Aarght Records

Aarght Records
Founded2007 (2007)
FounderRichard Stanley
Genrerock
Country of originAustralia
LocationMelbourne
Official websiteaarghtrecords.bandcamp.com

Aarght Records (sometimes stylised AARGHT! Records) was a record label run by Richard Stanley based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The label was started in 2007 by Richard with Mikey Young, Per Bystrom and Jonathan Wilmott, who played together in the band Ooga Boogas. By 2016, Richard ran the label with Jake Robertson, who was part of several Melbourne bands that released music on Aarght, such as Ausmuteants, Hierophants, Leather Towel and Alien Nosejob.

Since its founding, Aarght has released records by Total Control, Super Wild Horses, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Ubik, and Nun. In 2009 Maximum Rocknroll called them "one of the finest modern purveyors of punk musics", while Vice wrote that Aarght Records was "one of the most important independent record labels in Australia". The label released 48 releases on vinyl, cassette, and CD up until 2019.

The label's final release was 'Check The Odds', an extended play 7" by Ill Globo which came out August 16, 2019. Since then many of Aarght Records' bands have released music on Anti Fade Records. In 2019 the two labels joined for a gig at Melbourne Music Week featuring their bands.

The label is noted for releases associated with Melbourne's punk and garage scene.

References

  1. ↑ "Label of Love: Aarght Records". Something You Said. 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  2. 1 2 "Aarght Records: Ten Years of Absurd and Psychotic Underground Music". Vice Media. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  3. ↑ Maximum Rocknroll #308 Jan 2009. Maximum Rocknroll. 2009. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Check The Odds, by Ill Globo". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  5. ↑ "LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK". PBS FM. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  6. ↑ "A list of Melbourne indie record labels to support as the music industry kicks back into gear". Beat Magazine. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2022-01-03.