Contacts

Paw Tracks
P.O. Box 42374

Washington, D.C. 20015
USA

see demo policy below

Email Contacts

Paw Tracks
Animal Collective
Ariel Pink
Peppermints
Terrestrial Tones
Rings
Windish Agency (Animal Collective and Panda Bear North American booking)
Baby Leg (Animal Collective and Panda Bear manager)
Elastic Artists (Animal Collective and Panda Bear European booking)
Rore Music (Ariel Pink UK booking)
Kork Agency (Ariel Pink and Black Dice North American booking)
Proton Team (Ariel Pink European booking)
Excepter
Black Dice European Booking

Links

Ariel Pink
The Peppermints
Carpark Records
Acute Records
Catsup Plate Records
Fat Cat Records
Animal Collectie Message Board
Ball Bearings Pinatas
Domino Records
Black Dice
Excepter
Tickley Feather

Website Credits

Demo Policy

Everyone who is interested in releasing something on Paw Tracks is welcome to send demos to the PO Box.   We promise to give everything we receive a fair chance; however, we cannot promise a response even if you specifically ask for one (be it positive or negative.)   You shouldn't place much importance on our opinions anyway; our opinion of your music shouldn't matter nearly as much as your own.  To quote the Sun City Girls' written response to a demo - "Don't care what anyone else thinks.  Do they really even exist?"  If we like something enough to release it, you'll definitely hear back from us.  In the meantime, here are some helpful tips to keep in mind when sending your music:

• CDs are preferred, however if you want to send vinyl, remember to pack it well and write "Do Not Bend".
• Please put the name of the project and your contact info directly on the demo.  Often times people send a cd-r with a letter containing the contact info, and if the two get separated for any reason, we won't know who to get in touch with if we like it.
• It's not necessary to send more than one piece of music.  We'd love to listen to every second of music people send, but we just don't have enough time, so there is no need to send multiple cds of your entire recorded output.  We recommend you pick an album or make a compilation of what you feel best represents what you're doing and send that.  Along similar lines, if you send a full length record or a long compilation, it's helpful to highlight a couple tracks for suggested listening.
• It's cool if you'd like to decorate the demo, but be aware that if you put paint directly on the cd-r, it's possible that it can chip, taking part of the cd-r surface, and with it, your music.  Also, if the paint is too thick or uneven, it can interfere with the cd's rotation and make it impossible to listen to.
• Lastly, we'd prefer you be interested in Paw Tracks as a label in itself, rather than just one of a million labels that might release your music. We'll listen to demos that come in press packets with form letters, but we won't be very excited.  Yeah, we stole that from Catsup Plate, but for good reason.