Team Love is a New York City-based independent record label founded by Conor Oberst and Nate Krenkel in 2003. It has released albums by musicians including Tilly and the Wall, Jenny Lewis, David Dondero, Craig Wedren, Capgun Coup, Gruff Rhys, The Shortbus Movie Soundtrack, McCarthy Trenching, El Madmo, Bright Eyes, and Willy Mason. A distinguishing marketing tactic of Team Love has been complete albums for download in unprotected mp3 format at no cost on their website in addition to traditional record and CD sales.

Team Love's first release was Tilly and the Wall's Wild Like Children on June 22, 2004. In 2006, Team Love released Jenny Lewis' solo debut with The Watson Twins and later the Tilly and the Wall follow-up Bottom of the Barrels. The year before, it put out records by David Dondero and Craig Wedren as well as the Bright Eyes live album Motion Sickness (though the band's studio albums are still released through the Saddle Creek imprint). Team Love reissued Park Ave.'s When Jamie Went to London... We Broke Up in late 2005. The album was produced on Urinine Records in 1999, but in 2005 Urinine closed, making the album out of print.

The label was founded in part due to Oberst's frustration at not being able to sign and showcase talent quick enough through the record label his own Bright Eyes albums are released with, Saddle Creek Records. Saddle Creek was a label his brother helped co-found but was operated and managed by various individuals. Still, Team Love has ties to Saddle Creek with a distribution deal in place.

Also notably, Krenkel was a former A&R representative for 8 years with major labels like EMI and Sony Publishing before leaving for Team Love. He was responsible for signing singer/songwriter Jesse Harris to Sony ATV Music Publishing, who was the main songwriter for Norah Jones' debut album Come Away With Me, winning a Grammy for Song Of The Year for her first hit Don't Know Why.

Artists

• Tilly and the Wall
• Mars Black
• Craig Wedren
• David Dondero
• Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
• The Berg Sans Nipple
• McCarthy Trenching
• Gruff Rhys
• A Weather
• Simon Joyner
• Capgun Coup
• Flowers Forever
• The Felice Brothers
• El Madmo
• Nik Freitas
• Rig 1

Former artists

• Willy Mason (later moved to Astralwerks)

Discography

• TL-01 Tilly and the Wall - Wild Like Children (CD/LP)
• TL-02 Willy Mason - Where the Humans Eat (CD/LP) (discontinued)
• TL-03 Mars Black - Folks Music (CD/LP)
• TL-04 Craig Wedren - Lapland (CD/LP)
• TL-05 David Dondero - South of the South (CD/LP)
• TL-06 Bright Eyes - Motion Sickness (CD)
• TL-07 Park Ave. - When Jamie Went to London... We Broke Up (reissue) (CD)
• TL-08 Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (CD/LP)
• TL-09 Tilly and the Wall - Bottoms of Barrels (CD/LP)
• TL-10 The Berg Sans Nipple - Along the Quai (CD/LP)
• TL-11 Shortbus Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD)
• TL-12 McCarthy Trenching - McCarthy Trenching (CD/LP)
• TL-13 Gruff Rhys - Candylion (CD/LP)
• TL-14 Simon Joyner - Iffy (iTunes)
• TL-15 Simon Joyner - Room Temperature (iTunes)
• TL-16 Simon Joyner - The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll (iTunes)
• TL-17 Simon Joyner - Heaven's Gate (iTunes)
• TL-18 Simon Joyner - Songs for the New Year (iTunes)
• TL-19 Simon Joyner - Yesterday Tomorrow and In Between (iTunes)
• TL-20 Simon Joyner - The Lousy Dance (iTunes)
• TL-21 Simon Joyner - Hotel Lives (iTunes)
• TL-22 Simon Joyner - Blue Melody: Live from the South (iTunes)
• TL-23 David Dondero - Simple Love (CD/LP)
• TL-24 Capgun Coup - Brought to you by Nebraskafish (CD/LP)
• TL-25 Flowers Forever - Flowers Forever (CD/LP)
• TL-26 A Weather - Cove (CD/LP)
• TL-27 The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers (CD/2xLP)
• TL-28 Tilly and the Wall - Beat Control (Digital)
• TL-30 Nik Freitas - Sun Down (CD/LP)
• TL-31 Tilly and the Wall - o (CD/LP)
• TL-33 El Madmo - El Madmo (CD)

7" collection

• TL7-01 Jenny Lewis / Whispertown 2000 split
• TL7-02 Tilly and the Wall - Bad Education
• TL7-03 A Weather - The Feather Test
• TL7-04 Tilly and the Wall - Beat Control

See also

• List of record labels
• Saddle Creek Records

External links

• Team Love Records official website
• Team Love Records on MySpace
• Team Love Records on Youtube
• Team Love online store
• Business Week Interview: Team Love: Downloads Sell CDs
• Business Week Article: Kissing Off The Big Music Labels
• Stop Smiling Label Profile: Team Love Records