Top 10

    2009

      Steve Jones. PRESIDENT

      Records
      Jets Overhead – No Nations
      Bill Frisell – Disfarmer
      Seth Walker – Leap of Faith
      The Band of Heathens – One Foot in The Ether
      Allen Toussaint – The Bright Mississippi
      Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology
      Steve Bassett – Let It Go
      The Dead Weather – Horehound
      Buddy and Julie Miller – Written in Chalk
      Various Artists – Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm

      Mike McQuary. CEO

      Records
      Beggars Guild – It Only Gets Better From Here
      Ponderosa – Moonlight Revival
      Lily Allen – It’s Not Me It’s You
      Wilco- Wilco (The Album)
      The Avett Brothers – And I Love and You
      Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
      Tom Petty – The Live Anthology
      Eddie Vedder – New Record

      J.Gilman. CREATIVE DIRECTOR

      Records
      Paul White – The Strange Dreams of Paul White
      Mokke – Happy Chameleon
      Shlohmo – Shlo-Fi
      Lone – Ecstasy & Friends
      Rel – Orchestration
      Qwel & Maker – So Be It (Instrumentals)
      Cloud. – Self Law
      Clubroot – Clubroot
      Nosaj Thing – Drift
      Onra – 1.0.8

      Juan Sebastian Quintero. INTERN

      Records
      Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Solar Gambling
      Federico Aubele – Amatoria
      Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Cryptomnesia
      Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
      The Mars Volta – Octahedron
      Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Los Sueños De Un Higado
      John Frusciante – The Empyrean
      Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

        2008

          J.Gilman. CREATIVE DIRECTOR

          Records
          Cloud. – Pimp Steak
          Crystal Pharoah – Blaxploration
          Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins – Clutch of the Tiger
          Distance – Repercussions
          Gaslamp Killer – I Spit On Your Grave
          Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
          Madlib – Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite
          Dday One – Heavy Migration
          Andy Votel – Stars On 33 – One Nation Under A Grave
          Elliot Lipp – The Outside

          Steve Jones. PRESIDENT

          Records
          Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
          Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
          James Hunter – The Hard Way
          Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
          Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
          Duke Robillard – A Swinging Session With Duke Robillard
          Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
          The Black Keys – Attack & Release
          Coldplay – Viva La Vida
          Goldcure – Portuguese Prince

          Mike McQuary. CEO

          Records
          Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
          Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
          Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
          Bon Hiver- For Emma, Forever Ago
          Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
          Ampersand- Derek Webb & Sandra McCracken
          Neil Young – Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968
          Anthony David- Acey Duecy (bias acknowledged)
          Coldplay – Viva La Vida

          2007

            J.Gilman. CREATIVE DIRECTOR

            Records
            Para One – Naissance Des Pieuvres
            Joe Beats – Diverse Recourse
            Gaslamp Killer – Gaslamp Killers
            Madlib – Beat Konducta in India
            Burial – Ghost Hardware
            Sixtoo – Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man
            Vladislav Delay – Whistleblower
            Distance – My Demons
            Diplo & Tripledouble- AEIOU Two
            Oh No – Dr. No’s Oxperiment

            Steve Jones. PRESIDENT

            Records
            Mike Farris – Salvation in Lights
            Thad Cockrell – To Be Loved
            Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
            Robert Plant/Allison Krauss – Raising Sand
            Derek Webb – The Ringing Bell
            Patti Scialfa – Play It As It Lays
            Kings of Leon – Because of The Times
            Band of Horses – Cease To Begin
            Jason Isbell – Sirens of The Ditch
            White Stripes – Icky Thump

            Mike McQuary. CEO

            Records
            Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
            The National- The Boxer
            Romantica- America
            Band of Horses – Cease To Begin
            White Stripes – Icky Thump
            Thad Cockrell – To Be Loved
            Derek Webb – The Ringing Bell

              2006

                Richard Dunn. ARTIST DEVELOPMENT/A&R

                Records
                Jay Z Kingdom Come
                Ice Cube – Laugh Now Cry Later
                John Legend – Once Again
                Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
                Beyonce – BDay
                Mary J. Blige – Reflections
                Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae
                Ludacris – Release Therapy
                Snoop Dog – Blue Carpet Treatment
                Dead Prez and Outlaws – Cant Sell Dope Forever

