The Ladybug Transistor

The Ladybug Transistor
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genres	Indie Pop Baroque pop Sunshine pop revival
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Merge Records
Website	Official website

Members	Gary Olson Julia Rydholm Kyle Forester Michael O'Neill Eric Farber Mark Dzula Jeff Baron

Past members	Ben Crum San Fadyl (deceased) Sasha Bell Jennifer Baron Edward Powers Javier Villegas

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 Park N' Ride records, adding and subtracting a couple of members and going on an international tour. With Jeff Baron (Guppyboy, The Essex Green) and Jennifer Baron (Saturnine) 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 and bassist Julia Rydholm (The Four Corners, The Essex Green, Jens Lekman) to the lineup. In 2001, Argyle Heir was released. In 2003 the band recorded a self-titled album at WaveLab Studio with engineer Craig Schumacher in Tucson, Arizona. In 2006 the band contributed heavily to the recording of Kevin Ayers' album The Unfairground which Gary Olson produced. In April 2006, Fadyl began fighting serious asthma attacks. On the 26th of April 2007, he died due to one such attack.

The band released their sixth album, "Can't Wait Another Day", on June 5, 2007. This line up included Kyle Forester (Crystal Stilts) and Ben Crum of Great Lakes.

For their seventh album Clutching Stems, Olson, Forester, and Rydholm gathered new recruits Mark Dzula (The Magic Caravan, Jukebox Radio), Eric Farber (The Lisps), and Michael O'Neill (MEN). The album, recorded at Marlborough Farms (studio) and Sunset Cottage, Poconos, was released on June 6, 2011, by Merge Records.^[1]

Discography

Albums

References

↑ Clutching Stems. Dusted review.

The Elephant 6 Recording Company

Members of the collective	Bill Doss Jeff Mangum Robert Schneider Will Cullen Hart Hilarie Sidney Jim McIntyre Laura Carter John Hill Eric Allen Jeremy Barnes Jill Carnes David Barnes Kevin Barnes Eric Harris Peter Erchick Julian Koster Derek Almstead Scott Spillane John Fernandes Bryan Poole Lisa Janssen

Bands in the collective	The Apples in Stereo Thee American Revolution Beulah Black Swan Network Chocolate USA Circulatory System Dixie Blood Moustache Dressy Bessy Elf Power The Essex Green Frosted Ambassador The Gerbils The High Water Marks The Ladybug Transistor Major Organ and the Adding Machine Marbles The Minders The Music Tapes Neutral Milk Hotel of Montreal The Olivia Tremor Control Orchestre Fantastique Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't Secret Square The Sunshine Fix Synthetic Flying Machine Ulysses Von Hemmling

Other notable bands and side projects	Bablicon Casper & the Cookies Echo Orbiter Fablefactory Great Lakes A Hawk and a Hacksaw Icy Demons The Instruments Kingsauce The Late B.P. Helium M Coast Marta Tennae Calvin, Don't Jump! Midget and Hairs My First Keyboard Thimble Circus Visitations The Diminisher Eyes and Arms of Smoke Perry Weissman 3

Projects subsequent to the E6 disbandment	The New Sound of Numbers Guignol Ham1 Lorkakar Folklore Supercluster Andy From Denver James Husband The Observatory Faster Circuits Nana Grizol Nesey Gallons Madeline

Related articles	Pet Sounds Studio Orange Twin Records HHBTM Records

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