Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon launches Chigliak Records

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What do you do after nabbing a handful of surprising Grammy nominations and a plush spot on the Coachella bill? If you’re Justin Vernon, you start your own imprint.

The Bon Iver frontman has launched Chigliak Records, an imprint of his home label Jagjaguwar.

A post on the Chigliak website, which has since disappeared, said the label will focus primarily on releasing records that have been either ‘never commercially released’ or ‘locally released [in Wisconsin] and never put out on vinyl.’ Chigliak will also issue new recordings.

The newly minted label’s first release is set to be a record from Eau Claire, Wis., outfit Amateur Love, according to Pitchfork.

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