                J.Gilman. CREATIVE DIRECTOR

                Records
                Metal Fingers – Special Herbs
                Freescha – Head Warlock Double Stare
                Induce – Cycle
                Prefuse 73 – Security Screenings
                Tycho – Past is Prologue
                J Dilla – Donuts
                Free the Robots – Prototype
                Broadcast – The Future Crayon
                RJD2 – Magnificent City Instrumentals
                Stereolab – Fab Four Suture

                Steve Jones. PRESIDENT

                Records
                James Hunter – People Gonna Talk
                Jars of Clay – Good Monsters
                Van Morrison – Pay The Devil
                John Legend – Once Again
                The Beatles – Love
                James Hand – The Truth Will Set You Free
                Bob Dylan – Modern Times
                Raul Malo – You’re Only Lonely
                David Gilmour – On An Island
                Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’: The Very Best of Harry Nilsson

                Shows
                Van Morrison – The Ryman/Nashville
                Tom Waits – The Tabernacle/Atlanta
                Sufjan Stevens – The Fox/Atlanta
                James Hunter – The Tabernacle/Atlanta
                Government Mule – Soundcheck/Friends of DaveFM at The Tabernacle/Atlanta
                Cary Ann Hearst – The Masquerade/Atlanta
                Corey Smith – The Roxy/Atlanta
                Marty Stuart – Variety Playhouse/Atlanta

                Farbod Kokabi. INTERN

                Records
                Helios – Eingya
                Count Bass D – Act Your Waist Size
                Tim Hecker – Harmony In Ultraviolet
                Belong – October Language
                Madlib – Movie Scenes Vol. 1 + 2
                Mahogany – Connectivity
                Chris Herbert – Mezzotint
                Pigeon John – And the Summertime Pool Party
                Mekalek – True and Livin’
                Growing – Color Wheel

                Shows
                A Tribe Called Quest – Tabernacle
                Rhys Chatham, Thurston Moore, Doug McCombs/Army of Guitars – SXSW
                Volcano – SXSW
                Table of Elements Showcase – Eyedrum
                Boris – The Earl

                Niki Lockwood. INTERN

                Records
                John Legend – Once Again
                Beyonce – B-Day
                India.Arie – Love and Relationship
                John Mayer – Continuum
                Mat Kearney – Nothing Left to Lose

                Shows
                Micah Dalton – Smiths Olde Bar
                PJ Morton -Sugar Hill
                India.Arie – Visions
                Imogen Heap -Tabernacle

                Saba Long. INTERN

                Records
                John Mayer – Continuum
                Justin Timberlake – Future Sex/Love Sounds
                KT Tunstall – Eye To the Telescope
                Mariah Carey – The Emancipation of Mimi
                Anthony Hamilton – Ain’t Nobody Worryin’
                Lyfe Jennings – The Phoenix
                Gran Bel Fisher – Full Moon Cigarette

                Shows
                Corinne Bailey Rae – The Loft
                (Her opening act Gran Bel Fisher)
                Anthony Hamilton – Fox Theatre

                Mike McQuary. CEO

                Records
                Jars of Clay – Good Monsters
                John Legend – Once Again
                Govt Mule- High and Mighty
                KT Tunstall- Eye to the Telescope
                Silversun Pickups- Carnavan
                Band of Horses- Everything All the Time

                Shows
                Steely Dan- Chastain Park/Atlanta
                James Hall- Smith’s Old Bar/Atlanta
                Tom Waits – The Tabernacle/Atlanta
                Sufjan Stevens – The Fox/Atlanta
                Damnwells- The Earl/Atlanta
                Govt Mule – Soundcheck/The Tabernacle/Atlanta
                Cary Ann Hearst – The Masquerade/Atlanta
                Art Brut- Drunken Unicorn/Atlanta
                Corey Smith – The Roxy/Atlanta
                Noah Pine & The Marsh- Good Hurt/Los Angeles
                India.Arie- Chastain Park/Atlanta
                Selmonnaires- Lenny’s/Atlanta
                Trey Anastasio- Tabernacle, Atlanta

