The name Etxe Records may not ring a bell, but its co-founders, Chris Goett and Jenn Thomas, aren’t worried. Although Etxe formed once their band, Girl Loves Distortion, was ready to release its first record, the idea behind Etxe predates the band. Etxe means “home” in the Basque language, and Goett’s and Thomas’ idea of Etxe in a musical context is a functional community of musicians who can lend their unique talents to assist…

Sockets Records first came across our radar due to, surprise surprise, an old Three Stars interview. This one. Then suddenly, they were everywhere. There were Sockets artists like Layne Garrett performing at the Sonic Circuits Festival. Then bands like Buildings and Imperial China put out releases under the Sockets imprint. Then they put on a showcase, selling out the Black Cat Mainstage and demonstrating that they also put out funky hip-hop acts, like the…

This month we’re doing something different with Three Stars. While we usually focus our attention on three local bands (which we still did yesterday), in honor of Record Store Day which was on April 17, we also interviewed a handful of locally based record labels. We hope you enjoy the interviews. About a year ago, a band from New Jersey called Real Estate started to come across the collective consciousness of independent music fans….