Les Imbattables Léopards | en

The Skygreen Leopards (Glenn Donaldson and Donovan Quinn) are a magical psych-pop band from San Francisco, exploring unique perspective and clever wording atop well constructed and whimsical music. .

Part of the Eclipse Records and Troubleman stables, and associated with Sunroof! and GHQ. Based in New York City, they formed in 1998 and played their final show at All Tomorrow's Parties in 2006. Mike Bernstein & Maya Miller play with Nate from Mouthus as Religious Knives, Marcia Bassett continues to play solo as Zaïmph and with many collaborators, and Chris Gray plays in Endless Boogie. "Double Leopards are a big name in the new noise underground, but most people probably haven't heard them — though not for lack of trying. Tracking down the NYC-based act's early, hyper-limited CDR, LP...

Anyone within earshot of Rodney Bingenheimer´s KROQ show has been hearing "psychedelic boy" for a long time, and perhaps wondering who this mysterious band was, able to poke fun at the dedicated fashion-followers of the local paisley scene with a seemingly effortless light-hearted touch. As a matter of fact, these LEOPARDS, have been around since at least 1978, when they released an LP and series of 45s on the MOON label, back in Kansas where they started out. It was favorably received, but a move to L.A. proved more frustrating than successful, and the Leopards have been laying low in...