Grapefruit (music label)

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Graefruit Records
Founded2011 (2011)
FounderSimon Joyner, Ben Goldberg
GenreRock
Country of originUnited States
Location Brooklyn, New York
Official website www.grapefruitrecordclub.com

Grapefruit is an independent record label and distributor. It began in 2011 [1] as a subscription record club, launching the first series with an album by American band Lambchop, which was a collection of juvenilia by Kurt Wagner, titled Turd Goes Back: Essential Tracks from Secret Sourpuss & Hot Tussy. [2]

Contents

History

The label switched from being a subscription-only record club [3] to releasing albums individually. Grapefruit distributes other independent labels as well as its own artists.

Artists

Kurt Wagner, Dead C, Jackson C. Frank, Simon Joyner, Marisa Anderson, Bill Direen, Dump.

See also

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References

  1. "Simon Joyner on Nebraska and His Songs - Q&A - Hear Nebraska". June 2012.
  2. "Lambchop Kicks Off Grapefruit Record Club - Pitchfork". Pitchfork . 30 November 2010.
  3. "Grapefruit Record Club to Release New Albums by Lambchop, Richard Youngs, L. Eugene Methe and 200 Years via Subscription".