John Kent, President of Blackland Records, Inc. announced today the official launch of his record label. John, longtime drummer for Ben Kweller/Radish and frontman for Pony League, and his partner Tim Wheeler have been developing the business plan for Blackland over the past year and with the end of John’s recent world tour with Ben feel that the time is right to begin operations. John will now start the process of building the roster of Blackland artists, and expects the label’s first releases to hit the street by late 2005 or early 2006.