Grapefruit (music label) explained

Graefruit Records
Founder:	Simon Joyner, Ben Goldberg
Genre:	Rock
Country:	United States
Location:	Brooklyn, New York

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]

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

• List of record labels

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

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