| Description: | Brooklyn Record Label Captured Tracks Takes Risks
Captured Tracks' Mike SniperAt 10 years old, Captured Tracks founder and owner Mike Sniper was already doing business at the lunch table. "There was this kid who was really into heavy metal, and my sister gave me all her heavy metal tapes because she was getting into other stuff," he says. "I didn't like heavy metal, and she had gotten me into Depeche Mode, the Cure, the Ramones, Buzzcocks so I started to trade with him for that stuff. Just like any kid, you're into whatever anyone's telling you to be into. "
That last off the cuff comment belies Sniper's astute ear, which has shaped his Brooklyn based label since he packaged and distributed its first releases in 2008 from the basement of Academy Records in Flatiron. This weekend, Captured Tracks celebrates its fifth year anniversary and the opening of its first brick and mortar store with a two day festival, abbreviated as CT5. The lineup, including freak rock auteur Mac DeMarco |