{{Infobox record label | name = Graefruit Records | founded = {{start date|2011}} | founder = Simon Joyner, Ben Goldberg | genre = Rock | country =United States | location = Brooklyn, New York | website = {{URL|www.grapefruitrecordclub.com}} }}
'''Grapefruit''' is an independent record label and distributor. It began in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hearnebraska.org/feature/simon-joyner-nebraska-and-his-songs-qa/|title=Simon Joyner on Nebraska and His Songs - Q&A - Hear Nebraska|date=June 2012 |publisher=}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/40825-lambchop-kicks-off-grapefruit-record-club/|title=Lambchop Kicks Off Grapefruit Record Club - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork |date=30 November 2010 |publisher=}}</ref>
==History== The label switched from being a subscription-only record club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2010/11/30/grapefruit-record-club-to-release-new-albums-by-lambchop-ichard-youngs-l-eugene-methe-and-200-years|title=Grapefruit Record Club to Release New Albums by Lambchop, Richard Youngs, L. Eugene Methe and 200 Years via Subscription|publisher=}}</ref> 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
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://grapefruitrecordclub.com/ Official site]
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Category:Indie rock record labels Category:Alternative rock record labels Category:American independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 2011