Hello everyone, it's the first day of September and we have a gift for you; a new video from Fatboi Sharif and Steel Tipped Dove. “Dimethyltryptamine” is one of the best songs on their critically acclaimed album Decay, and the new visuals are an invitation to go day-tripping with Sharif and Dove. Also, it is Bandcamp Friday and we have uploaded the beautiful orange vinyl we are pressing up for Plus One, the new album from Fielded. This project is executive produced by billy woods and features contributions from ELUCID, Wolf Weston (Saint Mela), Kenny Segal, Felicia Douglass, They Hate Change, Fat Tony, Child...

BACKWOODZ LIVE SHOWS COMING UP! Don't miss ELUCID, AKAI SOLO, BILLY WOODS & more live! dreamcastmoe + AKAI SOLO Wednesday July 19, 2023ELSEWHERE (rooftop) doors @ 7pm GET TICKETS PopGun 15th Anniversary w/ ANAMANAGUCHI, Cecile Believe, Fatboi Sharif, ELUCID, TONY OR TONY, Heathered Pearls (DJ Set), Shallowhalo (DJ Set) Tuesday July 25, 2023ELSEWHERE (full venue) doors @ 7pm GET TICKETS BILLY WOODS + KENNY SEGAL 7/28 > ORD > Subterranean7/29 > ORD > Wicker Park Festival7/31 > MSP > Green Room8/2 > YYZ > Horseshoe Tavern

SKECH185"Badly Drawn Hero" Video + ⚠️ LOW VINYL INVENTORY WARNING! Skech185 & Jeff Markey "Badly Drawn Hero" In this brand new video for “Badly Drawn Hero”,  pulled from SKECH185 and Jeff Markey’s album He Left Nothing for the Swim Back, director Mike Petrow masterfully captures the inexorable force  and immediacy of a SKECH185 live performance. This is also as good a place as any to let y’all know we have a low inventory warning on this album. If you want a copy of He Left Nothing for the Swim Back you would be well-advised to get yours now. ORDER: HE...

We are currently a week away from Backwoodz D-Day. July 20th is when Fatboi Sharif and Steel Tipped Dove’s new album Decay drops on our label store and on Bandcamp. It will be available everywhere else on the 21st, but y’all get first dibs, as per the artists’ expressed wishes. Thing is, we got the vinyl in hand early so we have already started shipping the record to all our preorders! In that same spirit of generosity, FLOOD Magazine is premiering “Brandon Lee”, the first leak off Decay, so check that out too. Plus we have a raw new video...

SKECH185 & JEFF MARKEYHE LEFT NOTHING FOR THE SWIM BACK 🚨LOW STOCK WARNING🚨 140g black vinyl version in 12" jacket + 4 panel insert with lyrics featuring photography by Vito Oliva and design/typography by Ashes57. Includes a download to the digital version of the album. Downloads include choice of MP3, WAV, or FLAC. ORDER NOW: HE LEFT NOTHING FOR THE SWIM BACK

When people ask us about foundational records for this label, ELUCID’s Save Yourself is one of the first ones that comes to mind. Not because it sold the most copies or got the biggest reviews—at that time all of our stuff was flying firmly under the radar—but because we knew that if Backwoodz was going to become sustainable, we needed to attract talented artists and make great records. We knew ELUCID was one of the very best out there. It was also early enough in his career that he didn’t have a definitive solo album yet. We saw the opportunity...