Limited
Fanfare
Sprouts
After spending 15 years as an artist manager and booking agent, Brian Kurtz grew frustrated with labels’ lack of communication and nourishment towards bands. Exacerbated by labels’ time constraints and the added pressure of demanding instant sales on artists, Kurtz set out to start a label on his own terms in 2011. “Certain bands and albums take longer to sprout, so worrying about first week/ month numbers is no way to run an indie label,” said Kurtz who began his label, Limited Fanfare, as an artistfriendly solution to the traditional record label way of doing things. Based out of Miami, Florida, Limited Fanfare has already released records by The Ettes (Teeth,) MonstrO (Anchors Up!,) and Lil Daggers (eponymous release,). The records are all available on vinyl at www.Limitedfanfare.com. On deck this year, Limited Fanfare has releases scheduled to drop from PAPER (project by Mike Marsh of Dashboard Confessional fame), Zebra Tracks, Sunday Driver, North&South, Stallone and an Astronautalis and Rickolus split 7”. Kurtz points out that Sub Pop, Matador and Merge didn’t grow up overnight and neither will Limited Fanfare. “I put out records because I love the music and the bands that I work with and treat each project with as much care -- as if it were my own.” Find tracks by Paper and Zebra Tracks on this months PureHoney Compilation! By Alex Rendon