Audio Antihero
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| Audio Antihero | |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Jamie Halliday |
| Distributor | Kudos Records Ltd. |
| Genre | Indie / Lo-Fi / Alternative / Indie Folk / Indie Pop / Experimental |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | Staten Island, New York |
| Official website | http://www.audioantihero.com |
Audio Antihero is an independent record label founded in October 2009[1] with a South East London base, now located in Staten Island, New York.[2] The label has released titles from Frog,[3] Nosferatu D2,[4] Cloud,[5] Magana,[6] CIAO MALZ,[7] Tiberius,[8] Avery Friedman,[9] Leilani Patao,[10] The Noisy,[11] Josaleigh Pollett,[12] and others.[13][14][15]
Early years (2009–2013)
Audio Antihero launched in October 2009,[16] with its first two releases being Nosferatu D2's We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones on to Block Out the Noise[17][18][19] and Benjamin Shaw's I Got the Pox, the Pox Is What I Got.[20][21][22]
In 2011, the label released a series of EPs from Jack Hayter,[23] Broken Shoulder,[24] Wartgore Hellsnicker,[25] Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences[26] and Fighting Kites,[27][28] and Benjamin Shaw's debut full-length album There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet.[29][30]
Between 2012 and 2013, the label released a twelve-part singles from Jack Hayter entitled The Sisters of St. Anthony.[31][32][33]
Additions to the roster and hiatus (2013–2023)
Between 2013 and 2016, Cloud,[34][35] Frog,[36][37] Magana,[38][39] The Superman Revenge Squad Band,[40] and CHUCK[41][42] joined the Audio Antihero roster for a series of releases that ran until 2019.[43][44][45] The label also continued to issue new titles from Benjamin Shaw,[46][47][48] and released albums from defunct groups Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love[49][50] and Tempertwig.[51][52][53]
The label became mostly inactive after a series of compilations and expanded editions of previous catalogue releases.[54][55][56]
Return from hiatus (2023–present)
The label returned from hiatus in late 2023[57] for the release of Frog's Grog album.[58][3][59] Two more Frog albums followed in 2025.[60][61][62]
Magana and Ben and Adam Parker (as My Best Unbeaten Brother) returned to the label for new releases,[63][64][65] and roster received new additions between 2024 and 2025 in CIAO MALZ,[66][67] Avery Friedman,[68][69] Leilani Patao,[70][71] Josaleigh Pollett,[72] The Noisy,[73][74] and Tiberius.[8][75][76]
