Mom + Pop Music at 15: Michael Goldstone and Thaddeus Rudd on Longevity, Signing MGMT, and What’s Next
variety.comJonathan Cohen By the time he launched Mom + Pop Music in 2008, Michael Goldstone knew a thing or two about artists. Operating more behind the scenes than some of his more flashy contemporary A&R types, the Long Island-born music obsessive signed Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine to Epic Records, and then went on to build DreamWorks’ A&R and marketing departments.
He followed with a five-year stint as president of Sire Records before founding Mom + Pop in 2008, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary in typically low-key fashion this year.
Goldstone, co-owner Thaddeus Rudd (pictured above, left and right, respectively) and their 25-strong staff are primarily focused on breaking a new crop of pop-adjacent young acts such as Goth Babe, Magdalena Bay, Underscores and Del Water Gap, while also nurturing the music career of “Stranger Things” actress Maya Hawke.
Additionally, Mom + Pop recently won a multi-label sweepstakes to sign longtime Columbia Records act MGMT, whose first album for the label, “Laughing Out Loud,” will be released Feb.
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