From 2002-2015, Toolshed provided specialty marketing and digital licensing services to over 350 ground-breaking artists and record labels/film companies, sports brands, and tech brands. Toolshed combined blog publicity with digital campaign strategy and record label catalog licensing, and became a powerhouse in the field, orchestrating campaigns for the first two Arcade Fire albums, several Sufjan Stevens albums, Ani DiFranco, Pixies, TV on the Radio, Amy Ray / Indigo Girls, and many, many others.
Toolshed also licensed the catalogs of multiple independent record labels to digital music services. Seminal independent clients such as Touch and Go Records, Saddle Creek, Righteous Babe Records, Merge Records, Morr Music, PIAS, spinART, Kill Rock Stars, and many others contracted exclusively with Toolshed for licensing as well as digital marketing of their catalogs.
Toolshed closed its label and artist marketing and social media division in 2015. In 2023, we are looking at an income optimization idea for our musician colleagues.
Clients: 13 Ghosts • 50 Foot Wave • The A-Sides • A.A. Bondy • Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody • Adrian Orange • Aimee Mann • Air • Amadou & Mariam • American Music Club • Amon Tobin • Amos Lee • Amp Fiddler • Amy Ray • Anais Mitchell • Anders Parker • Andrew Bird • Andy Partridge • Ani DiFranco • Animal Prufrock • Anna Ternheim • Annie Hayden • The Anomoanon • ANYKIND • April March • Arcade Fire • Arto Lindsay • Ashley MacIsaac • Astrid Williamson • Atombombpocketknife • Augie March • The Autumn Defense • The Autumns • The Awkward Stage • B. Fleischmann • Babe the blue OX • The Bacon Brothers • Bald Eagle • Barton Carroll • Basia Bulat • Bat For Lashes • The Beach Boys • Beastie Boys • The Beauty Shop • Bella • Belle & Sebastian • Ben Harper • Benji Hughes • Benni Hemm Hemm • Bettie Serveert • Big Scary • the bird and the bee • Birdmonster • Bitch and Animal • The Black Heart Progression • The Black Keys • Black Taj • Blight • The Blow • Bobby & Blumm • Boddicker • Borko • Brendan Benson • Brian Eno • Brian Wilson • bridges and powerlines • Bright Eyes • Broken Spindles • The Broken West • Brown Shoe • Butcher the Bar • The Buttless Chaps • Buzzcocks • By Divine Right • Calexico • Camera Obscura • Camper Van Beethoven • Carbon Silicon • Caribou • Carolyn Mark • Carsie Blanton • The Castanets • Cat Power • Catherine MacLellan • Centro-matic • Ceschi • The Charlatans UK • The Chemical Brothers • Chin Up Chin Up • Chk!Chk!Chk! • The Choir Practice • The Church • The Civil Wars • Clare & The Reasons • Clem Snide • The Clientele • CocoRosie • Coldcut • Communiqué • Conor Oberst • Cracker • Criteria • Crooked Fingers • The Crystal Method • Cursive • The Curtains • Dan Zanes • Daniel Johnston • Danielle Howle • Danielson • David Byrne • David Dondero • David Kilgour • David Rovics • Dead Meadow • Dean & Britta • The Dears • The Decemberists • Deerhoof • Delta Spirit • Destroyer • Devotchka • Dinosaur Jr. • Dirty Three • The Donnas • The Double • Drums & Tuba • The Dukes Of Stratosphere • Duquette Johnston • Eamon McGrath • Early Man • East River Pipe • Eatliz • Echo And The Bunnymen • Eef Barzelay • The Eightenth Day of May • Electric President • Electric Six • Elf Power • Enon • Eric Bachmann • Erin McKeown • The Essex Green • Eva & The Heartmaker • The Evaporators • Everything At Once • The Ex • The Faint • The Features • Firewater • The Fix • The Foundry Field Recordings • Frank Black & The Catholics • Freedy Johnston • French Kicks • Frost • Gentleman Auction House • Get Busy Committee • Gillian Welch • Girl Problems • Girlyman • Glen Campbell • Glenn Kotche • Gnarls Barkley • The Go Find • Gold Chains • Golden Animals • Goldfrapp • The Great Unknown • Green Day • Guided By Voices • Half-Handed Cloud • Hamell