Saddle Creek Records

From Wikipedia’s entry on Saddle Creek Records:

Saddle Creek Records is an independent record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. The label was founded by Robb Nansel and Mike Mogis in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). The label is named after Saddle Creek Road, a street that cuts through the east side of midtown Omaha, and the beginnings of a scene whose members included Conor Oberst (then a solo artist), Tim Kasher (then of Slowdown Virginia), and others. Collectively, they were known unofficially as the ‘Creekers’. Saddle Creek first appeared in print on a show flyer, offering to ‘Spend an evening with Saddle Creek’ (later to be the title of the label’s DVD .) Saddle Creek became an incorporated entity as a class project for the two on entrepreneurship. Justin Oberst, brother of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, stepped in to fill the shoes of Mogis around 1998, with Mogis moving more into recording and production. Distribution is handled by the Alternative Distribution Alliance.