If you are looking for a funky new sound, you should look no further than New York's Greenwich Village.
This neighborhood has been the stomping grounds of some of the great voices of musical counterculture throughout the twentieth century such as Bob Dylan.
Today, much of Greenwich Village and as well as much of New York has been gentrified, but that doesn't mean that there isn't still a thriving independent music scene on the island of Manhattan.
If you are looking for a New York indie record label, you don't have to look far.
First of all, New York City if full of bars, restaurants, and clubs that want to attract patrons by providing them with live music.
That means that on any given night there will be literally hundreds of bands, solo acts, and singer/songwriters performing all over New York.
Any one of them is also hoping to land a New York indie record company contract.
Many major labels have found their home in New York and keep offices in Los Angeles as well.
However, New York indie record labels are generally an east coast phenomenon.
For example, Def Jam Records, Bad Boy Records, and Roc-a-Fella all started as independent labels pioneering the sound known as East Coast rap.
Today, some of the New York indie record labels with the largest presence are Shark Meat Records, Dollatarian Records, and Team Love Records.
Of course, there are literally hundreds of others.
Also, since studios are so plentiful in the city, you can record your own tracks and become your own record company if you so choose.