Artist
Cartel
Cartel is an alternative rock artist from Conyers, Georgia formed in 2004. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Conyers, Georgia · Best alternative rock albums
- 34
- Releases
- 2005–2026
- Active years
- 2004
- Formed
Artist
Cartel is an alternative rock artist from Conyers, Georgia formed in 2004. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Conyers, Georgia · Best alternative rock albums
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Volume 1
2026
Cartel
EP · 2007
Quartz Signal Decay Theory
Single · 2026
Carbon Fiction Lag System
Single · 2026
Glass Entropy Fold Architecture
Single · 2026
Marble Current Leakage Point
Single · 2026
Synthetic Marrow Haze Filter
Single · 2026
Silica Prism Fault Line
Single · 2026
Arsenic Fiber Optic Ghost
Single · 2026
Клеймо
Single · 2026
Radon Circuit Bloom Phase
Single · 2026
Zinc Motion Slump Horizon
Single · 2026
Fossil Logic Gap Ritual
Single · 2026
MANN
Single · 2025
PSP
Single · 2025
Winding River
Single · 2025
Wildfire Dreams
Single · 2025
Static veins
Single · 2025
Sosa Beat (Jace Iayze)
Single · 2024
kashamadupe
Single · 2024
Et jle Sors
Single · 2023
DANS LE BOLIDE
Single · 2022
Mo Money
Single · 2022
Shorty Wanna Ride
Single · 2022
Happy Moment
Single · 2022
Караван (Remix)
Single · 2021
Roll
Single · 2021
Beh Beh
Single · 2020
Cartel's earnest brand of emo-pop emerged out of Atlanta in 2004, when vocalist Will Pugh, bassist Ryan Roberts, drummer Kevin Sanders, and guitarists Joseph Pepper and Nic Hudson released an initial EP that caught the ear of the California-based Militia Group label. Militia signed Cartel, and the Ransom EP reappeared under Militia's guidance in 2004. The label then released Chroma, Cartel's full-length debut, in September 2005. The album cracked into the Billboard Top 200, as bloggers championed the band and the video for "Honestly" found moderate airtime on MTV. The majors noticed all of this activity, and in early 2006, Cartel inked a deal with Epic. Touring continued through the rest of the year, as the band opened for acts like New Found Glory and the Starting Line. That same year, however, Roberts decided to leave the lineup. He was replaced by Jeff Lett, who joined just in time for the band's 2006 Warped Tour dates. Cartel's biggest marketing break came in May of 2007, when the musicians were invited to do a four-part MTV mini-series called Band in a Bubble. The show followed Cartel as they lived in a giant bubble-shaped structure on Pier 54 in Manhattan, and filming commenc…
