Dine Alone Records is a Canadian and American record label, founded in St. Catharines and Toronto by Joel Carriere. The label is now based in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles.
History Dine Alone was born out of founder Joel Carriere's home in St. Catharines, Ontario. After years working various positions in the Canadian music industry and building his own cultural website and promotional company, Carriere launched Dine Alone Records in 2005. With a name drawn from the songs "Dine Alone" by the post-hardcore band Quicksand, and a set of founders who had ties to the North American heavy music scene, Dine Alone worked with artists such as The Fullblast, Johnny Truant, City and Colour and Attack in Black.
Dine Alone quickly expanded its roster from the early days of City and Colour, Arkells, and Bedouin Soundclash to over 50 national and international artists. Dine Alone Records was named the number one independent label and the number four label overall in Canada in Nielsen Soundscan's 2013 year-end report. In 2013, the label expanded into Nashville and furthermore, to Los Angeles in 2014.
In 2015, Dine Alone Records launched a series of events and projects to celebrate their tenth anniversary, including 'Wax on Wheels' – the label's official mobile record shop. Dine Alone Records was named Canadian Independent of the Year at The Canadian Music Industry Awards for the second year in a row in May 2015.
Current roster
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Aero Flynn Alexisonfire Amityfalls The Amazing The Apache Relay At the Drive-In Attack in Black Brendan Benson BRONCHO Bryan Bryne Vanessa Carlton Cerebral Ballzy City and Colour Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs The Cult The Dandy Warhols DBOY Dashboard Confessional Delta Spirit Dinosaur Bones Dune Rats The Dirty Nil The Dodos DZ Deathrays Edwin Raphael FIDLAR Field Report Fine Points Fly Golden Eagle FREEMAN Gateway Drugs Hannah Georgas The Get Up Kids Glass Towers Grade Noah Gundersen HBS Headstones Heartless Bastards Helicon Blue Hey Marseilles Hey Rosetta! High Ends The Howlin' Brothers Ivan & Alyosha JEFF the Brotherhood The Jezabels Jimmy Eat World Kopecky Langhorne Slim & The Law Legend of the Seagullmen Lieutenant Lucius The Lumineers Marilyn Manson James Vincent McMorrow Miami Horror Moneen Monk (hardcore punk band) Dave Monks Monster Truck Music Band NOBRO Kate Nash New Swears Brendan Philip Phox Pickwick Quicksand Chuck Ragan Respire Rumba Shaker Saints & Sinners Say Anything Say Yes Walter Schreifels The Sheepdogs Shovels & Rope Single Mothers Sleepy Sun Sol Cat Solids Spain Sparta Spanish Gold Spencer Burton Streets of Laredo (band) Swervedriver Tokyo Police Club Twin Forks Violent Soho We Are Scientists The Weeks Wintersleep Wool The Wytches You+Me Yukon Blonde Zeahorse
Alumni
Arkells Augustines Bedouin Soundclash Billy Bragg Black Lungs Brant Bjork Casey Baker and the Buffalo Sinners Caveman Chains of Love Children Collide Clear Plastic Masks Cloud Control Cunter Daniel Romano Data Romance Deer Tick Dispatch Doldrums Eagulls Elliot Moss Empire Air Gaz Coombes Great Bloomers Hacienda Hanni El Khatib Hot Hot Heat Johnny Truant k-os Library Voices Little Comets Mockingbird Wish Me Luck Marilyn Manson Neon Indian Parlovr Seaway Simone Felice Sleepercar Songs from a Room The Civil Wars The End The Fullblast The Golden Dogs The Pains of Being Pure at Heart We Barbarians Words Left Unsaid
Affiliated companies Dine Alone has founded three sister labels, based out of the label's Toronto headquarters. In 2013, Dine Alone launched New Damage Records – a developing aggressive rock label (Canadian home to Cancer Bats, Counterparts, KEN mode, Silverstein, Misery Signals, Heart Attack Kids, Architects etc.). 2014 saw the unveiling of Haven Sounds – a hip-hop/EDM and remix label, which signed L.A.-based MOORS, featuring hip-hop artist and actor Lakeith Stanfield. In 2018, Dallas Green (Alexisonfire/City and Colour), launched Still Records as an "imprint" of Dine Alone.
Dine Alone Foods was co-founded with Jordan Hastings (Alexisonfire, Say Yes) and features sauces made in Canada. The line features three flavours, including a classic Southern Blues BBQ sauce, a sweet smoky Northern Soul chipotle BBQ sauce and a spicy Rock N' Roll hot sauce. The sauces are currently distributed through Whole Foods and featured on menus of Toronto eateries such as Let's Be Frank, Boots and Bourbon, The Dog and Bear, and the Hogtown Smoke food truck.
Partnerships and services In 2012, Dine Alone partnered with Warner Music Canada to provide marketing services for The Sheepdogs' self-titled album. Additionally, Dine Alone has partnered with Sony Music Canada to provide marketing services in Canada for You & Me's debut album, rose ave..
Dine Alone has partnered with Volu.me in order to act as the first to employ iBeacon technology in a concert setting.
See also List of record labels
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