The Ladybug Transistor
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The Ladybug Transistor is a Brooklyn-based indie pop group associated with The Elephant Six Collective.
Started in 1995 by Gary Olson, Edward Powers and Javier Villegas, the band quickly released Marlborough Farms on Sit N Spin records, adding and subtracting a couple members and going on an international tour. With Jeff Baron and Jennifer Baron added to the lineup, they released Beverley Atonale in 1997, this time on Merge Records. Powers left the band, and the remaining members, with San Fadyl and Sasha Bell of The Essex Green and solo act Finishing School, embarked on a United States tour.
With a more stable lineup, the band released The Albemarle Sound in 1999, as well as added violinist Julia Rydholm, also of The Essex Green, to the lineup. In 2001, Argyle Heir was released, and the band released a self-titled album in 2003 which was recorded in their own Marlborough Farms studio.
[edit] Discography
The Ladybug Transistor has released a number of albums and singles on different record labels.
[edit] Albums
- Marlborough Farms (CD) - Sit N Spin/Feeding Frenzy - 1995
- Beverley Atonale (CD) - Merge Records - 1997
- Albemarle Sound (CD) - Merge Records/Pointy Records - 1999
- Live at the Amigo (CD) - self-released - 1999
- Argyle Heir (CD) - Merge Records/Pointy Records - 2001
- The Ladybug Transistor (CD) - Merge Records - 2003
[edit] Singles
- Split w/Portastatic & Land of the Loops (7") - After Hours - 1997
- "Today Knows"/"Massachusetts" (7") - Merge Records - 1998
- "Brighton Bound"/"Cicada Sonata" (7") - Elefant - 2000
- Kindercore Singles Club: September (split single with Of Montreal) (7") - Kindercore Records - 2001
- Split w/Mid-State Orange (7") - Low Transit Industries - 2003
