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amelia courthouse - broken things

"amelia courthouse has somehow mapped the vast American space between Protestant hymnody and plinky saloon music and John Cage's Sonatas & Interludes. Gorgeous, melancholic, almost unbearably evocative dirges for the American century.”-Brent Sirota

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West of Roan - Queen of Eyes

"Like an ancient prayer, the pair implore their chosen totem for healing, or at the very least, an audience to plead their case." - Raven Sings the Blues

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Measure, Pour & Mixtape: Music for Cooking

If you made music the way you cook, what would it sound like? For this tape compilation, we invited artists to consider the connection between food and sound, music and cooking. Featuring BELLS, Avey Tare, Sally Anne Morgan, Lou Turner, Magic Tuber Stringband (pictured), and more.

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Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy - NAKSHATRA

“Nakshatra is an astonishing masterpiece of communication and tender love for music. Trina and Arun are both virtuosic violinists, who have synthesized Indian classical music, Western classical, folk, and jazz forms within their playing. This recording radiates pure goodness, an offering of true beauty to the universe.” - Shane Parish

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Lou Turner - MICROCOSMOS

“Lou Turner is one of the most promising indie rock songwriters in Nashville right now to my ears. I also really love her voice, I love the inquisitiveness of the way she sings.” -Ann Powers, NPR Music

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Doran - S/T

“A gorgeous and heart-warming album. Flawless vocal harmonies, guitar, fiddle, organ, and dulcimer intertwine together to form a dreamy familiar fabric that feels immediately comfortable. Hazy distant memories of being held and protected in the arms of a loved one as a child spring to mind, unbidden. A healing experience.” -Ian Lynch of Lankum

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Rosali - NO MEDIUM

“No Medium melds Linda Rondstadt’s tender command with Crazy Horse-esque exploration for the most powerful country-rock barn burner in recent memory.” -Erin Osmon, UNCUT

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Yasmin Williams - URBAN DRIFTWOOD

“When 24-year-old instrumentalist Yasmin Williams plays guitar, she conjures new possibilities and stories from the instrument.” -Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone

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amelia courthouse - broken things

West of Roan - Queen of Eyes

V/A - Measure, Pour & Mixtape

Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy - Nakshatra

Lou Turner - Microcosmos

Doran - S/T

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Very fun @foxy.digitalis Songs of Our Lives episode with Leah Toth aka amelia courthouse aka @thescrvnr on first songs, sexy songs, “A Day in the Life,” Leonard Cohen, Dylan, church hymns, and more 🧡

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Proud to have released @guitar.yaz’s beautiful record URBAN DRIFTWOOD(2021), which was just listed at number #59 on @pitchfork’s list of the Best 100 Albums of the 2020s So Far!

Very excited to hear Yasmin’s follow-up, Acadia, out

“Leah Toth and her amelia courthouse are adept at electronic experiment and deconstruction and sound-as-sound, but firmest ground lies in the past, in memory and ritual and engrained culture.”

Lovely review of amelia courthouse’s

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SPINSTER is a radical feminist record label founded in 2018 ⁠and owned and operated by Michelle Dove & Emily Hilliard.

Grounded by our backgrounds in music, folklore, writing, and art, we support a diverse range of musicians who explore territory across the traditional, radical, and experimental.

SPINSTER and its releases have been featured by Aquarium Drunkard, The Guardian, The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, and others.

Our current and future releases include compilation tapes centered around common themes and creative prompts, unearthed archival gems, groundbreaking debut releases by emerging artists, and innovative returns from musical heroines⁠—all making unlikely connections across genres and forms.

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