# Pupa's Window > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pupa's_Window > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pupa's_Window.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa's_Window > Source revision: 1285347872 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Pupa's Window** is a [lo-fi](/source/Lo-fi_music) singer/songwriter pseudonym from Baltimore, Maryland. ## History In 1994, singer/songwriter Michael Nestor formed Pupa's Window in Eldersburg, Maryland-mostly as a vehicle to document the recording process and produce lo-fi [cassette](/source/Cassette_culture) recordings. In the early-to-mid 1990s, Pupa's Window recorded music at the advent of cassette-based, [lo-fi](/source/Lo-fi) indie pop. The project had some early success on college radio-typically charting in the [CMJ](/source/CMJ) New Music Report.[1][2] After 2002, Pupa's Window records began to become more orchestrated, and involve other musicians.[3][4] Shortly after joining [The Beechfields Record Label](/source/The_Beechfields_Record_Label) in Baltimore, Maryland, Pupa's Window began to be regarded as one of the "best-kept indie-pop songwriter secrets" in Baltimore.[5] The band's music draws comparison to [Lou Barlow](/source/Lou_Barlow), [Bill Callahan](/source/Bill_Callahan_(musician)) and [Elliott Smith](/source/Elliott_Smith) and has been described as, "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." [5][6] Between 1994 and 2008, Pupa's Window released over eighteen records on both cassette and compact disc, and collaborated with Baltimore-based artist Private Eleanor.[5] Concurrently with this project, from 1998 to 2001, Nestor played in a [shoegaze](/source/Shoegaze) band, called Lowell.[2][3] Work on both Pupa's Window and Lowell were instrumental in Nestor joining the alt-rock group [The Seldon Plan](/source/The_Seldon_Plan).[7] Recording as Pupa's Window contributed to The Seldon Plan's role in the Baltimore indie and DIY movement that experienced a revitalization across the late 1990s through the mid 2000s.[8] The lo-fi indie [DIY](/source/DIY) ethos had a significant impact on Nestor and his work with Pupa's Window helped in his development of The Beechfields Record Label. In 2003, he founded The Beechfields.[9] Nestor notes in an interview with Baltimore City Paper, the goal was to maintain an artist-centered approach to releasing records based on Virginia label [Simple Machines](/source/Simple_Machines) founded by Jenny Toomey.[3] In 2004, Baltimore musician Austin Stahl began working at The Beechfields with Nestor to develop the label's roster while playing percussion for Pupa's Window.[2][3] Asked about the potential for too much emphasis on an inward-looking and diary-esque approach within lo-fi indie pop in general and Pupa's Window specifically, 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."[3] ## References **Citations** 1. CMJ 1998. 1. Kauffman 2011. 1. McCabe 2004a. 1. English 2005. 1. McCabe 2004b. 1. Whelan 2007. 1. Sessa 2005. 1. Sessa 2013. 1. Broadway 2017. **Online Sources** - CMJ Staff (November 2, 1998), ["CMJ New Music Report"](https://books.google.com/books?id=wuH6GvuKk-0C&dq=pupa%27s+window+CMJ&pg=PA86), *[CMJ](/source/CMJ)*, retrieved October 11, 2019 - Kaufmann, Zach (March 4, 2011), ["We Built This City"](https://www.splicetoday.com/baltimore/we-built-this-city--2), *[Splice Today](/source/Splice_Today)*, retrieved October 11, 2019 - McCabe, Bret (May 19, 2004), ["Playing With Themselves"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090809130545/http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7355), *[Baltimore City Paper](/source/Baltimore_City_Paper)*, archived from [the original](http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7355) on August 9, 2009, retrieved October 11, 2019 - English, Steve (February 3, 2005), ["Splendid Magazine"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050330024852/http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1105959347114589), *[Splendid](/source/Splendid_(magazine))*, archived from [the original](http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1105959347114589) on March 30, 2005, retrieved October 11, 2019 - McCabe, Bret (March 10, 2004), ["Know Your Product"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110814155516/http://www2.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7102), *[Baltimore City Paper](/source/Baltimore_City_Paper)*, archived from [the original](http://www2.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7102) on August 14, 2011, retrieved October 11, 2019 - Whelan, Robbie (October 7, 2007), ["Urbanite Music"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071211122812/http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=53§ionID=4&articleID=767), *[The Urbanite](/source/The_Urbanite)*, archived from [the original](http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=53§ionID=4&articleID=767) on December 11, 2007, retrieved October 11, 2019 - Sessa, Sam (November 17, 2005), ["The Seldon Plan"](https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-live-meettheband111705-story.html), *[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)*, retrieved October 11, 2019 - Sessa, Sam (3 October 2013), ["Baltimore Music Scene 101"](https://wtmd.org/radio/2013/10/03/baltimore-music-scene-101/), *[WTMD](/source/WTMD)*, retrieved October 11, 2019 - Broadway World Staff (2017), ["Baltimore's Indie Rock/Pop Duo Underlined Passages Release New Track 'Silverlake'"](https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Baltimores-Indie-RockPop-Duo-Underlined-Passages-Release-New-Track-Silverlake-20170801), *[Broadway World](/source/Broadway_World)*, retrieved October 11, 2019 ## External links - [Pupa's window](https://web.archive.org/web/20060311091602/http://pw.thebeechfields.com/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pupa's Window](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa's_Window) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa's_Window?action=history)). 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