Heavy music, pressed loud in Atlanta
Tidewire Music started as a merch-table promise between four bands sharing one van: if any of us makes a record worth hearing, we put it out properly. Ten years on, the label presses vinyl, books tours and runs a store for six roster acts — and the rule hasn't changed. If it isn't worth hearing loud, it doesn't come out.
We record live to tape wherever the room allows, master for vinyl first, and pay every band on every pressing. Demos are always open — the contact page tells you exactly what to send.
6
Roster acts
14
Pressings
9
Countries toured
The roster
Six Bands, One Van
Maynard & The Thundercats
Stadium heavy rock
The headliners. Forty thousand people sang their choruses back at the open air — hear the proof on Ironbound.
Nosferatus
Atmospheric heavy
Eleven days live to tape produced Friendly Fire, the label's late-night staple.
National Acrobats
Riff-driven rock
Nine lean songs about refusing to quit — The Disbelief sold out twice.
Duff Black
Late-night rock
Two tracks, endless night drives. Crawlers opens the site player for a reason.