LD & the New Criticism

LD & the New Criticism was an American experimental pop band formed by songwriter/producer LD Beghtol. Designed by Beghtol to showcase his less dour songwriting efforts[1]—and to be a highly portable, essentially "live band",[2] unlike his other studio-based projects Flare and moth wranglers—the outfit performed extensively in the New York area, and were a featured band at the 2007 Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain. Noted aspects of LD&TNC's live shows were the use of old-fashioned "radio mic'ing" (with the performers clustered around two microphones, in an arc) and their lack of electric bass and drums. The band also contributed the track "Sex Surrogate" to the "ESOPUS 6"[3] invitational CD, Help Wanted, along with Devendra Banhart, Grizzly Bear, and others.

LD & the New Criticism
OriginBrooklyn, New York
GenresExperimental Countrypolitan Death Pop
Years active2005–2009
LabelsDarla, Acuarela
Associated actsFlare, the Magnetic Fields, moth wranglers
Past membersLD Beghtol: voice, guitar, baritone ukulele
Jonathon "Chuck" Plummer: voice, mandolin, guitar
Pinky Weitzman: Stroh violin, viola, whistle
Jim Andralis: accordion
Douglas Quint: bassoon
Mason Patrick Brown III: guitar, mandolin, glockenspiel, accordion, finger cymbals,
Hadley Kahn: drums

Discography
  • Tragic Realism, full-length CD (Darla, 2006; Acuarela, 2006)
  • Amoral Certitudes, seven-song ep (Acuarela, 2007)

References
  1. http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk3405ld.html
  2. http://www.babysue.com/2008-Jan-LMNOP-Reviews.html#anchor170410
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2010-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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