litterbug (band)

litterbug is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 in Vancouver by Marc Simao and Janie Cranfield.

litterbug
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresIndie pop
Years active1999 (1999)–present
Labelsmonkey-bar
Websitelitterbug.net
MembersMarc Simao
Janie Cranfield
Past membersAmelia Mori

Overview

Formed in Vancouver in 1999, litterbug has had numerous line up changes, while maintaining its two original members. In 2002 the band released its debut album pablo on its own record label monkey-bar-records gaining positive reviews.[1] A second full-length album kaiser[2] and EP hollis followed in 2004. In 2004 litterbug recorded "oh, you are so beautiful" for a CBC Radio 3 session, which appears on the New Music Canada compilation New Music Canada, Vol. 1. litterbug has appeared on two other CJSR compilations: Ralph Nader Was Here released in 2003, and Get Out of Your Basement released in 2007.

Both Marc and Janie moved the band to Vancouver, British Columbia in late 2005, and in the Fall of 2006, Spencer Rose and Amelia Mori joined the band to work on new material. litterbug released zero hour in 2009. Amelia left for medical school in Australia and Spencer left, both in 2009. Stewart Lampe and Mouki Butt joined the band. Litterbug is working on new material for a followup to zero hour.

Style

Some commentators have compared litterbug's style to artists such as Yo La Tengo, Half Japanese, The Feelies, Danielson Family, and The Velvet Underground.[3][4] Marc Simao of litterbug also credits punk pioneers like Jonathan Richman and Patti Smith.

Comprising both musical neophytes and veterans since litterbug's inception, band members have contributed to songs using a wide range of instruments.[5]

Discography

Albums
Year Title Label
2009 Zero Hour monkey-bar-records
2004 hollis (EP) monkey-bar-records
2004 kaiser monkey-bar-records
2002 pablo monkey-bar-records

Compilations
Year Title Label
2007 Get Out of Your Basement CJSR Radio[6]
2004 New Music Canada, Vol. 1 CBC Radio 3
2003 Ralph Nader Was Here CJSR Radio[7]
gollark: The old 1TB laptop disk I use for all backups seems to be experiencing problems, so that might become important.
gollark: I was looking into blu-ray discs for backup, but it would be somewhat annoying and expensive so I decided to just not.
gollark: Consider: they cost 4x or so as much, so you could just buy 4 hard disks of the same capacity. Also, they lose data if left unplugged over months.
gollark: Something something electromigration. It's worse at high temperatures.
gollark: Can you not just swap the flash chip, or is that utterly impossible?

References
  1. Sperounes, Sandra, "Music Notes," The Edmonton Journal, February 26, 2005.
  2. Sperounes, Sandra, "Music Notes," The Edmonton Journal, February 28, 2003.
  3. Murray, Tom, "Days in the Life," See Magazine, December 9–15, 2003.
  4. Atwater, Darren, Terminal City, May 29, 2005, Vancouver, BC
  5. Litterbug, See Magazine, February 20–26, 2003.
  6. Get Out of Your Basement, CJSR Compilation CD, Released 2007 Archived 2009-04-06 at Archive.today
  7. Ralph Nader Was Here, CJSR Compilation CD, Released 2003 Archived 2003-11-23 at Archive.today
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