The Ladybug Transistor
Gary Olson, Eric Farber, Kyle Forester, Michael O'Neill, Julia Rydholm.
The Ladybug Transistor story begins in Brooklyn, NY during the mid-1990’s. Their debut album,
Marlborough Farms (1995), named after the band's fabled Victorian Flatbush headquarters and studio,
was a recording project based around founding member Gary Olson's collaborations with friends.
They soon caught the attention of Merge Records who have released 5 subsequent records to date.
Though the line-up has fluctuated over the past 10 years, the group still performs and tours regularly.
I was asked to fill in on guitar in September of 2007, and have been performing with the group ever since.
Here is a video filmed during our European tour in 2008. It's an acoustic version of the song,
"Three Days From Now".
Stockholm, Sweden - April 2008.
"Like A Summer Rain"
bootlegged by Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian
Glasgow, Scotland, April 26, 2008.
www.theladybugtransistor.com
www.myspace.com/marlboroughfarms
Brooklyn Public Library - May 31, 2008.
"Always on the Telephone"
Michael and Kyle at the Piano
Trondheim, Norway, November 2006.
Frida Eklund and Michael O'Neill at the Luminaire, London, England.
The Ladybug Transistor lineup has also included:
Jeff Baron, Jennifer Baron, Sasha Bell, Ben Crum, San Fadyl, Edward Powers and Javier Villegas.