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{{Short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Autolux
| image           = Autolux.jpg
| caption         = Autolux live at the Cargo, London (2008)
| origin          = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre           = [[Shoegaze]], [[Alternative rock]], [[experimental rock]], [[Electronic music|electronic]]
| years_active    = 2001–present
| label           = {{flatlist|
* DMZ
* Full Time Hobby
* Red Ink
* [[ATP Recordings]]
* [[TBD Records|TBD]]
* The Autolux Empire
* 30th Century Records
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
}}
| website         = {{URL|autolux.net}}
| current_members = * [[Carla Azar]]
* [[Greg Edwards (musician)|Greg Edwards]]
| past_members     =
* Eugene Goreshter
}}
'''Autolux''' is an American [[alternative rock]] band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. The group formed as a trio and have released three full-length albums, ''[[Future Perfect (Autolux album)|Future Perfect]]'' (2004), ''[[Transit Transit]]'' (2010)  and ''[[Pussy's Dead]]'' (2016). Their sound draws from [[post-punk]], [[electronic music]], [[krautrock]] and [[shoegaze]].<ref name="MTV NIN" /><ref>{{allMusic|last=Sendra |first=Tim |class=album |id=r1834614 |tab=review|label=Review of ''Transit Transit'' |date=2010-08-03 |accessdate=2012-02-19}}</ref>

== History ==
Autolux was formed in 2001 by drummer-vocalist [[Carla Azar]], guitarist-vocalist [[Greg Edwards (musician)|Greg Edwards]], and bassist-vocalist Eugene Goreshter. Goreshter and Azar met while writing the score for [[Nobel Prize]]-winner [[Dario Fo]]'s play ''[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]''. Azar met Edwards when she was on tour with his band, [[Failure (band)|Failure]].<ref name="MTV NIN">{{cite web
  | last = Wiederhorn
  | first = Jon
  | title = Trent Reznor Boosts Autolux From Clubs To Arenas
  | publisher = [[MTV|MTV.com]]
  | date = 2005-07-27
  | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1506501/20050727/autolux.jhtml
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050731023404/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1506501/20050727/autolux.jhtml
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = July 31, 2005
  | access-date = 2007-05-05}}</ref> In August 2001, Autolux made their live debut, playing two shows at The Fold in Silverlake Lounge. In March 2001, the band released a self-released [[Extended play|EP]], ''Demonstration''. It contained five songs recorded on an [[Multitrack recording|8-track]] in their rehearsal space.<ref name="AMG">{{allMusic
  | last = Ankeny
  | first = Jason
  | label = Biography of Autolux
  | tab = biography
  | id = p668951
  | accessdate = 2007-05-05}}</ref>

[[T-Bone Burnett]] signed Autolux to DMZ, a small label created by Burnett and the [[Coen Brothers]], and "nurtured" the band.<ref name="MTV NIN" /><ref name="AMG" />

In November 2002, Autolux entered the studio to record their first full-length album, ''Future Perfect'', and finished primary recording in January 2003. In contrast to the 8-track recording method employed during the making of ''Demonstration'', Burnett wished to capture the band's live sound on the album. Following the initial recording, the band continued recording and overdubbing additional music at Space 23 (the band's studio in their rehearsal room) to flesh out the songs.<ref name="AMG" /> The song "Asleep at the Trigger" was completely recorded at Space 23.<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web
  | title = Autolux - Future Perfect
  | date = 18 July 2005
 | publisher = [[Discogs]]
  | url = http://www.discogs.com/release/499634
  | access-date = 2007-05-12}}</ref> At the beginning of 2003, the album was mixed by [[Dave Sardy]]. The album was released September 21, 2004, and was generally met with critical praise.<ref name="MTV NIN" />

Autolux began touring in 2005 to promote ''Future Perfect'', playing with a number of bands, including [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]], [[Broadcast (band)|Broadcast]], [[The White Stripes]], [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]], [[Deerhoof]] and [[Beck]].
<ref name="twentyforty">{{cite web
 |last        = Wenker
 |first       = Peter
 |title       = Autolux (interview)
 |publisher   = twenty/forty
 |year        = 2004
 |url         = http://www.twentyfortyzine.com/interviews/archives/autolux.php
 |access-date  = 2007-05-05
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070608190422/http://www.twentyfortyzine.com/interviews/archives/autolux.php
 |archive-date = 8 June 2007
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

In April 2005, Autolux played the [[Vincent Gallo]]-curated edition of the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] music festival in London, England.<ref name="AMG" /> In May, they played the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]].<ref name="thelisten">{{cite web 
 |title=All Things Coachella : The 2005 Guide 
 |website=Thelisten.net 
 |url=http://www.thelisten.net/coachella/files/thelisten-coachella2005-schedule_bw.pdf 
 |access-date=2007-05-12 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008215906/http://www.thelisten.net/coachella/files/thelisten-coachella2005-schedule_bw.pdf 
 |archive-date=2007-10-08 
 |url-status=dead 
 }}</ref>

