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Some offer faithful versions some bring their own particular bent, and some completely re-imagine or dismantle the material and take them places it'd never occur to us that they could go. Some picks are naturals and some surprising some folks go deep catalog, and some pick the "hits." Some choose big names like Ryan Adams, Justin Townes Earle, or Neko Case, and some shine a novel light on loveable and grievously under-appreciated cult heroes like the Meat Purveyors and Devil in a Woodpile. Thus, a half-cocked idea (not our first, trust us on that…nor likely our last…) blossomed into the triple LP/double CD thrill ride While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records. 38 songs from the Bloodshot catalog reemerge in oft-head-craning styles from gritty punk to back porch folk, dark bedroom new wave to straight up honky tonk, and lush power pop to new emo. Some told stories of being fans for years, hearing about us or our artists from working in record stores, their college radio stations or being on tour with them some got turned on through friends or seeing them open for someone else, or from following the Mekons forever.Īs different as all their stories are, the weird and winding paths that brought these artists to our drab little stretch of Chicago’s Northwest Side snake from all over the sonic spectrum. We heard from old friends, new friends, friends we didn't know we had, and even a few heroes of ours (Holy shit! Mike Watt knows who we are?). The speed, sonic breadth, ingenuity, and diversity of responses took us all by surprise. So, we reached out to a few artists and floated the idea of covering songs from our ample catalog because we thought it would be cool to hear what might happen.
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And how to best mark this auspicious, multiple-of-10 occasion? Retrospectives aren't our style, neither are "Best Of" collections. 20 years later, we're looking around with a bit of stunned "How'd THAT happen?" look on our faces.