The Ladybug Transistor’s sonic path over the past 16 years has typically shifted with the band’s membership. Under the constant tutelage of founder Gary Olson, LT has embraced avant Shoegaze/Pop (1995’s Marlborough Farms), sugary Psychedelia (2001’s Argyle Heir) and varying degrees of baroque Indie Pop (1999’s The Albermarle Sound) and its Folk/Country byproduct (2007’s Can’t Wait Another Day); Olson and the Ladybugs even backed Kevin Ayers on his massively excellent comeback, 2007’s The Unfairground, further proof of their longstanding ability to work the appropriate fringes of a core sound and perform the wire-walk of drawing new listeners without alienating longtime fans.
Indie Pop group Ladybug Transistor plays Mayday in Northside Tuesday. Go here to read Brian Baker’s full Sound Advice.
This article appears in Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2011.