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 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 and bassist Julia Rydholm (The Essex Green, Jens Lekman) to the lineup. In 2001, Argyle Heir was released. In 2003 the band recorded a self-titled album at Wave Lab Studios 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.

Discography

Albums

• Marlborough Farms (1995)
• Beverley Atonale (1997)
• The Albemarle Sound (1999)
• Argyle Heir (2001)
• The Ladybug Transistor (2003)
• Can't Wait Another Day (2007)
• Clutching Stems (2011)