Jagjaguwar

Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.

History

In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman performed in a band under the moniker "The Curious Digit". They had just recorded an album, but were not signed to a label. They had previously released a 7" record on the short-lived label Sentimental, which was co-run by Van Arman and a friend Dawson Prater (who later went on to start the Locust Music label out of Chicago). Sentimental became inactive when Prater moved away from Charlottesville. Working under the theory that some sort of label-affiliation would be better than self-releasing, Van Arman started Jagjaguwar.

Initially, The Curious Digit album Bombay Aloo was to be the only album released on Jagjaguwar, but a Richmond band called "Drunk" performed at the venue Tokyo Rose, where Van Arman booked musical acts. Mesmerized by their performance, Van Arman persuaded Drunk to release their new record, which the band had just completed, through Jagjaguwar.