Autolux was then invited by [[Trent Reznor]] to open for [[Nine Inch Nails]] on their ''[[With Teeth]]'' tour, from September to October 2005.<ref name="MTV NIN" /> After touring with Nine Inch Nails, the band ended the year by opening for [[Queens of the Stone Age]] at the [[Wiltern Theatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="Wiltern">{{cite web
 |title=The Wiltern 
 |website=Upcoming.yahoo.com 
 |url=http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/10162/?show=past-only 
 |access-date=2007-05-06 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711211821/http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/10162/?show=past-only 
 |archive-date=2007-07-11 
}}</ref>

In January 2006, Autolux performed on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]''<ref name="Jimmy Kimmel">{{cite web
 |last        = Park
 |first       = Dave
 |title       = Autolux on Jimmy Kimmel (Videos)
 |publisher   = Prefixblog
 |date        = 2006-01-05
 |url         = http://www.prefixblog.com/prefixmag_blog/2006/01/autolux_on_jimm.html
 |access-date  = 2007-03-31
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20061118145738/http://www.prefixblog.com/prefixmag_blog/2006/01/autolux_on_jimm.html
 |archive-date = 2006-11-18
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

In February 2006, the band wrote a piece, "Tears for an Inhaler", for an exhibit called "Sonic Scenery" at the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]].<ref name="Sonic Scenery">{{cite web
  | title = Sonic Scenery: Music for Collections
  | publisher = [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]
  | url = http://www.sonicscenery.com/?artist=autolux
  | website = Sonicscenery.com
  | access-date = 2007-03-31
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070623040741/http://www.sonicscenery.com/?artist=autolux
  | archive-date = 2007-06-23
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> The exhibit also included artists such as [[Matmos]] and [[Nels Cline]].

In June 2006, Autolux was approached by [[James Lavelle]] of [[Unkle]]  to collaborate on his next record. The band was given an acoustic guitar track with a simple drum machine beat. They developed the song, overdubbed various other tracks and vocals in their rehearsal space, and gave the finished piece, "Persons & Machinery", back to Unkle to arrange and mix. It was included on Unkle's album ''[[War Stories (Album)|War Stories]]'', released in July 2007. Goreshter also played bass guitar on a few of the other tracks on the record. On April 30, 2007, Unkle released a limited edition remix [[12-inch single|12"]] called ''Surrender Sounds Session Session #3 & #4'', with the [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] containing a remix of the Autolux track "Turnstile Blues" from ''Future Perfect''.<ref name="UNKLE 12inch">{{cite web
  | title = Surrender Sounds Session No.&nbsp;3 & No.&nbsp;4 (Autolux/Black Mountain)
  | publisher = [[Unkle]]
  | url = http://unkle.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=1228_9151&pc=UKLP01
  | access-date = 2007-05-05
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304201452/http://unkle.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=1228_9151&pc=UKLP01
  | archive-date = 2009-03-04
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref><ref name="angryape">{{cite web
 |title=UNKLE Remix Autolux For New Single 
 |website=AngryApe.com 
 |date=2007-05-01 
 |url=http://angryape.com/news/2007/05/unkle-remix-autolux-for-new-single 
 |access-date=2007-05-12 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194651/http://angryape.com/news/2007/05/unkle-remix-autolux-for-new-single 
 |archive-date=2007-09-27 
}}</ref>

"Turnstile Blues" appeared as the opening song in the April 2007 movie ''[[The Air I Breathe]]''. That August, the band played the [[Sunset Junction Street Fair]] in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]], California, and in December, they were invited by [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] to play at that month's edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atpfestival.com/events/portisheadatp|title=Nightmare Before Christmas curated by Portishead|website=All Tomorrow's Parties|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref>

Autolux performed at the [[Primavera Sound]] festival in [[Barcelona]], Spain in May 2008,;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/primavera2008 |title=ATP at Primavera Sound 2008 - All Tomorrow's Parties |website=Atpfestival.com |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref> in June, they joined [[PJ Harvey]] for a tour of Russia; and in September, they performed at the ATP festival in [[Monticello, New York]], curated by My Bloody Valentine.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atpnewyork2008 |title=ATP New York curated by My Bloody Valentine & ATP - All Tomorrow's Parties |website=Atpfestival.com |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref> In September 2009, the band completed their first headlining US tour, including another appearance at the New York ATP festival, this edition curated by [[Flaming Lips]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atpnewyork2009 |title=ATP New York 2009 curated by The Flaming Lips & ATP - All Tomorrow's Parties |website=Atpfestival.com |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref>

