Denver, CO, USA/Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland (Active)

Playing music has always been necessary to maintain sanity—and that was never more true than in 2020. In one of the worst years in human history, three buds in Denver responded the best way they knew how: picking up their instruments to escape from the madness and misery. The result came out nearly immediately. Discomfort Creature’s self-titled debut EP is a fast, powerful, and emotive outburst of pent-up energy in the form of seven heartfelt punk songs. Reflecting the need for action during a year frozen in time, Discomfort Creature churned out the project at a record pace, mixing urgent riffs with lyrics pulled straight from the heart. The EP was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Black in Bluhm Music and was released under the same label in 2021. 2022 will see an expanded re-released LP edition on vinyl and digital via Bearded Punk Records (Belgium), Monster Zero Records (Austria) and Snappy Little Numbers (USA).

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Don Chicharrón quiere bailar contigo. Don Chicharrón plays and pays homage to Chicha, the sonic result of Peruvian artists mixing the various aural stylings of their day: ‘60s psychedelia, Andean traditional folk melodies, and Afro-Cuban cumbia rhythms. Formed by Peruvian-American, Aldo Pantoja, Don Chicharrón filters its brand of Chicha through the songwriting influences of its 8 other members, giving its self-titled debut LP touches of punk, surf, prog, jazz, reggaetón, and salsa. Live, Don Cheech invites audiences to get tangled up in a canopy of trippy guitarwork, shuffle to mesmerizing synth-play and shout celebratory chants. Based in Denver, CO, the band and its kind of cumbia is as influenced by the spaghetti western sounds of its Rocky Mountain deserts as it is by the Amazonian jungles and coastal cities that created Chicha. All are welcome to liberate their hips at the Don Cheech discoteca. ¡A BAILAR!

Seattle, WA, USA (Active)

The history of The Drolls is as follows… The three members used to be in other bands (Sicko and Chinchilla, respectively). One of them (Julie) is still in another band (Guest Directors). Two of them (Denny and Josh) used to be in another band together (the aforementioned Sicko). Now they're in this band. If you know your 90’s Seattle and San Diego punk rock history, you know that these are some serious players. If you know music, you know (or will learn) they’re a seriously great band. If you actually know The Drolls, you know that they don’t take themselves too seriously but are seriously great people. For serious!

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

FKA Andy Thomas' Dust Heart. Intense literary indie-Americana. Dust Heart was a broody meditation with focus on lyrics, craftsmanship and personal catharsis.

Los Angeles, CA, USA (Active)

Paisley and fringe, rock guitars, screaming Hammonds, glitter rock vocals, arsonous life decisions. Empty Palace is a heavy Space Rock band from Los Angeles, California. They’ve released one 4 song EP from 2013, then followed that up with their 1st full length album "The Serpent Between the Stars". 2021 will see the release of their second album, "Secret Names". Stay tuned!

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

The musical equivalent of a tattoo depicting the Looney Tunes' Tasmanian Devil riding a rainbow-colored unicorn. Eyes & Ears shares the honor of being the first band on a Snappy Little Numbers Quality Audio Recording (the other being Snake Mountain).

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

False Cathedrals was formed in 2015 by Ben Pitts and Jeremy Portz. With a long background in metal, the two challenged each other to write music that was not just heavy, but also melodic and musically accessible to a wider audience. Steven Jackson and brothers Dan and Dennis Phelps rounded out the lineup in 2016.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Falsetto Boy is the songwriting project of Jim Fitzpatrick. Established in 2004. From Saint Louis, located in Denver.

Burlington, VT, USA (Active)

An indie rock, bedroom pop project from Sean Klassen and friends.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

Four! was the brain-child of George Fraska, an El Paso resident that relocated to Denver in the mid-90's. Upon arrival, he recruited a team of players and Four! was born. The band experienced an interval of line-up changes but settled in with Mattinez (guitar/vocals), Dave Paco (bass/vocals), Damien (drums) with George always on vocals and guitar. The band's energetic, bratty, poppy punk/ska made them Denver favorites and reached beyond Colorado as well.

Washington, DC, USA (Inactive)

Guitarist Jim Spellman (Velocity Girl, High Back Chairs) assembled this group of DC veterans in late 2015. Bassist Brian Baker is a legit punk godfather, with close to 40 years on bass and guitar for Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, and Bad Religion. Pete Moffett drummed for Government Issue and Wool before joining singer/guitarist Bill Barbot (Jawbox) in Burning Airlines. Decent pedigree, this lot.

Rapid City, SD, USA (Active)

Carport Rock!

J. Waylon does it all and does it well. FOCR is the moniker he uses for his garage-rock meets budget-rock with a dash of pop-punk output. That's Carport Rock, baby! He's a one-man band as often as he's a leader of hired guns. J Way's prolific songwriting is only surpassed by his remote detached learning instructor, Robert Pollard. (Deek Chooglin)

Austin, TX, USA (Active)

Austin TX-based Gentlemen Rogues celebrate aggressive guitar pop, with punk-inflected energy, polished, precise songwriting, and hooks as sharp and sleek as the Rickenbackers they bang them out on. This is a four-piece for Now People, drawing inspiration from UK visionaries like The Who, The Jam, and Teenage Fanclub, while steadfastly blasting their own course through an American indie rock canon shaped by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Jawbreaker, and Superchunk. Collectively, Danny Dunlap (vocals, guitar), John Christoffel (guitar), David Hawkins (bass), and Josh Power (drums) crank out catchy, amplified treble kickers, mixing powder keg intensity, classic melodies, and brash theatrics into a 200-proof distillation of brazen rock ‘n’ roll.

