# Secretly Group

Secretly Group is a family of American independent record labels based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group is made up of Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, and Dead Oceans. Secretly Canadian, the first of the labels, was formed in 1996 by brothers Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left to form label Family Vineyard; the remaining trio were joined by Darius Van Arman, as well as his label Jagjaguwar, in 1999. The two labels had worked closely before Jagjaguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's.
In February 2007, the partners behind Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, along with Phil Waldorf, former label manager of Misra Records, announced a third label, Dead Oceans. The three labels share offices and staff in Bloomington, IN; however, they maintain distinct and separate aesthetic visions. In June 2013, The Numero Group, an existing re-issuer out of Chicago, joined forces with Secretly Canadian and the collection of labels known as Secretly Group.
All four labels are distributed by Secretly Group's in-house distribution arm, Secretly Distribution.

## Artists

A number of artists have appeared on the four labels over the years.

### Secretly Canadian

| Antony and the Johnsons | Anohni | Alex Cameron | Cherry Glazerr | Porridge Radio | Stella Donnelly |
| Jens Lekman | Songs: Ohia | serpentwithfeet | Richard Swift | Tig Notaro | Faye Webster |
| Yoko Ono | Jason Molina | Whitney | Ben Abraham | Ativin | BLK JKS |
| Shura | Cayucas | Danielson | Dave Fischoff | David Vandervelde |
| The Horns of Happiness | Foreign Born | Frida Hyvonen | Gardens & Villa | Havergal |
| Instruments of Science & Technology | Little Scream | Loren Kramar | Luke Temple | Damien Jurado | The Impossible Shapes |
| Magnolia Electric Co. | Major Lazer | Marmoset | Molina and Johnson | Music Go Music | Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites |
| Porcelain Raft | Racebannon | Scout Niblett | Simon Joyner | Swearing at Motorists | |
| Tomas Barfod | Throw Me The Statue | The War on Drugs | Windsor for the Derby | Woman's Hour |
| Taken By Trees | Jorma Whittaker | June Panic | Early Day Miners | Alasdair Roberts |
| I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness | Swell Maps | Nite Jewel | Bodies of Water | Nightlands | Steven A. Clark |
| jj | Suuns | Yeasayer | Don Lennon | |
| Suzanne Langille & Loren MazzaCane Connors | Electric Youth | Dungeonesse | Bobb Trimble | Catfish Haven |

### Jagjaguwar

| Aspera | The Besnard Lakes | Bevel | Black Mountain | Bon Iver |
| S. Carey | The Cave Singers | Company | Robert Creeley | The Curious Digit |
| Cut Worms | Tim Darcy | Dasher | The Dead C | Alex Delivery |
| Diana | Dinosaur Jr. | Dirty Faces | Julie Doiron | Drunk |
| Foxygen | Fuck | Gayngs | Gordi | Simon Joyner |
| Ladyhawk | Lia Ices | Lightning Dust | Lonnie Holley | The Lord Dog Bird |
| Love Life | Manishevitz | Briana Marela | Midnight Sister | Minus Story |
| Monroe Mustang | Moonface | Moonface and Siinai | Moses Sumney | Nad Navillus |
| Nagisa ni te | Nap Eyes | Odawas | Okkervil River | Angel Olsen |
| Oneida | Parker Paul | Parts & Labor | Peter Wolf Crier | Patrick Phelan |
| Pink Mountaintops | Preoccupations | Pterodactyl | Trevor Sensor | Sinoia Caves |
| The Skygreen Leopards | Small Black | South | Spokane | Stigma Rock Unit |
| Sunset Rubdown | Supreme Dicks | Swan Lake | They Hate Change | The Union of a Man and a Woman |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sharon Van Etten | Volcano Choir | Sarah White | Wilderness |
| Wolf People | Women | Jamila Woods | Richard Youngs | |

### Dead Oceans

| A Place to Bury Strangers | Akron/Family | Julianna Barwick | Bear in Heaven | Better Oblivion Community Center |
| Bill Fay | Bishop Allen | Blackout Beach | Bleached | Bowerbirds |
| Brazos | Bright Eyes | Califone | Citay | Destroyer |
| Dirty Projectors | Dub Thompson | Durand Jones & The Indications | The Donkeys | Evangelicals |
| The Explorers Club | Frog Eyes | Gauntlet Hair | The Good Ones | Greylag |
| Japanese Breakfast | Khruangbin | Alex Lahey | Lump | The Luyas |
| Mark McGuire | Mitski | Kevin Morby | Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | Night Beds |
| Nurses | On Fillmore | Phoebe Bridgers | Phosphorescent | Tom Rogerson |
| Shame | Slowdive | Strand of Oaks | Kane Strang | Sun Airway |
| The Tallest Man on Earth | These Are Powers | John Vanderslice | Ryley Walker | White Hinterland |
| Marlon Williams | Toro y Moi | | | |

### Numero Group

* Trevor Dandy
* Duster
* Syl Johnson
* Julian Leal
* Luxury
* Caroline Peyton
* Shoes