Years active 2005–2009 Genre Country | Labels Darla, Acuarela Record label Darla Records | |
Associated acts Flare, the Magnetic Fields, moth wranglers Past members LD Beghtol: voice, guitar, baritone ukuleleJonathon "Chuck" Plummer: voice, mandolin, guitarPinky Weitzman: Stroh violin, viola, whistleJim Andralis: accordionDouglas Quint: bassoonMason Patrick Brown III: guitar, mandolin, glockenspiel, accordion, finger cymbals,Hadley Kahn: drums Albums Tragic Realism, Amoral Certitudes Similar LD Beghtol, Flare Acoustic Arts Leag, Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields | ||
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—and to be a highly portable, essentially "live band", 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" invitational CD, Help Wanted, along with Devendra Banhart, Grizzly Bear, and others.
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Always the Last to KnowTragic Realism · 2005
I've Got One Foot in the Grave and the Other on the Dance FloorTragic Realism · 2005
Sex SurrogateAmoral Certitudes · 2007