on Trial • Hargo • Hayseed Dixie • Head Of Femur • The Heavy Blinkers • The Heavy Circles • Helmet • Hesta Prynn • His Name Is Alive • Hockey • The Hold Steady • Home Video • Hoodoo Gurus • Horse Feathers • Hot IQ’s • Hot One • Howard Emerson • I Am The World Trade Center • I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness • Immaculate Machine • Indigo Girls • The Innocence Mission • Inouk • Iran • Isobel Campbell • James Jackson Toth • James Jochalka • Janis Ian • Jay Bennett • Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Jim James • Jeff Buckley • Jeff Gauthier • Jenny Lewis • Jeremy Enigk • Jill Sobule • Jim White • Joe Jackson • Johan • John Ralston • John Wesley Harding • Jonatha Brooke • Josh Rouse • Julian Coryell • Julie Ocean • kaitO • Kassin+2 • Kate Bush • Kathleen Edwards • Kellarissa • The Kills • Koufax • Kristin Hersh • Kunek • La Rocca • The Ladybug Transistor • Lambchop • Laptop • The Lashes • Lee “Scratch” Perry • Les Savy Fav • Linda Perry • Lou Barlow • Luka Bloom • M. Ward • Madeleine Peyroux • Magnapop • Marbles • Marc Cohn • Márcio Local • Marconi Union • Mark Eitzel • Marnie Stern • Marshall Lewis • Martin Sexton • Matmos • Matt Johnson • MayDay • Meghan Wolf • Mekons • Melissa Ferrick • Michael Meldrum • Michael Penn • Miho Hatori • Miles Benjamin Anthony Robins • Millionaire • Minus The Bear • Mirah and Spectratone • MNDR • Mogwai • The Mohawk Lodge • Mojave 3 • Morcheeba • Mother Mother • Múm • Museé Mecanique • My Brightest Diamond • N.A.S.A. • Nadir • Natacha Atlas • Natalia Zukerman • Nellie McKay • Nels Cline • New Idea Society • The New Pornographers • The New Year • Nils Petter Molvaer • Nina Nastasia • Noa Babayof • Novillero • Tara Jane O’Neill • O+S • Oakley Hall • Octoberman • Odiorne • Old Canes • Orenda Fink • Otto • Ours • Pacific! • The Pack a.d. • Pas/Cal • Paul Barker/Chris Connelly • Paul Kelly • Paul van Dyk • Peaches • Peggy Sue • People Press Play • The Perceptionists • Pinback • Pink Grease • Pixies • Populous • Portastatic • Pretty Girls Make Graves • Prosser • Quasi • RAC / Kele / MNDR • Radar Brothers • Radical Face • The Radishes • Rafter • Randy Newman • Rasputina • Redd Kross • Restavrant • Retribution Gospel Choir • Richard Buckner • Richard Hawley • Richard Thompson • Rickie Lee Jones • Rob Crow • Robert Pollard • Rose Hill Drive • The Rosebuds • Sam Bisbee • Sam Phillips • Samantha Crain • Sanders Bohlke • Saturday Looks Good To Me • Scritti Politti • Seabear • Sean Flinn & the Royal We • Secret Dakota Ring • Sex Mob • Shannon Wright • Shapes and Sizes • Sharon Van Etten • She & Him • Shearwater • Sheryl Crow • Shifter • Shipping News • Shout Out Louds • Shudder To Think • The Silent League • Silkworm • Sin Fang Bous • Sing-Sing • Sleater-Kinney • Snow Machine • Sole & The Skyrider Band • South • Spoon • Starlight Mints • Stereo Total • Steve Burns • Sufjan Stevens • Summer Hymns • Sun Kil Moon • The Sun Parade • The Sunshine Fix • The Superions • Supersystem • Surf City • Suzanne Vega • Swivel Chairs • Tara Jane O’Neill • Tarwater • Tearglass & Plateglass • Ted Leo and the Pharmacists • Teenage Fanclub • Tenement Halls • The Terror Pigeon Revolt • That 1 Guy • Thao and the Get Down Stay Down • Thea Gilmore • These United States • Through the Sparks • Tied & Tickled Trio • Tift Merritt • Sally Timms • Tim Fain • Tindersticks • Toshi Reagon • Trashcan Sinatras • The Trolleyvox • The Trucks • Two Gallants • TV On The Radio • Utah Phillips • Underground Lovers • Uzeda • Vancougar • Vandaveer • The Village Green • Vulture Whale • Wax Tailor • The Whip • The Whispertown 2000 • White Lies • White Whale • Widespread Panic • Will Hoge • Willard Grant Conspiracy • Willy Mason • Wilson’s Reservoir • Xiu Xiu • XTC • Yair Yona • Yonlu • You Am I • Young and Sexy • Young Hines • Zoë Boekbinder