Vanity-Fair.com recently conducted an interview with Gemma Ray in New York. The guys at Vanity Fair had nothing but kind words for Gemma's new album "Lights Out Zoltar!". Read the whole piece here.

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Despite being smack in the middle of promoting her latest award-winning album “Lights Out Zoltar!”, Bronzerat Records will soon be releasing a brand new and  unexpected  Gemma Ray album, recorded spontaneously between Xmas and New Years 2009 at NY Hed in New York by Matt Verta-Ray of Heavy Trash. In 5 days Gemma Ray put 16 songs to tape, an eclectic collection of cover versions dragged from memory and spine-tinglingly executed in her own inimitable style. The resulting album, entitled “It’s A Shame About Gemma Ray” is a raw, powerful and uncontrived regurgitation of old and not-so-old songs – Gun Club, The Cookies, Ella Fitzgerald, Obits, Mudhoney, Etta James, Gallon Drunk, Buddy Holly, Gershwin, Alex Harvey, Lee Hazlewood and more. It also includes the lyrics of Sonic Youth’s “Drunken Butterfly” performed to the music of Rosemary’s Baby and a version of “Bei Mir Bistu Shein” (a Yiddish classic whose German interpretation was Nazi-endorsed until they realized where it came from).

Bronzerat is pleased to announce a number of live dates for all our bands including Heavy Trash continuing their European jaunt and Joe Gideon & The Shark going down under. Check the details at our myspace blog.

Heavy Trash are about to embark on a fully fledged European tour this month taking in the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and Germany along the way.

If you haven't bought your ticket already check out our gig page for details on ticket availability.

Not able to make the show? You can buy the new LP and CD at our online shop here or download it digitally from this location.

Its the beginning of a brand spanking new decade and may we first wish all you bronzeratters a fantastic 2010. First piece of news this year is of a Gemma Ray related nature. As you may remember Gemma has been nominated for an Independent Music Award for her recent album "Lights Out Zoltar!".

 Click here to read her spotlight feature interview on the IMA website.

Bronzerat Records would like to wish a Merry Christmas and an even happier new year to all the people who have loved and supported the music we have released. You are the reason we and any of our artists exist and we thank-you dearly. 

Next year will see the release of a bunch of new, exciting records that we know you will enjoy to the fullest. 

 Cheers everyone,

 The Bronzerat.

Gemma Ray's album Lights Out Zoltar! was recently included as part of the Wall Street Journal's albums of the year feature by Jon Fusilli. He likens Lights Out Zoltar! to “An eerie aural kaleidoscope that conjures up thoughts of what an album by Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las produced by David Lynch would have sounded like.”

Read the rest of the feature here.

We are having a end of year sale on EVERYTHING at our online shop until Christmas Eve. So if you want 7"s for a quid, cd's for less than a fiver, and LP's for stupid prices, go here. If you spend more than £20 you'll get free stuff too. Philanthropy is our middle name. Add us on Facebook and you will be the first to know about any future limited-time discounts.