Youth Riot Records Is Making Tacoma Music Proud

Co-founders of the Tacoma-borne independent record label, Youth Riot Records, Daniel Cohn and Spencer Johndrew, met each other in the lobby of a hotel the day before their first day at the University of Puget Sound. For anyone who’s gone away to school, the first day (or even the day before the first day) can be especially nerve-wracking. Where am I? What is this? Will I make any friends? These are the questions that can rattle aimlessly in the mind. Unless, of course, you find someone to cling onto. Thankfully for Cohn and Johndrew, they found each other and, since then, the seeds of their friendship have gone on to sprout one of the most important indie music labels in the region.