Minty Fresh

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American record label

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::summary American record label ::

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Field	Value
name	Minty Fresh
founded
founder	Jim Powers, Anthony Musiala
genre	Rock
country	U.S.
location	Chicago, Illinois
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Minty Fresh is a Chicago-based record label founded in 1993 by Jim Powers and Anthony Musiala.{{Cite web | last = McAllister | first = Colleen | title = BreakThru Radio Airs Special Minty Fresh Records Showcase | publisher = BreakThru Radio | date = September 25, 2007 | url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/9/prweb556181.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071215133153/http://prweb.com/releases/2007/9/prweb556181.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 15, 2007 | accessdate = June 3, 2011}} The label is known for launching the career of Veruca Salt.{{Cite news | last = DeRogatis | first = Jim | author-link = Jim DeRogatis | title = The Making of a Sensation | newspaper = Chicago Sun-Times | date = November 20, 1994 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4258461.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106044954/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4258461.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 6, 2012 | last = Kot | first = Greg | author-link = Greg Kot | title = SUBVERSIVE SWEDES THE CARDIGANS WILL CHANGE YOUR IDEA OF SCANDINAVIAN POP | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | date = April 4, 1997 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11380630.html?dids=11380630:11380630&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Apr+04%2C+1997&author=Greg+Kot.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SUBVERSIVE+SWEDES++THE+CARDIGANS+WILL+CHANGE+YOUR+IDEA+OF+SCANDINAVIAN+POP&pqatl=google | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106225448/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11380630.html?dids=11380630:11380630&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Apr+04,+1997&author=Greg+Kot.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SUBVERSIVE+SWEDES++THE+CARDIGANS+WILL+CHANGE+YOUR+IDEA+OF+SCANDINAVIAN+POP&pqatl=google | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 6, 2012 | quote=After releasing "Life," a critically acclaimed stateside debut in 1995 on Chicago-based Minty Fresh | accessdate = June 3, 2011}} and released the debut single by Liz Phair.{{Cite news | last = Rothschild | first = David | title = RETRO POPSTERS HOPE SUPER MODEL HAS LEGS | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | date = August 27, 1993 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24211305.html?dids=24211305:24211305&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+27%2C+1993&author=David+Rothschild.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=RETRO+POPSTERS+HOPE+SUPER+MODEL+HAS+LEGS&pqatl=google | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106231020/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24211305.html?dids=24211305:24211305&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+27,+1993&author=David+Rothschild.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=RETRO+POPSTERS+HOPE+SUPER+MODEL+HAS+LEGS&pqatl=google | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 6, 2012 | accessdate = June 3, 2011}} Minty Fresh also owns the Mini Fresh label, which produces children's music.{{Cite news | last = Pogrebin | first = Robin | author-link = Robin Pogrebin | title = Not All Sunshine for Teensy Set's Troubadour | newspaper = New York Times | date = September 18, 2002 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/arts/not-all-sunshine-for-teensy-set-s-troubadour.html | accessdate = June 3, 2011}} | last = Edelstein | first = David | author-link = David Edelstein | title = Nursery School of Rock | newspaper = New York Times | date = January 30, 2005 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/arts/music/30edel.html | accessdate = June 3, 2011}}

Artists

All India Radio
The Aluminum Group{{Cite news | last = Margasak | first = Peter | author-link = | title = A Minty Fresh Start - Aluminum Group/Sweetness and Bite | newspaper = Chicago Reader | date = August 6, 1998 | url = http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/a-minty-fresh-start/Content?oid=896984 | accessdate = June 3, 2011}}
Lindsay Anderson
Astrid Swan
Axe Riverboy
Bark Bark Disco
Beangrowers
Bettie Serveert
The Cardigans
The Children's Hour
Andrew Deadman
Desperate Journalist
Doktor Kosmos
Drew Andrews
Every Good Boy
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
Firefox AK
Floraline
Fonda
Friend + Doktor Kosmos
Fugu
The Hit Parade
HushPuppies
Husky Rescue
Ivy
Kahimi Karie
Klee
Komeda{{Cite news | last = SIEGLER | first = DYLAN | author-link = | title = Komeda makes a go of it | newspaper = Billboard | publisher = Chicago Sun-Times | date = June 17, 1998 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB423A133382ED7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | quote = A North of No South compilation including a Komeda song was picked up by Minty Fresh talent rep Jim Powers during a trip to Japan | accessdate = June 3, 2011}}
The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group
Light FM
The Living Blue
Liz Phair
Love Jones
Mastretta
Melony
Mike Scott
Miou Miou
Musique Le Pop
The Orange Peels
Papas Fritas
The Poems
Prototypes
Ralph's World
Sepiatone
Sarah Shannon
Sébastien Schuller
Sleep Thieves
Soy Un Caballo
Stump The Host
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
The Sugarplastic
Tahiti 80
Trost
Veruca Salt
The Waterboys{{Cite news | last = Tortorici | first = Frank | author-link = | title = Mike Scott | publisher = VH1 | date = December 14, 1998 | url = http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/510076/19981214/index.jhtml | accessdate = June 3, 2011}}
White Shoes & The Couples Company
Zeshan B

References

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