City Slang is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany.

History
The label was founded in 1990 by Christof Ellinghaus, exclusively to release The Flaming Lips' In A Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares). With bands The Lemonheads, Das Damen, and Yo La Tengo also looking for a label to release their 1990 albums, City Slang became, a home for US bands who wanted to bring their music to the European market. Nowadays, City Slang represents a diverse roster of artists from around the world. The records released through City Slang have helped shape and embellish the last three decades of alternative music.

It was named after the song "City Slang" by Sonic's Rendezvous Band.

Artists

Current Roster
List of current artists, adapted from the City Slang website.

A
 Au Suisse
B
 Bayonne
 Boy Harsher
 Broken Social Scene
C
 Calexico
 Calexico and Iron & Wine
 Caribou
 Ian Chang
 Casper Clausen
 CocoRosie
 COMA
 Cristobal And The Sea
D
 Dear Reader
 McKinley Dixon
E
 Efterklang
 EMA
F
Fazer
G
 Laura Gibson
 Gold Panda
 José González
 Grandbrothers

H
 Hauschka
 Health
 HeCTA
I
 Imarhan
J
 Jakuzi
 Junior Boys
 Junip
K
 KAINA
 Sophia Kennedy
 King Hannah
L
 Lambchop 
 Liima
 Los Bitchos
M
 Dan Mangan
 Sen Morimoto
 Augustus Muller
N
 nAbi
 Nada Surf
 Noga Erez
 The Notwist

P
 Pom Pom Squad
 Jessica Pratt
R
 Roosevelt
S
 Anna B Savage
 Selling
 Sinkane
 sir Was
 Softee
 Son Lux
 Sprints
 Stuart A. Staples
T
 Timber Timbre
 Tindersticks
V
 Vera Sola
 Anna Von Hausswolff
W
 Waleed
 White Denim
 WIVES
 Wye Oak
Z
 Zouj

Full Roster

A
 Arcade Fire
 Au Suisse
 The Album Leaf
B
 Lou Barlow And His Sentridoh
 Bayonne
 Big Ray
 Blackmail 
 Black Mountain
 Black Yaya
 Boss Hog
 Boy Harsher
 Broken Social Scene
 Built To Spill
 Don Caballero
C
 Calexico
 Caribou
 Cell
 Ken Chambers
 Ian Chang
 Chavez
 Vic Chesnutt
 CocoRosie
 COMA
 Combustible Edison
 Cosmic Psychos
 Cristobal And The Sea
D
 Das Damen
 Dear Reader
 Dave Depper
 Dim Stars 

 McKinley Dixon
 Kevin Drew
E
 Efterklang
 Eight Frozen Modules
 Justine Electra
 Eleventh Dream Day
 EMA 
 Noga Erez
 The Experimental Pop Band
F
 The Faint
 Fazer
 The Flaming Lips
 Freakwater
G
 Gallon Drunk
 Sue Garner
 Get Well Soon
 Benjamin Gibbard
 Laura Gibson
 Gold Panda
 Goldrush
 José González
 Grandbrothers
 Guided By Voices
H
 Hauschka
 Lee Hazlewood
 Health
 HeCTA
 Herman Dune
 Hole 
I
 Imarhan

J
 Jakuzi
 Jawbox
 Junior Boys
 Junip
 The Jal-Alai Savant
K
 KAINA
 Sophia Kennedy
 King Hannah
 The Kingsbury Manx
 Kort
L
 Lackthereof 
 Lambchop 
 Larmousse
 Lemonheads
 Liima 
 Los Bitchos
 Love Child 
 Love Inks
M
 Malajube
 Dan Mangan
 J Mascis + The Fog
 Menomena
 Moon Duo
 Sen Morimoto
 The Most Serene Republic
 Alexi Murdoch
N
 nAbi
 Nada Surf
 Naytronix
 The Notwist

O
 O'Death
 On An On
P
 Norman Palm
 Barbara Panther
 Panthers
 Alden Penner
 Pick A Piper
 Pink Mountaintops
 Pom Pom Squad
 Poolside
 Port O'Brien 
 Jessica Pratt
R
 Radio 4
 Roosevelt
 Royal Bangs
S
 Salaryman
 Anna B Savage
 Schneider TM
 Seam
 Sebadoh
 Selling
 Sharon Stoned
 Sink
 Sinkane
 sir Was
 Skunk
 Smog
 Softee
 Son Lux

 Sophia
 Sprints
 Stuart A. Staples
 Stars
 St. Thomas 
 Superchunk
 Sylvan Esso
T
 Techno Animal
 Cortney Tidwell
 Timber Timbre
 Tindersticks
 To Rococo Rot
 Tortoise
 Toy Fight
 Trans Am
 Tu Fawning
U
 Unsane
V
 Vera Sola
 Anna Von Hausswolff
W
 Waleed
 Waters
 Wheat
 White Denim
 Why?
 WIVES
 Wuhling
 Wye Oak 
Y
 Yo La Tengo
Z
 Zouj

See also
 List of record labels

References

External links

Record labels established in 1991
German independent record labels
Indie rock record labels
Indie pop record labels
1991 establishments in Germany