Louisville is for Lovers

About

LOUISVILLE IS FOR LOVERS is a tiny niche of pop culture for and about louisville kentucky. it’s main focus is an annual compilation released for valentines day with origional, exclusive songs by louisville bands. 
louisville is for lovers also releases other albums by louisville bands, puts on music related events, and has a small rack of music and louisville related clothes. 
Louisville is for lovers began in early 2000 by me, john king, who wanted a way to get exposure to my band at the time, team totoro, and the bands we were friends with and played out with, starkiller, my morning jacket, monkey boy, elliott and music for Nintendo.
i was agitated that there was tremendous music being produced in louisville, and instead of putting out records, bands would get passed over by labels and pack it in after a few years with no record of their sound.i knew i wanted to put out a compilation, but i wanted something unique, not just a sampler. so i decided on having bands record original love songs that would be exclusive to the cd and released it for valentine’s day 2001. we decided to have hand made, hand numbered packages in limited editions to make the cd a unique experience, not just some tracks you wouldn’t feel guilty downloading someplace. the cd did pretty well, so i decided to do it again and now it’s an annual experience released every valentine’s day. 
today we are in our 9th year and have released 8 volumes of “louisville is for lovers”,  as well as releasing other original compilations by louisville bands.our goal is to help louisville musicians get a fighting chance, and letting anyone interested listen to some of the best new music available. 
we have worked with many artists including: my morning jacket, bonnie”prince” billy, tara jane o’neil, elliott, starkiller, ronnie mack, papa m, jason loenstien, shipping news, lucky pineapple, the phantom family halo, the slow break, ultra pulverize, love jones, joe manning, and many more.we hope to continue releasing different compilations as well as one day releasing full length records by louisville bands. 
but this is largely in your hands! by purchasing cds from us at a deal of a price we can continue making records. but every year we sell less and less due to cd burning and file sharing. while there is nothing wrong with flooding the Internet with mp3’s of the white album, you should support independent and local bands so that they may be able to record that next song that might just break your heart. 
    
-in Jan.  ’louisville babylon 2007′ found it’s way to Antarctica, possibly becoming the first rock n’ roll record to be played at the south pole.