Audio Antihero

Audio Antihero
Founded2009
FounderJamie Halliday
DistributorKudos Records Ltd.
GenreIndie / Lo-Fi / Alternative / Indie Folk / Indie Pop / Experimental
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationStaten Island, New York
Official websitehttp://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]

History

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]

Discography

Albums and EPs

  • Nosferatu D2 – We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise (2009)
  • Benjamin Shaw – There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet (2011)
  • Cloud – Comfort Songs (2013)
  • The Superman Revenge Squad Band – There Is Nothing More Frightening Than the Passing of Time (2013)
  • Benjamin Shaw – Goodbye, Cagoule World (2014)
  • Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love – Last (2015 – co-released with Other Electricities)
  • Frog – Kind of Blah (2015)
  • Frog – Frog (Reissue – 2015)
  • CHUCK – Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store (2017)
  • Cloud – Plays With Fire (2018)
  • Benjamin Shaw – Megadead (2018 – co-released with Kirigirsu Recordings)
  • Frog – Whatever We Probably Already Had It (2018)
  • Frog - Count Bateman (2019 - co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Benjamin Shaw – I Got The Pox, The Pox Is What I Got (Remastered & Expanded) (2020 - co-released with Old Money Records)
  • Benjamin Shaw – There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet (Remastered & Expanded) (2020 - co-released with Old Money Records)
  • Frog – Grog (2023, co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Magana – Teeth (2024, co-released with Colored Pencils)
  • Frog – 1000 Variations on the Same Song (2025, co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Avery Friedman – New Thing (2025)
  • The Noisy – The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat (2025)
  • Frog – THE COUNT (2025, co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Tiberius – Troubadour (2025)

EPs

Singles

  • Frog – Judy Garland (2015)
  • Frog – Photograph (2015)
  • Frog – Catchyalater (2016)
  • Magana – Get It Right (2016)
  • Magana – Pages – Single (2017)
  • Magana – Oceans (2017)
  • Magana – Inches Apart (2017)
  • My Best Unbeaten Brother – Slayer on a Sunny Day (2023)
  • Chuck – Nothing Matters to Me Now (2024)
  • Magana – Paul (2024, co-released with Colored Pencils)
  • Magana – Break Free (2024, co-released with Colored Pencils)
  • My Best Unbeaten Brother – Time on Our Hands, Spider-Man (2024)
  • My Best Unbeaten Brother – Extraordinary Times (2024)
  • My Best Unbeaten Brother – Blues Fatigue (2024)
  • CIAO MALZ – Two Feet Tall (2024)
  • Frog – Did Santa Come (2024, co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Frog – Mixtape Liner Notes Var. VII (2025, co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Avery Friedman – Flowers Fell' (2025)
  • Frog – Just Use Your Hips Var. VI (2025, co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Avery Friedman – Photo Booth (2025)
  • Frog – Housebroken Var. IV (2025, co-released with Tapewormies)
  • Avery Friedman – New Thing (2025)
  • The Noisy – Twos (2025)
  • Tiberius – Sag (2025)
  • Tiberius – Felt (2025)
  • Tiberius – Moab (2025)
  • Tiberius – Painting of a Tree (2025)
  • The Noisy – Grenadine (2025)
  • The Noisy - Nightshade (2025)
  • The Noisy – Neckline (Deluxe Version) (2025)
  • Leilani Patao – Cut (2025)
  • Leilani Patao – BIRD WHISLE (2025)
  • Josaleigh Pollett – Radio Player (2025)
  • Leilani Patao – Red Hair Dye (2025)

Live Albums

Compilations

  • Various Artists – Bob Hope would. (2011) – digital charity compilation for Japan
  • Various Artists – Some.Alternate.Universe. (2012) – digital charity compilation for FSID
  • Jack Hayter – The Sisters of St. Anthony (2012–2013) – digital singles series
  • Various Artists – The Hüsker Du-wop EP (2012) – digital charity EP for New York's Independent Music Community
  • Various Artists – Regal vs Steamboat (2013) – digital charity compilation for Rape Crisis
  • Various Artists – Audio Antihero's Commercial Suicide Sampler (2013)
  • Various Artists – Five Long Years (2014)
  • Chuck – My Band Is a Computer (2016 – co-released with Old Money Records)
  • Various Artists – Audio Antihero Presents: 'Unpresidented Jams' for SPLC & NILC (2017)
  • Various Artists – Bern Yr Idols (2016) – digital benefit compilation for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign
  • Various Artists – The Desperation Club – A Cloud Tribute Compilation (2018)
  • Various Artists – Elder Statesman: Nine Long Years of Audio Antihero Records (2019)
  • Tempertwig – Fake Nostalgia: An Anthology of Broken Stuff (2019 – co-released with Randy Sadage Records)
  • Benjamin Shaw – Exciting Opportunities: A Collection of Singles and Sadness (2019 – co-released with Old Money Records)
  • Fighting Kites – Mustard After Dinner - An Anthology of Fighting Kites (2019 - co-released with Old Money Records)
  • Benjamin Shaw – Should've Stayed at Home: A Collection of Oddities and Outtakes (2019 - co-released with Old Money Records)
  • Broken Shoulder – Shark Islands: A Broken Shoulder Archipelago (2019 - co-released with Old Money Records)
  • Various Artists – The Horrible Truth About Palestine - a Fundraiser for the United Palestinian Appeal (2021)

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