Little Pocket Records

Little Pocket Recordshttps://www.discogs.com/label/104195-Little-Pocket-Records?srsltid=AfmBOopZL7fv12Ya55b8FY8x_Gl3yUlxuJHeYhQKmgZI1A0Fk-R10SzW is an independent record label and indie rock music collective from Toledo, OH. 
History
In the early years of the record label, two of the founding members, Kyle Bliss and James Degregorio, put on a yearly music festival known as the Toledo Indie Pop Festival. Held at various venues in Toledo, local bands and others from around the country performed at the festival.https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2007/07/26/Indie-Pop-Festival-is-back-for-a-2nd-year/stories/200707260064 Several of these bands later played on compilations or full albums produced by the label. 

The music record label production side of the company worked as a distribution label for several indie rock bands around the world, including Kingsauce, Little My, The 1959 Hat Co, and Santa Monica Swim and Dive Club.https://www.discogs.com/release/3906517-Santa-Monica-Swim-Dive-Club-Mild-Honey The music collective consisted of certain prominent indie rock groups from Detroit, MI to Toledo, OH that also released music on the label, such as The Homeville Circlehttps://www.last.fm/music/The+Homeville+Circlehttp://www.phoningitin.net/shows/237-The-Homeville-Circleand The Antivillains.https://www.theantivillains.com/ The 1959 Hat Co released music on fellow indie label HHBTM Records–along with Kingsauce,https://www.discogs.com/artist/865743-Kingsauce?srsltid=AfmBOoraaXSOlse9I4G-JHhPIIbf2ao9YDqEhwxf20Bnlk507y_D8FTv WeePOP! Recordshttps://www.discogs.com/label/123923-WeePOP!-Records?srsltid=AfmBOooThWNiogRk4niEtfKbxzuU0qq0FNH2_vW6ecy_k3b51Nl2vYut–along with Little My,https://www.discogs.com/artist/1011988-Little-My?srsltid=AfmBOorcquwpLjrApE2IW1ryZ1sjym9eBpTtc_dNfU3bZb3cbioVlZQd and on Slumber Party Records–along with Thunder Power.https://www.undertheradarmag.com/Media/icelandairwaves.is/artists/owen_pallett/P4160

Over the span of a decade the label released 22 records from indie rock bands spanning from Cardiff, Wales to New York, NY and Boise, ID. In 2009, the record label released a compilation album called Winter Holidays with Little Pocket Recordshttps://www.allmusic.com/album/winter-holidays-with-little-pocket-mw0001959288 that featured bands from several countries, such as Gary Pig Gold, Echo Orbiter, and St. Christopher.

The label quickly grew an international audience that it maintained until the distribution side of the label slowed production in the 2010s. Member bands continue to produce and distribute albums on various labels. 

Artists
Album Artists

The Homeville Circle
The 1959 Hat Co
Wooden Owls
A Little Oceanic
The Melbournes
The Helper T-Cells
The Saw Had Eyes That Sea
Santa Monica Swim and Dive Clubhttps://www.discogs.com/release/3906517-*Santa-Monica-Swim-Dive-Club-Mild-Honey
Little Myhttps://www.discogs.com/artist/1011988-Little-My?srsltid=AfmBOorcquwpLjrApE2IW1ryZ1sjym9eBpTtc_dNfU3bZb3cbioVlZQd
 Kingsaucehttps://www.discogs.com/artist/865743-Kingsauce?srsltid=AfmBOoraaXSOlse9I4G-JHhPIIbf2ao9YDqEhwxf20Bnlk507y_D8FTv
Blue of the Sky
And Bears, Oh My!
The Antivillains

Compilation Artists
Cineplexx / Ally Kerr
St. Christopher
 Echo Orbiterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Orbiter
Irene
Glowfriends
 Gary Pig Goldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Pig_Gold
Retail
Komon
Folklore
The Moonbeams
The Soft City
POP ETC
Lisa Mychols
Postcards
The Cryogenic Strawberries
Invisible Strings
Hyperbole is Great
The Fairly Handsome Band

Festival Artists
Red Pony Clockhttps://www.discogs.com/artist/893266-Red-Pony-Clock?srsltid=AfmBOorwBjlxlultxRbEzr90RaL2gOuicUoiYjTepoCtQvQBwEbGfHKs
His Name is Alive
Bears
Arrah and the Ferns
The Hard Lessons
New Grenada
The Helper T-Cells
Brown Recluse Sings
Frontier Ruckushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Ruckus
This Story
The Afternoon Naps
Kiddo
Patience Please
Paper Airplane
The Antivillainshttps://theantivillains.bandcamp.com/
Zoos of Berlin
The Homeville Circle
StylEx
The Hat Company

Releases

 Artist Album  Release Number Little Pocket Records  Taste of Summer (compilation) LPR001 The 1959 Hat Co Awesome Sneakers LPR002 Little My Little My's Fourth  LPR003 Kingsauce  Cancelled   LPR004 The Homeville Circle  Midwestern Shambling LPR005 A Little Oceanic (self-titled) LPR006 The Homeville Circle Great Lakes EP LPR007 Little My Little My’s Sixth LPR008 Little Pocket Records (compilation) LPR009 The 1959 Hat Co Fair Weathered Friends LPR010 The Homeville Circle Moths And Rust LPR011 Kingsauce  Chanukah Blues  LPR012 And Bears, Oh My! From the Carpet Bagger’s Halo LPR013 Santa Monica Swim and Dive Club Mud Honey LPR014 The Melbournes (self-titled) LPR015 The Helper T-Cells (self-titled)  LPR016 Winter Holidays with Little Pocket Records (compilation) LPR017 The Saw Had Eyes That Sea Paper Thin Rhapsodies LPR018 The Antivillains  So Much For Romance LPR019 The Saw Had Eyes That Sea The Four Seasons EP LPR020 Wooden Owls (self-titled) LPR021 The 1959 Hat Co Spring Thoughts EP LPR022 Blue of the Sky Oh My Girl LPR023 Blue of the Sky Little Pocket Records Covers LPR024

See also
 List of record labels

References

Category:American independent record labels
Category:Indie pop record labels