ-02 Polecat - Dilly Dally CS
• LBJ-03 Slowdown Virginia - Dead Space CD
• LBJ-04 Smashmouth - Some of You Will Be Hermits CS
• LBJ-05 Polecat/Sunbrain Split (7")
• LBJ-07 We'd Rather Be Flying - The Solution.... CD
• LBJ-08 Norman Bailer - Sine Sierra CS
• LBJ-09 Commander Venus/Lux-O-Values/Norman Bailer/Weld - Music Me All Over 7"
• LBJ-11 Lullaby for the Working Class - Consolation 7"
• LBJ-13 Drip / Commander Venus - Split (7")
• LBJ-14 The Wrens/Park Ave. Split 7”*OUT OF PRINT*
• LBJ-15 Lullaby for the Working Class - In Honor of my Stumbling 7"
• LBJ-17 Lullaby for the Working Class - I Never Even Asked for Light LP
• LBJ-21 The Faint - Media (CD)
• LBJ-23 Bright Eyes - Letting Off The Happiness (CD)
• LBJ-25 Faint, The/Ex-Action Figures Split 7"
• LBJ-28 The Faint - Blank-Wave Arcade (CD, LP)
• LBJ-30 Bright Eyes - Every Day and Every Night (CD)
• LBJ-31 Cursive - Domestica (CD)
• LBJ-32 Bright Eyes - Fevers And Mirrors (LP)
• LBJ-33 The Faint - Blank Wave Arcade Remix
• LBJ-35 Cursive - Burst And Bloom (CD)
• LBJ-36 Son, Ambulance - Euphemystic
• LBJ-37 The Faint - The Danse Macabre (CD, LP)
• LBJ-40 Desaparecidos - The Happiest Place On Earth (CD5")
• LBJ-42 Desaparecidos - Read Music, Speak Spanish (CD)
• LBJ-45 Bright Eyes - There Is No Beginning To The Story EP (12")
• LBJ-46 Bright Eyes - Lifted, or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (CD, LP)
• LBJ-49 Cursive - Art Is Hard (CD5")
• LBJ-50 Various Artists - Saddle Creek at 50 (CP, LP)
• LBJ-51 Cursive - The Ugly Organ (CD, LP)
• LBJ-53 Bright Eyes - Vinyl Box Set (5xLP + 2x12" + Box Set)
• LBJ-54 Azure Ray - Hold On Love (LP)
• LBJ-59 Cursive - The Recluse (CD5")
• LBJ-61 Broken Spindles - Move Away (Promo) (12")
• LBJ-61 Broken Spindles - Fulfilled / Complete (CD)
• LBJ-63 Beep Beep - Business Casual (CD, LP)
• LBJ-64 The Good Life - Album of the Year
• LBJ-66 The Faint - I Disappear (CD5")
• LBJ-67 The Faint - Wet From Birth (LP)
• LBJ-67 The Faint - Wet From Birth (CDE (Enhanced CD))
• LBJ-68 Bright Eyes - Lua (CD5")
• LBJ-69 Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing) (CD5")
• LBJ-70 Cursive - The Difference Between Houses And Homes (LP)
• LBJ-72 Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (CD, LP)
• LBJ-73 Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (CD, LP)
• LBJ-82 Broken Spindles - Inside / Absent (LP)
• LBJ-85 Criteria - Prevent The World (CDs)
• LBJ-87 Various Artists - Lagniappe (CD)
• LBJ-91 Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells (CD, LP)
• LBJ-92 Two Gallants - Steady Rollin' (iTunes Exclusive)
• LBJ-93 Cursive - Dorothy at Forty (CD, 7")
• LBJ-94 Cursive - Happy Hollow (CD, LP)
• LBJ-95 Eric Bachmann - To The Races (CD)
• LBJ-97 Now It's Overhead - Dark Light Daybreak (CD)
• LBJ-98 Ladyfinger (ne) - Heavy Hands (CD)
• LBJ-99 Bright Eyes - Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005) (CD, 2*LP)

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Compilations

• Saddle Creek Records, A Sampler (1998)
• Saddle Creek 50 (2002)
• Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005)

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See also

• List of record labels
• Team Love Records

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References

1. ^ Spend an Evening With Saddle Creek. Dir. Jason Kulbel and Rob Walters. DVD. Plexifilm, 2005.

External links

• Saddle Creek Records official website
• Saddle Creek Records on MySpace
• 1% Productions
• Somedaynever

Interviews

• Lazy-i Interview: August 2001 with Robb Nansel
• Lazy-i Interview: March 2005 with Robb Nansel and Jason Kulbel
• Lazi-i Interview: September 2004 with Rilo Kiley