                Twanesia Rucker. INTERN

                Records
                John Mayer – Continuum
                Gary Pfaff – White Stars
                Ray Lamontagne- Til The Sun Turns Black
                Variac- Break It To Your Girlfriend
                Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium

                Shows
                Gary Pfaff & Shandi Thorm @ Vinyl
                Goo Goo Dolls & Counting Crows @ Hi Fi Buys
                Obsession Day, DriveBlind & CandleBox @ Roxy
                Kill Gordon & Variac @ The Earl
                Government Mule @ Tabernacle (Soundcheck/Frends Of Dave FM)

                  2005

                    Richard Dunn. ARTIST DEVELOPMENT/A&R

                    Records
                    Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
                    Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock.
                    Gorillaz – Demon Days
                    Bun B – Trill
                    Master P – Best of Master P
                    John Legend – Get Lifted
                    Leela James – A Change Is Gonna Come
                    Common – Be
                    Kanye West – Late Registration
                    Too Short – Pimpin Inc The Mixtape

                    J.Gilman. CREATIVE DIRECTOR

                    Records
                    Jackson and his Computer Band – Smash
                    Boards of Canada – Campfire Headphase
                    Meat Beat Manifesto – At The Center
                    Prefuse 73 – Reads the Books
                    Bonobo – Live Sessions
                    AFX – Analord
                    Amon Tobin – Chaos Theory
                    Blockhead – Downtown Science
                    Tsutchie / Force Of Nature – Samurai Champloo Music: Masta
                    Mr.Scruff – Mrs Cruff

                    Keith Govan. INTERN

                    Records
                    D’Nell – 1st Magic
                    Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of…
                    Raul Midon – State of Mind
                    Opio – Triangulation Station
                    Slim Thug – Already Platinum
                    Common – Be
                    Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It
                    Kanye West – Late Registration
                    Chapter 13 – Nevermore’s Asylum
                    Rawkus – Best of Decade I

                    Steve Jones. PRESIDENT

                    Records
                    Johnny “Guitar” Watson – The Funk Anthology
                    Amos Lee – Amos Lee
                    David Garza – 2 online EP’s (Chuy Chuy Y’all & May Ides)
                    My Morning Jacket – Z
                    Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me
                    Neil Young – Prairie Wind
                    Brandi Carlile – Brandi Carlile
                    Eugene Edwards – My Favorite Revolution
                    Hacienda Brothers – Hacienda Brothers
                    Lewis Taylor – Lewis Taylor
                    (this came out in ’96 but I just discovered it thanks to one of our interns)

                    Mike McQuary. CEO

                    Records
                    Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
                    Jose Gonzalez – Veneer
                    David Ford – I Sincerely Apologize for All the Trouble I’ve Caused
                    My Morning Jacket – Z
                    Ry Coode r- Chavez Ravine
                    Wilco – Kicking Television: Live In Chicago
                    Common – Be
                    Kanye West – Late Registration
                    Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll
                    Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me
                    David Crowder – A Collision

                    Efrem Sharp. INTERN

                    Records
                    Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane – Live at Carnegie Hall
                    Common – Be
                    The Black Keys – Rubber Factory
                    Little Brother – Minstrel Show
                    Deerhoof – The Runners Four
                    Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
                    Monade – A Few More Steps
                    Four Tet – Everything Ecstatic
                    Platinum Pied Pipers – Platinum Pied Pipers
                    Koushiik – Be With

                      2004

                        Ward Williams. JUMP

                        Records
                        Modest Mouse – Good News for People who love Bad News
                        Magnetic Fields – I
                        Calexico – Convict Pool
                        Patty Griffin – Impossible Dream
                        David Mead – Indiana
                        Blonde Redhead – Misery is a Butterfly
                        David Cross -It’s not funny
                        Michael Flynn – No Disassemble
                        Bill Carson and his Chequered Past – Copper Look

                        Brian Vander Ark. BVA

                        Records
                        Team America – World Police
                        Wilco – A Ghost is Born
                        U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
                        Elliot Smith – From a Basement on the Hill
                        Pixies – Best of
                        PJ Harvey – Uh Huh Her
                        Lucinda Williams – World Without Tears
                        Britney Spears – In the Zone (yes- britney fuckin’ spears)
                        Brian Wilson – Smile

