Pupa's Window

Pupa's Window is a seminal United States east-coast low-fi musical actFact|date=April 2008. A pseudonym for Michael Nestor,currently a neuroscience Ph.D. [Citation
last=McCabe
first=Bret
title=Playing With Themselves
newspaper=The Baltimore City Paper
date=05/19/2004
url=http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7355] , and a member of The Seldon Plan [Citation
last=McCabe
first=Bret
title=Playing With Themselves
newspaper=The Baltimore City Paper
date=05/19/2004
url=http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7355] Pupa's Window was formed in 1995 as a way to document recording processes and has released over 18 home-recorded records, some of which have received critical acclaimFact|date=April 2008. Currently part of the Baltimore-based Beechfields Record Label, Pupa's Window started in the mid-90's at the advent of cassette based low-fi indie pop, although recent records have included more orchestration, experimental recording techniques and releases on CD. Often compared to Lou Barlow, Smog's Bill Callahan and Elliott Smith [Citation
last=English
first=Steve
title=Splendid
newspaper=Splendid Magazine
date=2/3/2005
url=http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1105959347114589] , [Citation
last=McCabe
first=Bret
title=Know Your Product: Pupa's Window
newspaper=The Baltimore City Paper
date=03/10/2004
url=http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7102] , Pupa's Window is regarded as one of Baltimore's "best-kept indie-pop songwriter secrets." [Citation
last=English
first=Steve
title=Splendid
newspaper=Splendid Magazine
date=2/3/2005
url=http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1105959347114589] The music of Pupa's Window is reflective of The Beechfields Record Label and has been called "a stripped-down, folky type of indie-pop with a freak factor provided by plenty of echoey production, a few odd instruments and sounds, and tape-loop tinkering." [Citation
last=Whelan
first=Robbie
title=Recommended
newspaper=Baltimore Urbanite
volume=40
date=10/10/2007
url=http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=53&sectionID=4&articleID=767]

Asked about his own music, Nestor has said, "I'm really afraid of the self-indulgent aspect of this music...what I try to remember, is to keep things in the service of the song, that if something isn't working for the song--the lyrics, a drum loop, whatever--to rethink it." [Citation
last=McCabe
first=Bret
title=Playing With Themselves
newspaper=The Baltimore City Paper
date=05/19/2004
url=http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7355]

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* [http://pw.thebeechfields.com/ Pupa's window]