Brooklyn, NY, USA (Active)

Just some boys out to make some noise. Doin' it for forever.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

More than the sum of it's collective parts, Glass Hits was a culmination of shared vision and punk-rock pedigree. Adding a new taste to an old process, they managed to channel their collective time in assorted bands (including Vaux, Subpoena the Past, and Warsaw Surrenders) while further exploring the ideas and sounds of the 90's underground scene on which they cut their teeth.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

A female fronted Indie pop / Post-hardcore / Punk/ EMOtive rock band. Queer/Trans Positive. Musically diverse at it's core, GAHF feels just as at home at a punk rock house show as they do at a dive bar with honkytonk bands, or at their favorite local music halls with any number of indie rock brethren. That is not to say they don't have a musical identity, they just don't tend to identify with a genre, but they do pull influence from musically important cities like Seattle, Omaha, DC, Chicago, San Fransisco and Detroit without forgetting how much they owe to their own scene in Denver.

Seattle, WA, USA (Active)

Jazzmasters drenched in reverb. Post-shoegaze rock, dream pop, power pop and noise. Bluesy, dreamy, shreddy, psychedelic. Featuring former members of TAD and Chinchilla, Seattle’s Guest Directors reflect a multitude of emotional and musical pathways. On their new LP, Interference Patterns, the songs spiral one after another - sometimes powerful and sometimes delicate. They can sound like snowflakes and hail storms, sometimes in the same song.

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Longtime Denver musician Justin Hackl has been recording various musings in his home studio since 2022. He releases them under the moniker Hackman Is Ok. Hey! He's OK.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

Power-pop-punk from longtime Denver, CO fixture Jason Heller (Crestfallen, The Blue Ontario, Red Cloud, The Fire Drills, 25 Rifles, Weathered Statues) and new friend Karen Walton. Guitar, drums, singing… and absolutely zero fuss.

Denver, CO, USA (Inactive)

Smoke, Brimstone, Whiskey, Fire, Blood, Sulfur, and Evil. Like a fun hootenanny should be. “Small News Travels Fast In A Bad Town” is the first long player from the Denver, CO musical troupe.

Columbus, OH, USA (Active)

Heaty Beat officially joined the talent roster in 2020. Tastemakers are already hip to the Ohio sensation. Best Rapper Alive?! Possibly. Best 4am-Beat Making-Nerd Culture-YouTube-Rapper Alive?! Definitely! She's done two remix tunes with labelmate Charlie Continental as well as two original digital singles. Make sure you check out her video work too! Heaty Beat moonlights as the SLN intern and she's real good at it!

Denver, CO, USA (Active)

Tragicomedy in 2-3 minute bursts. Hooper continues to fiddle with the combinations of racket and melodies, power and hooks. Hooper is a power-trio that likes some pop in their punkish rock 'n' roll. If it were the 90's, they might even be called "College Rock". Let's just say the guitar rips, the bass thumps, the drums bang and you can whoa-oh the day away during repeated listens.

Golden, CO, USA (Active)

Not only is Scooter James Golden, CO’s favorite son, Denver, CO also claims him and for good reason. Scooter would form the legendary Pinhead Circus in 1992 and for the following 10 years, Pinhead Circus helped put Denver on the map in the growing world of punk rock. They were the band from down the street and the guys at your party- regular people that did incredible things when making noise together. 4 albums (3 with the pioneering BYO Records out of LA) and numerous EP’s showcased a timeless band that spread the idea that anyone could start a band for all the right reasons- friendship, community, self-expression and joy. After Pinhead Circus, Scooter helmed Love Me Destroyer. LMD was a fine band in it’s own right, but it was his next project, Tin Horn Prayer, that found Scooter in the element that fit him best as he became a little older and a lot wiser. Tin Horn Prayer was like an outlaw Americana band with punk roots. Snarly and tough, yet tuneful and honest. This is where Scooter reshaped his voice and his relationship with music that set him up to now be a solo artist after. Scooter solo is snarly, tough, tuneful and honest like Tin Horn Prayer but with a much more hopeful disposition. Scooter has known triumph and tragedy on a variety of levels, but he now sounds fully at peace and happy with what he’s doing. It just so happens that he’s still doing great things and sharing them with all of us, from right down the street, like the first time we met him. (Deek Chooglin)

Denver, CO, USA (Occasionally Active)

TK is made up of front row show-goers who picked up some instruments and think you should do the same. They are an inclusive band and believe in the strength of PMA. TK is against all forms of shitty scenes (music or otherwise) and attest to the power of being humble and vulnerable. They book and manage themselves.

Toronto, ON, Canada (Active)

What comes to mind when trying to describe Greg Laraigné as a musician? Well first off, let’s address that he now goes by LARAIGNÉ when his music is involved. Don’t worry, if you’re a friend or a tattoo client he still answers to Greg. But regarding the music… Honestly, the first thing that comes to mind is Steve Earle’s “I Feel Alright”. Roots style music with a harder edge and punk rock ethics. That might lead me to also think later era Uncle Tupelo and the more rocking Son Volt. These are references from 20-30 years ago, but that’s not a bad thing. It means LARAIGNÉ has a timeless sound, which is a necessary asset when travelling the world as a true troubadour. I guess maybe Brian Fallon, Jon Snodgrass and Frank Turner would be more modern comparisons. Closer still might be his friend and now-SLN labelmate Seth Anderson, in that they encapsulate both the brightness and melancholy of living one’s values through song. Honest people making honest music. What else should music be, really?