                        Rooth Blackman. MASTER OF ALL THAT IS SALES

                        Records
                        Elton John – Peachtree Road
                        The Thrills – Let’s Bottle Bohemia
                        Interpol – Antics
                        Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
                        Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News
                        Chomsky – Let’s Get to Second
                        Joss Stone – Mind Body & Soul
                        Green Day – American Idiot
                        Anita Baker – My Everything

                        Shows
                        Elton John – Tabernacle
                        Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. – Vote for Change / Detroit

                        Richard Dunn. ARTIST DEVELOPMENT/A&R

                        Records
                        DJ Drama – Gangster Grills T.I.
                        Kanye West – College Drop Out
                        Brandy (So good I don’t know the title)
                        Maroon 5 – Songs About Jane
                        Beyonce
                        Rahsaan Patterson – After Hours
                        Usher (You got to respect those kind of numbers!!)
                        Van Hunt
                        Fertile Ground
                        T.I. – Urban Legend

                        Shows
                        Soul Fest 2004
                        Big Boi – Midtown Music Festival (Rain & ALL!!!)
                        Frank McComb – Jazzy Summer Nights Baltimore, MD
                        Lil Jon – MTV2 Taping – Tabernacle
                        Amp Fiddler – Apache Cafe
                        Van Hunt – Cotton Club
                        Kanye West – On The Bricks – Centennial Park
                        Rhonda Thomas – Whiskey Peach
                        Anthony Hamilton – Roxy
                        Nas – EarthLink Live

                        J.Gilman. CREATIVE DIRECTOR

                        Records
                        Coil – Black Antlers
                        Ulrich Schnauss – A Strangely Isolated Place
                        Black Sun Empire – Driving Insane
                        Amon Tobin – Solid Steel Presents
                        50 Foot Wave – 50 Foot Wave
                        Teebee – The Legacy
                        Massive Attack – Danny the Dog
                        Piano Overlord – Piano Overlord
                        RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke
                        Rasputina – Frustration Plantation

                        Shows
                        Legendary Pink Dots – Echo Lounge
                        Skinny Puppy – Masquerade
                        Pixies – The Fox
                        Michael Flynn – Smith’s Olde Bar

                        Steve Jones. VP OF MARKETING & PROMOTIONS

                        Records
                        Geraint Watkins – Dial W For Watkins
                        Ray LaMontagne – Trouble
                        The Zutons – Who Killed The Zutons
                        Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
                        Joseph Arthur – Our Shadows Will Remain
                        Kenny White – Symphony in 16 Bars
                        Omara Portuondo – Flor De Amor
                        Buddy Miller – Universal United House of Prayer
                        Candi Staton – self titled
                        Green Day – American Idiot

                        Shows
                        CC Adcock (including the rooster!) – The Continental/Austin, TX
                        Mark Broussard – the AAA Radio Conference/Boulder, CO
                        David Lindley – The Red Light Café/Atlanta, GA
                        The Mavericks – Stubbs/Austin, TX
                        John Mayer – Smith’s Olde Bar/Atlanta, GA
                        Al Anderson, Jeffrey Steele, Gary Nicholson, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Kimmie Rhodes, Kenny White doing a “songwriters in the round” – Durango
                        Songwriter’s EXPO – Buellton, CA
                        The entire lineup at the Third Annual Ponderosa Stomp – Rock N’ Bowl, New Orleans, LA

                        Mike McQuary. CEO

                        Records
                        Wilco – Ghost is Born
                        David Garza- A Strange Mess of Flowers
                        Keane – The College Drop Out
                        The Damnwells – Bastard’s of the Beat
                        Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
                        Ike Reilly – Sparkle in the Finish
                        Green Day – American Idiot
                        Tandy – To A Friend
                        Jill Scott – Beautifully Human
                        Brian Wilson – Smile

                        Shows
                        Cody Chesnutt – Variety Playhouse
                        Damnwells/The Shore – The Nick
                        John Mayer Blues Show – Smith’s Olde Bar (had no idea JM could play guitar like that)
                        Wilco – The Fox
                        David Garza – Smith’s Olde Bar
                        Dres Tha Beatnik – Apache
                        The Dead – Hi Fi Buys
                        Second Shift/YOU – Hard Rock
                        Michael Flynn – Smith’s Olde Bar

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