{{Short description|American indie pop band}} {{other uses|Black Tambourine (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Black Tambourine | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. | genre = Indie pop, noise pop, shoegaze, lo-fi | years_active = 1989–1992, 2012 | label = Slumberland, Audrey's Diary | spinoffs = Velocity Girl, Lilys | website = | current_members = | past_members = Pam Berry<br />Archie Moore<br />Brian Nelson<br />Mike Schulman }} '''Black Tambourine''' was an American indie pop band and one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s. Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, the band comprised vocalist Pam Berry and instrumentalists Archie Moore, Brian Nelson and Mike Schulman. Along with Tiger Trap, Lois, Honeybunch, Tullycraft, and Beat Happening, they are considered to be one of the most influential bands of the American twee pop movement.
==History== The members came to the project already acquainted with each other: Both Nelson (also of Big Jesus Trashcan) and Schulman were in Whorl together, while Schulman (also of Powderburns) co-founded Slumberland Records. Moore, meanwhile, was in Velocity Girl and played on early recordings by Lilys, and Berry had co-founded the ''Chickfactor'' zine.<ref name="Slumberland biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/black-tambourine |title=Black Tambourine releases, videos and more |publisher=slumberland records |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Allmusic overview"/>
The band was influenced by Phil Spector's Wall of Sound production style, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and the Shop Assistants.<ref name="Slumberland biography"/><ref Name="Allmusic overview">{{cite web|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/black-tambourine-mn0000082994 |title=Black Tambourine – Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref>
Black Tambourine was described by Allmusic as one of the "seminal American indie pop bands of the 1980s."<ref name="Allmusic overview"/> `
==Discography==
===EPs=== *''By Tomorrow'' 7-inch EP (1991, Slumberland Records)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/54 |title=Black Tambourine : By Tomorrow |publisher=Slumberland Records |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> *''Throw Aggi Off the Bridge'' 7-inch EP (1992, Audrey's Diary)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/throw-aggi-off-the-bridge-mw0001374313 |title=Throw Aggi Off the Bridge – Black Tambourine : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> *''OneTwoThreeFour'' 7-inch EP (2012, Slumberland Records)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blacktambourine.bandcamp.com/album/onetwothreefour |title=OneTwoThreeFour | Black Tambourine |publisher=Blacktambourine.bandcamp.com |date=May 15, 2012 |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> *''Black Tambourine Cassette'' digital EP (2010, self-release) *''Black Tambourine'' cassette EP (2012, self-release)
===Compilation albums=== *''Complete Recordings'' (1999, Slumberland Records) *''Black Tambourine'' (2010, Slumberland Records)
===Compilation appearances=== *"We Can't Be Friends" on ''One Last Kiss'' (1992, spinART)<ref>{{cite web|last=Ribas |first=Michael |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-last-kiss-mw0000082866 |title=One Last Kiss – Various Artists : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> *"Pam's Tan" on ''What Kind of Heaven Do You Want?'' 7-inch EP (1989, Slumberland)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://slumberlandrecords.com/black-tambourine Black Tambourine] *[http://www.twee.net/bands/b/blacktambour.html Discography at Twee.net]
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Category:Musical groups from Washington, D.C. Category:Indie pop groups from Washington, D.C. Category:Slumberland Records artists Category:Musical groups established in 1989