Editing Vagrant Records (section)

{{short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name        = Vagrant Records
| image       = Vagrant Logo.svg
| image_bg    = 
| parent      = [[BMG Rights Management]]
| founded     = 1995
| founder     = [[Rich Egan]], Jon Cohen
| distributor = [[Universal Music Group]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-forms-alliance-with-universal-sets-plan-to-move-physical-distro-to-umgs-commercial-services-division12/|date=19 October 2023|website=musicbusinessworldwide.com |title=BMG forms alliance with Universal Music Group; plans to move physical distribution to UMG's Commercial Services division }}</ref> (physical) <br> [[BMG Rights Management]] (digital)
| genre       = [[Emo]], [[punk rock|punk]], [[indie rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[post-hardcore]]
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Santa Monica, California]]
| url         = {{URL|vagrant.com}}
}}
'''Vagrant Records''' is an American [[record label]] based in [[California]].<ref name="sacher">{{cite web|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|title=Vagrant Records launches 25th anniversary campaign w/ reissues, a podcast & more|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/vagrant-records-launches-25th-anniversary-campaign-w-reissues-a-podcast-more/|work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=May 19, 2021|access-date=May 23, 2021}}</ref> It was founded in 1995 by Rich Egan and Jon Cohen. The label focuses on [[rock music|rock]], but features artists in a variety of other genres including [[folk music|folk]], [[soul music|soul]], [[electronic music|electronic]], and [[pop music|pop]]. It is home to artists such as [[the 1975]], [[Death Spells]], [[Eels (band)|Eels]], [[Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes]], [[CRUISR]], [[Active Child]], [[PJ Harvey]], [[School of Seven Bells]], [[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club]], [[James Vincent McMorrow]], [[Black Joe Lewis]], [[Wake Owl]], [[Blitzen Trapper]], and [[Bombay Bicycle Club]]. Originally, Vagrant Records was mostly focused on [[emo]] bands such as [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Saves the Day]], [[the Get Up Kids]], [[Senses Fail]], and [[Alkaline Trio]]. The label is considered one of the pre-eminent labels of the [[emo]] music scene.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kerrang.com/25-years-of-vagrant-records-the-label-that-accidentally-took-emo-to-the-mainstream | title=25 Years of Vagrant Records: The label that accidentally took emo to… | date=4 November 2021 }}</ref>

In 2014, Vagrant was acquired by [[BMG Rights Management]].<ref>{{cite web|title=US: BMG Acquires Vagrant Records|url=https://www.bmg.com/us/news/us-bmg-acquires-vagrant-records.html|work=[[BMG Rights Management]]|date=November 17, 2014|access-date=May 23, 2021}}</ref> Co-founder Jon Cohen then became BMG's executive vice president of recorded music,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/bmg-acquires-vagrant-records|title=BMG acquires Vagrant Records - Complete Music Update|website=www.completemusicupdate.com}}</ref> until he left the company in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/jon-cohen-out-at-bmg/069866|title=Jon Cohen out at BMG|website=www.musicweek.com}}</ref> It remains to be distributed autonomously (outside of BMG's main distribution partner Warner Music Group), by affiliated labels in selected countries.