Plushgun is an indie rock

Indie rock

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/New Wave

New Wave music

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/Synth-Pop band founded by Dan Ingala located in Brooklyn, New York. The current lineup of the band is Ingala, Taylor Armstrong on guitar and Matt Bogdanow on drums. The band gained prominence when its music was featured in episodes of the web series We Need Girlfriends

We Need Girlfriends

-Background:The series was created by Steven Tsapelas, filmed by Angel Acevedo, and mostly directed by Brian Amyot. It was produced by their Astoria, New York based film production company Ragtag Productions....

. After those videos, the band quickly gained an online following.

On May 15, 2008 Plushgun announced a record deal with Tommy Boy Entertainment to release the band's first and self titled vinyl

Gramophone record

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 EP

Extended play

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, which was released on August 19, 2008. In a positive review, Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Sentinel

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music critic Jim Abbott wrote that the lead song "Just Impolite" "manages to be breezy and atmospheric" and other tracks "boast plenty of shimmering keyboards, but enough melody to sing along."

Their first album, Pins and Panzers, was released on February 17, 2009. Plushgun was the music label Ourstage

Ourstage

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's first artist to get signed by a prominent record label

Record label

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 after Ourstage

Ourstage

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 flew the band out to South by Southwest

South by Southwest

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 music festival where Tommy Boy spotted Plushgun. "Just Impolite" was featured on the MTV

MTV

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 show The City

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 on December 29, 2008, and in a Comcast

Comcast

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 Xfinity commercial in fall 2010. "How We Roll" was featured on an episode of MTV's The Real World: Brooklyn.

Band members

• Daniel Ingala – Lead vocals
• Matt Bogdanow – Drums, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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Discography

• Plushgun demos EP (2007)
• Plushgun EP (Tommy Boy, 2008)
• Dancing in a Minefield EP (Tommy Boy, 2008)
• Pins & Panzers
  Pins & Panzers
  Pins & Panzers is the 2009 debut album of indie band Plushgun, released on February 17, 2009.-Track listing:#"Dancing in a Minefield" – 3:36#"How We Roll" – 4:05#"Just Impolite" – 3:52#"A Crush to Pass the Time" – 4:03#"The Dark in You" – 3:54...
  
  (Tommy Boy, February 17, 2009)

Singles

• "Just Impolite" (2008, self released)
• "Just Impolite" (2009, Tommy Boy)
• "Let Me Kiss You Now (And I'll Fade Away)" (2009, Tommy Boy)
• "A Crush To Pass The Time (2009, Tommy Boy)