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Trouble In Mind Records
@troubleinmind.bsky.social
Chicago-based independent record label,
est. 2009
https://linktr.ee/TroubleInMind
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TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS: 2009-2025



BIG SALE happening over at our Bandcamp page. Take a whopping 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU 



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It's technically NOT Bandcamp Friday, but we're gonna act like it is - our farewell code: ADIEU will still net you 30% off your order on our Bandcamp page 😮 👀

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November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
- Hannah Arendt
June 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
TiM tribute on @wfmu.bsky.social right now with DJ Michele!
🫡 🥲💗

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Hellraiser Special: Trouble in Mind Tribute: Feelings with Michele with One "L"
Audio & playlist from October 14, 2025
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October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The AI industry demands their theft be permitted.
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Made a new playlist for Bandcamp Friday of some favorites from Trouble in Mind who recently announced they were closing down. They will be MISSED!

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Trouble - Playlist by elsplice
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October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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The mighty @troubleinmind.bsky.social is shutting down operations so I spent some time writing about five of my favorite songs from their sprawling catalog of hits, as well as a few other assorted cool songs I listened to last month.

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September 2025 (Part 3): A Farewell to Trouble in Mind (plus 5 more)
I spent a lot of time over the last few weeks looking back at the catalog of Chicago-based indie label Trouble in Mind , who recently announ...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Sad to be informed by Nate on @wfmu.bsky.social that @troubleinmind.bsky.social ceased operations in Sept.

They were a nurturer, taste and scene maker who will be sorely missed. Really, a vanguard of and for interesting, new, cool American music.

Pour one out.
October 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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New Gossip Wolf:
Lynyn on his new @sooperrecords.bsky.social album!
@troubleinmind.bsky.social says farewell!
@5mag.bsky.social celebrates 20 years!
@chrisdeville.bsky.social in conversation with @jackriedy.com!
A Kickstarter for a Lounge Ax doc!
Lynyn lets his wild beats breathe on the new Ixona - Chicago Reader
Lynyn lets his wild beats breathe on the new Ixona, beloved indie label Trouble in Mind hangs it up, 5 Magazine celebrates 20 years, and more.
chicagoreader.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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If your label is home to bands as amazing and varied as the Tubs, En Attendant Ana, the Serfs, FACS, Sunwatchers, Dummy, Nightshift, Martin Frawley, the Mountain Movers, etc. and you can’t make/have to shut down it really says something about how low we’ve sunk as a culture. RIP Trouble in Mind.
September 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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RIP Trouble In Mind, one of the best labels run by some of the nicest people in this business they call show.

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September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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My incredibly low opinion of the music industry was slightly parlayed by the continuing presence of great DIY labels like Trouble in Mind. Sad to see them go, but glad they fought the good fight as long as they could. Listening to the Jonas Reinhardt tape they released as I type this.
September 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Once again reminding folks that the ethical replacement to using Spotify isn’t another streaming platform; it’s buying music from artists when you’re in the financial position to do so and pirating them when you’re unable to do so. Or simply ask an artist for the files, like actually.
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This was a lovely post courtesy of Atonal: “…a beacon of independent music thanks to an eclectic and bold curation” 😭
Tras años de actividad, Trouble In Mind Records cierra como sello activo. Fundado en Chicago por Bill y Lisa Roe, fue hogar de Jacco Gardner, Melenas o The Limiñanas. Su catálogo seguirá vivo, recordando que lo independiente también puede ser esencial.

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Trouble In Mind Records: El Cierre de un Faro del Pop Independiente (2009–2025) - Atonal
Webzine sobre música y otras disciplinas relacionadas.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Humbled & grateful for this 60-song Trouble In Mind mix that Andy from @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social made on Mixcloud... Some of these songs we haden't listened to in years. 😢 Support his excellent writing over at the site 🫡

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Goodbye Trouble In Mind
This one hits harder than most. It’s a rough time out there for the indie edge of the music industry; whether its press, labels, bands, or shops. After 17 years running as one of the best voices in in...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS: 2009-2025



BIG SALE happening over at our Bandcamp page. Take a whopping 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU 



troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
September 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
THE TUBS’ “Cotton Crown” is BACK IN PRINT on “Light Lager” beer-colored vinyl!

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September 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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August 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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my audio recording of En Attendant Ana at the 2023 Milwaukee Psych Fest is now on the Milwaukee Taper blog, freely available in both mp3 and high fidelity lossless FLAC file formats: www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/08/en-a...
En Attendant Ana at the Milwaukee Psych Fest on May 5, 2023
The 2023 Milwaukee Psych Fest partnered with several labels, one of which was Chicago-based Trouble in Mind Records. They brought several ...
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August 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
*BIG BIG SALE* this weekend! Save 25% off your order of ANYTHING on the TiM Bandcamp page using the code: 25off - valid thru 11:59PM this Sunday August 3rd! (Link in BIO)… Restocks coming soon of The Tubs & FACS’ latest LPs… STAY TUNED!

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August 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The Tubs released a new LP, Cotton Crown, via @troubleinmind.bsky.social. Here is our review: "Stylistically, it pushes no boundaries; sonically, the band play it strong and straightforward. What could be viewed as a flaw is, in truth, an asset." www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/cott...
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
THE TUBS' first US tour begins NEXT TUE May 13th in St. Louis! ~ Who's going? 👀
May 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
THE SERFS play in Chicago at The Empty Bottle on 5/21 & 22 supporting A Place To Bury Strangers! 👀 🙌

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Cincinnati trio the Serfs shake up midwestern postpunk - Chicago Reader
Only the Serfs, three underdogs from the wastelands of Ohio, could bite this hard.
chicagoreader.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Here’s my full take on “Cotton Crown” by The TUBS, on @troubleinmind.bsky.social Records.

“How strange it all is…”
The TUBS Cotton Crown (Trouble in Mind, 2025)
The year I lived in the dorms, one of my suitemates noticed that I was into music. “Tell me what some good bands are” was his line. Bei...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM