About BIG STIR RECORDS
BIG STIR RECORDS has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 2017 as a home imprint for the bands of the Los Angeles pop rock scene. The Burbank-based label, founded by Christina Bulbenko and Rex Broome of THE ARMOIRES, now lays claim to a roster of over 30 artists from as far afield as the UK, Sweden, Finland, and coast to coast within the US, and a partnership with the acclaimed SpyderPop Records of Texas. BSR has issued more than 100 albums on Vinyl and CD, all available on record store shelves in the US, Canada, UK and EU and streaming worldwide with distribution courtesy of The Orchard. With their focus on broadening the artistic parameters of the pop rock sound while retaining all the melodic hooks of the classic template, Big Stir has been hailed as “the best thing to happen to the pop rock scene in ages, and long overdue” by Don Valentine of I DON'T HEAR A SINGLE in the UK, and recognized as Label of The Year by DJs from Sacramento to France.
The community ethos established by Bulbenko and Broome knits together the latest works by bonafide Power Pop Hall Of Fame inductees THE SPONGETONES, SPLITSVILLE, THE FLASHCUBES and SpyderPop signees 20/20 with new albums from legends and cult heroes from across genres and decades like STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, THE CYRKLE, GRAHAM PARKER, SORROWS, THE JACK RUBIES and THE GREENBERRY WOODS. Joining them are some of the most acclaimed leading lights of the 21st century indie pop scene, including THE LEGAL MATTERS, THE CORNER LAUGHERS, sparkle*jets u.k., THE ARMOIRES and LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS. It's an extended family embracing veterans from the psychedelic '60s, the punk-rock/new wave heyday of the '70s and the college rock/postpunk '80s, the power pop revival of the '90s, and the artists of today building on – and reinventing – the blueprints of the whole history of melodic rock at once.
Since its inception, Big Stir has been playful, experimental and responsive, and the fans have loved it. Its history has encompassed a live concert series, a print magazine, and a series of lovingly-crafted Various Artist collections most recently including a tribute The Flashcubes and the wildly inventive two-LP Halloween celebration CHILLING, THRILLING HOOKS AND HARMONIES (named Album of The Year by the long-running Nightmare City Halloween show). But the key to the label's growing audience is something much simpler, readily identified by critic Bill Kopp (Musoscribe): “The Big Stir label has established itself as a tastemaker in recent years, releasing a dizzyingly varied swath of music from bands in (and well beyond) the power pop idiom... staggeringly consistent in their quality.”
Christina and Rex see Big Stir as a creative playground for their artists to flourish in pushing the possibilities of everything melodic rock and roll has been over the course of its rich history. The consistent critical accolades for their releases and the label's mantra “Pop Outside The Box” bear that out as a winning non-formula. The only thing you can expect from a Big Stir Records release is the unexpected, drawing from the full spectrum of the pop rock paradigm, but moving it ever forward.
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Contact us at:
bigstirrecords@gmail.com and rexbroome@gmail.com
