Episode 177: Jordan Kurland (Manager; The Postal Service / Death Cab for Cutie)

Vinyl Emergency

It would be tough to say any vinyl collector started out earlier than Jordan Kurland. Having already accumulated every Kiss album by age 6, he became an obsessive fan of The Who just four years later, and eventually parlayed his love of music into a career in large-scale event production — for example, the Noise Pop festival rung in its 30th birthday in February — and championing musicians on a professional level. While the likes of Pup, Toro Y Moi and Real Estate currently fall under Jordan's umbrella at Brilliant Corners Artist Management (which he co-founded in 2017), this year will see an unprecedented joint tour from a pair of the agency's largest draws: The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie, performing two of the most influential records of the 21st century in full (Give Up and Transatlanticism, respectively). Prior to that jaunt, Jordan discusses his favorite San Francisco record stores, Give Up’s specific cultural impact, riding both the digital age and the vinyl resurgence from a business perspective, and the two major ways he's chosen to honor jazz legend Thelonious Monk. Find Jordan's social media and more at jordankurland.net.