The Ladybug Transistor is an indie pop band from Brooklyn (USA) associated with The elephant 6 Collective.
The band was started in 1995 by Gary Olson, Edward Powers and Javier Villegas with an album called "Marlborough Farms". Adding and subtracting a couple of members they have recorded five albums since then: With Jeff Baron and Jennifer Baron added to the lineup they released Beverley Atonale in 1997.
The Felt Tips began in summer 2006 when two kites became entangled with each other on Largs Beach just outside Glasgow. Andrew was struck by how much Miguel looked like Marr. Miguel thought Andrew perhaps might be gay but wasn’t sure. The duo began writing songs along usual indie-pop themes – oral sex, the triumph of losing your virginity, sexual inadequacy and unstable girlfriends. Andrew’s childhood friend and psychiatrist couldn’t believe his ears and wanted in. The quartet was completed with the arrival of drummer Kevin H Carroll.
There are more than one artist with this name. 1)The Parallelograms are an indiepop band from Sheffield, UK. They play short fast pop songs with guitars and are influenced by such artists as Jonathan Richman, Talulah Gosh!, The Ramones and Pete Green. Their Myspace page is: http://www.myspace.com/theparallelograms 2)The Parallelograms are an indie electronic band from California, USA. They make woozy, warm electronic pop for a surreal world.
Internet Forever is a pop band, made up of Laura Wolf, Heartbeeps and christopher alcxxk. Sometimes they make music over the internet, and sometimes in real life. http://www.myspace.com/internetforever
The Brunettes were formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1998 by musical couple Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield. They were a paradox from the beginning - creating boy/girl melodramatic pop inspired by 70s New York punk and 60s girl groups but surrounded in an Auckland scene of opiate-infused garage rock 'n' roll. Inspired by his dreams of domestic bliss while a teenager living in rat infested junkie flats, and in direct rebellion to the messy hair...
The Polyphonic Spree are a psychedelic pop group which formed in 2000 in Dallas, Texas, United States. The band's core members are Tim DeLaughter (lead vocals, guitar), Mark Pirro (bass) and Bryan Wakeland (drums), all former members of the alternative rock band Tripping Daisy. The band also contains 5 backing vocalists and 12 musicians. The band's lineup has generally been stable since their formation.
If you'd like to hear some more tracks, please visit us at http://www.myspace.com/spymovieuk or come and see us play in Glasgow. ...now for the bio...**Ahem**..... Ex Mouse Eat Mouse founder Johnny White formed Spy Movie in 2008. Having completed touring and promoting Mouse Eat Mouse's critically acclaimed debut album Mair Licht, he decided to leave and return to his indie pop roots. Kat King and David Mitchell, who've played with various bands in Glasgow, joined and began writing furiously.
my sad captains are a London-based quintet who sound like pavement getting a pop overhaul. Formed in late 2004, they expand on the standard guitar line-up by adding various other instruments, such as violin, melodica, keyboard, glockenspiel and samples. They produce an american alt-pop sound, touched with country lashes and occasional fiery noise outbursts. They attempt to play interesting melodic songs that hold people's interest.
Slowdive is a dream pop/shoegaze band that formed in 1989 in Reading, England, United Kingdom. Signed to Creation Records in 1990 and initially championed by the British music press, the band scored a UK top forty entry with their debut album Just for a Day. The band consists of Rachel Goswell (vocals/guitar), Neil Halstead (vocals/guitar), Nick Chaplin (bass), Christian Savill (guitar), and Simon Scott (drums, 1990-1994, 2014-present); additionally, Ian McCutcheon replaced Scott from 1994-1995. Goswell and Halstead had known each other since early childhood in Reading, Berkshire.