Rubies

Am I the only one that remembers Ruby? I asked around the W♥M staff here and no one knew – although strangely they all
remembered Curve.

In the mid 90s, ruby (lowercase) was a British band that re-located to Seattle to produce Salt Peter. Outside of the remixed album, they pretty much disappeared on the music landscape… until 2001 when Ruby came back with Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool. Now producer Mark Walk lives in Los Angeles and singer Lesley Rankine moved back to the UK.

Ruby is back with a new single, "Waiting for Light". I believe this new venture is simply Rankine, and not with Walk.

Rankine described her new music as having some old music in it: "It's like the tradition of bakers using a bit of dough from last night's bread in the new loaf – there are connections and threads from my past life in this new album."

The San Francisco duo Painted Palms and New Zealand's Ruby Suns just kicked off their North American tour this week.

Look for Painted Palms' Canopy 7", to be re-released by Polyvinyl Records on March 5th. Hear the title track now:

Meanwhile, Ruby Suns' latest Christopher came out January 29, 2013, on Sub Pop.

Tour Dates:

02/16 Vancouver BC @ Biltmore Cabaret 02/17 Seattle WA @ Barboza 02/19 Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court 02/20 Denver CO @ Hi Dive 02/21 Kansas City MO @ Record Bar 02/22 Minneapolis MN @ 7th Street Entry 02/23 Grinnell IA @ Grinnell College 02/24 Chicago IL @ Schubas 02/26 Toronto ON @ Garrison 02/27 Montreal QC @ Casa Del Popolo

02/28 Boston MA @ Brighton Music Hall 03/01 New York NY @ Mercury Lounge 03/02 Brooklyn NY @ Knitting Factory 03/03 Philaelphia PA @ Johnny Brendas 03/05 Washington DC @ Black Cat Backstage 03/06 Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506 03/07 Atlanta GA @ Drunken Unicorn 03/09 Austin TX @ Holy Mountain 03/12 Phoenix AZ @ Rhythm Room 03/13 San Diego CA @ Casbah