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Loog Records

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Parent company
  
Universal Music Group

Genre
  
Indie rock

Official website
  
www.loogrecords.co.uk

Founded
  
2003

Founder
  
James Oldham

Location
  
London

Parent organization
  
Universal Music Group

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Artists
  
The Horrors, Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Patrick Wolf, Rhys Webb

Loog Records is a UK-based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as an imprint of Polydor Records. The label was launched in 2003 and managed by former NME editor James Oldham. It is named after former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Loog has released recordings by artists such as The Bravery, The Open, The Troubadours, Starky and Hatcham Social.

Former Artists

  • Chapel Club (parted ways early 2012)
  • The Courteeners
  • Effi Briest
  • Hatcham Social (now on Fierce Panda)
  • The Horrors (now on XL Recordings)
  • Mad Action (split up)
  • Patrick Wolf (now on Mercury Records)
  • S.C.U.M (now on Mute Records)

    • References

    Loog Records Wikipedia
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