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Bloodshot Records Bought by Exceleration Music, Which Vows to Promote Troubled Indie Label’s Catalog
Chris Willman Music WriterBloodshot Records, the beleaguered independent label that announced it was closing its office earlier this week, has been acquired by Exceleration Music, a company formed earlier this year to invest in indie imprints.The Bloodshot catalog includes many historically important releases by artists that existed somewhere near the intersection of roots-rock and punk, with albums from Neko Case, the Old 97s, Ryan Adams, Robbie Fulks, Jon Langford, the Waco Brothers, the Sadies, Alejandro Escovedo and many others.The announcement comes right on the heels of the label declaring on its website that its office was “permanently closed” and co-founder Rob Miller posting a long farewell message saying that, “regrettably, it is
