Ryan James Jarman is a British musician who is the guitarist and vocalist with English lo-fi indie rock band the Cribs. The Cribs Jarman formed the Cribs in the early 2000s with his twin brother Gary and younger brother Ross. The band is known for their short, punchy tunes with pop riffs and a lo-fi sound – influenced by bands like Huggy Bear, Comet Gain and Beat Happening. The Cribs have released six albums on the Wichita label, the first two being The Cribs (produced by Ed Deegan and Bobby Conn), and The New Fellas (produced by Edwyn Collins, singer in influential indie band Orange Juice). The Cribs' third album, Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever was released on 21 May 2007; the record was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Their fourth studio album Ignore the Ignorant, released on 7 September 2009 included ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr; Ignore the Ignorant was produced by Nick Launay in Los Angeles. The Cribs' fifth album, In the Belly of the Brazen Bull produced by Dave Fridmann and Steve Albini was released on 7 May 2012. The Cribs later released the compilation album Payola, which featured some of their greatest hits and rarities. Their sixth studio album, For All My Sisters, was released on 23 March 2015. Playing style Jarman is known primarily for his repetitive, high pitched and catchy guitar riffs. In a recent poll of the Cribs back catalogue, NME claimed that "Another Number" was an "early indication of Ryan's status as one of the best – and most underrated – guitarists of his generation" For Ignore the Ignorant, Jarman and Johnny Marr would refer to each other as "axe-bro's", as Marr told Total Guitar in October 2010: "We're very deliberate about being a twin guitar assault, Ryan is a busy player and I am too, so we both fizz and whoever comes to the top is backed up. Ryan is one of the best guitarists to come out of British pop culture. He's in an elite handful of people doing innovative, unexpected things". Gear Up until the Cribs' third album, Jarman played Fender Mustang guitars. He discovered the Gibson ES-335 in recording Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever, and took to using it almost exclusively live afterwards. He now uses a Squier Venus for his Cribs work, and an Epiphone Coronet for his side project. He has also been seen using