Topshelf Records
In addition to past work in bands Speedy Ortiz and Grass is Green, Devin McKnight has long written his own music as Maneka, releasing his solo debut Is You Is in 2017. On 2022’s Dark Matters, McKnight set out to explore the full range of his experiences as a studio and touring musician, delivering a striking, unclassifiable mesh of genre influence through which McKnight deftly explored the anxieties of working as a Black man in majority white indie rock spaces. On his 2025 follow-up, bathes and
Basic Information
- Category: record label
- Website: http://www.topshelfrecords.com
Documented Facts
- Inception (Wikidata): 2005 (Source 3: Wikidata Q18353411, revision 2555989309)
- Headquarters location (Wikidata; date unspecified): San Diego (Source 3: Wikidata Q18353411, revision 2555989309; Source 4: Wikidata label: Q16552, revision 2555542477)
- Country (Wikidata; date unspecified): United States (Source 3: Wikidata Q18353411, revision 2555989309; Source 5: Wikidata label: Q30, revision 2556188301)
Evidence and Sources
- Topshelf Records — Official Site (official)
- Topshelf Records on instagram (social)
- Wikidata Q18353411, revision 2555989309 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q16552, revision 2555542477 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q30, revision 2556188301 (knowledge-base)
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In addition to past work in bands Speedy Ortiz and Grass is Green, Devin McKnight has long written his own music as Maneka, releasing his solo debut Is You Is in 2017. On 2022’s Dark Matters, McKnight set out to explore the full range of his experiences as a studio and touring musician, delivering a striking, unclassifiable mesh of genre influence through which McKnight deftly explored the anxieties of working as a Black man in majority white indie rock spaces. On his 2025 follow-up, bathes and
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