Startime International

• Name — Startime International • Parent — Sony Music Entertainment • Founded — 2000 • Founder — Isaac Green • Defunct — 2017 • Distributor — Columbia Records • Genre — * Alternative rock • indie pop • indie rock • Country — U.S. • Location — New York City • Website — www.startimeintl.com

Green moved to Brooklyn and started the label out of his apartment, armed with one band: French Kicks. Startime's first release was the Kicks' EP Young Lawyer in late 2000. This was soon followed by releases by Brendan Benson, The Walkmen, and The Natural History. In 2003, the label released a compilation album, StarTime International Presents: Super-Cuts. Beginning around 2005, the label became a subsidiary of Columbia Records Group. It became inactive following the release of COIN's 2017 sophomore album, How Will You Know If You Never Try. The label's biggest commercial and critical successes included The Walkmen's Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone (2002), Peter Bjorn and John's Writer's Block (U.S. release, 2009), and Foster the People's Torches (2011).

• Brendan Benson • The Big Moon • Bully • COIN • The Duke Spirit • Foster the People • French Kicks • The Futureheads • The Joggers • Lewis Del Mar • The Natural History • Northern State • Passion Pit • Peter Bjorn and John • Natalie Prass • Shugo Tokumaru • Tom Vek • The Walkmen • Wild Light