Ruby Fray - Grackle

Ruby Fray - GrackleComing a long way from her debut album, Pith (KLP239), Ruby Fray's upcoming release Grackle (KLP251) blends Americana sweetness with sludgy dissonance. Helmed by Emily Bean blossom, the band teamed up with Pith producer, Ben Hargett, to record the album at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, WA. Their newest recording preserves the playful jangly genre bouncing enervation found in their previous work while insisting on a more disciplined approach to

drummer James Payment of post-rock stalwarts Do Make Say Think

The culmination of 2 years of singles featuring collaborations with Underoath's Spencer Chamberlain and guitar virtuoso Yvette Young (Covet)

Diamond Rio

10cc had just that - They released some of the most inventive and elaborate pop music ever to emerge from Britain

which shot to number one in her native Iceland

this concept album explores environmental issues and the rebirth of a dead planet through space travel

Three years later

preceding the issue of their second studio album Cuckoo

which was cut short by a horse thief

when they leapt to fame with 'She's Not There'

driven by inhuman drumming and traditional death metal riffing

but it's history and it's catalogue offer an excellent window into the trends and eccentricities of a highly unique industry at the height of it's international appeal