As ''Future Perfect'' had gone out of print, Autolux reissued the album themselves on vinyl in 2009, with the label listed as Autolux Music Entertainment (and later again in 2015, listed as The Autolux Empire).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Autolux-Future-Perfect/release/865253 |title=Autolux - Future Perfect (Vinyl, LP, Album) |website=Discogs.com |date=2015-04-22 |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref>

In March 2010, [[Thom Yorke]] asked Autolux to open for his [[Atoms for Peace (band)|Atoms for Peace]] project at the [[Santa Barbara Bowl]] in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], California. In May 2010, the band appeared on another Unkle song, "Joy Factory", on that artist's album ''[[Where Did the Night Fall]]''.

The second Autolux album, ''[[Transit Transit]]'', was released on August 3, 2010 on [[ATP Recordings]] worldwide and [[TBD Records]] in North America.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lindsay |first=Cam |url=http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=146&csid2=946&fid1=48539 |title=Autolux |website=Exclaim.ca |date=2010-07-30 |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref> The band produced ''Transit Transit'' themselves with Edwards serving as engineer. Most of the record was recorded at Space 23, while a few drum tracks ("Highchair", "Spots" and "The Science of Imaginary Solutions") came from an earlier session with engineer John Goodmanson. "Supertoys" was released as the first single from the album, premiering on the band's website on June 23, 2010. The band toured the US, Canada and Mexico that August and September.

In December 2010, they embarked on their first European tour. On December 6, 2010, ATP released a two-song 7" single, "The Bouncing Wall"/"Census" (both from ''Transit Transit''); in early 2011, it was reissued digitally by TBD as an EP, with the addition of three previously unreleased tracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tbdrecords.com/featured/autolux-release-ep-march-1/ |title=New Autolux EP Out Now – TBD RECORDS |website=Tbdrecords.com |date=2012-09-28 |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref>

On February 27, 2011, the band played another ATP festival, this time in [[Tokyo]], Japan, titled "I'll Be Your Mirror".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atpfestival.com/events/illbeyourmirrorjapan/view/eventinfoenglish |title=Event Info (English) - I'll Be Your Mirror Tokyo curated by ATP (SOLD OUT) - All Tomorrow's Parties |website=Atpfestival.com |date=2011-02-27 |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref>

On November 19, 2015, Autolux shared the "Soft Scene" single and announced that their then-untitled third full-length album would be released in spring 2016 on [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]]'s new imprint, 30th Century Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1844786/autolux-soft-scene-prod-boots/mp3s/ |title=Autolux – "Soft Scene" (Prod. Boots) |website=Stereogum.com |date=2015-11-19 |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref>

On January 19, 2016, Autolux announced the April 1 release of their third album, ''Pussy's Dead'', produced by artist and producer [[Boots (musician)|Boots]], who had previously produced [[Run the Jewels]], [[FKA Twigs]] and [[Beyoncé]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/autolux-interview-2015-pussys-dead/|title=From Failure to Strange Floating Grooves: Autolux Return|date=16 February 2016|website=Noisey.vice.com|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Evan Minsker|author2=Jazz Monroe |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/62167-autolux-announce-new-album-pussys-dead-tour |title=Autolux Announce New Album Pussy's Dead, Tour &#124; News |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2016-01-19 |access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref> The band was included in the Coachella Festival's 2016 line-up.

In 2020 Goreshter was sentenced to a two-year federal prison term in the US for attempting to import cocaine from Mexico, something the band commented on in a 2023 interview while also revealing he has not been a member since 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Craig |first1=Sean |title=Ex-Autolux Member Eugene Goreshter Arrested in 2019 for Attempting to Import Cocaine From Mexico |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/ex-autolux-member-eugene-goreshter-arrested-in-2019-for-attempting-to-import-cocaine-from-mexico/ |website=Pitchfork |date=12 June 2023 |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Future Perfect (Autolux album)|Future Perfect]]'' (2004, DMZ)
* ''[[Transit Transit]]'' (2010, [[ATP Recordings|ATP]]/[[TBD Records|TBD]])
* ''[[Pussy's Dead]]'' (2016, 30th Century Records/[[Columbia Records]])

===EPs===
* ''Demonstration'' (2001, self-released)
* ''Six Songs'', also known as the ''Silver Demo'' (2001, self-released)
* ''The Bouncing Wall/Census'' digital EP (2011, TBD)

===Singles===
*"Turnstile Blues" promo CD single (2004, Full Time Hobby, Red Ink/DMZ)
*"Here Comes Everybody" 7" single (2004, Full Time Hobby, Red Ink/DMZ)
*''Live at KEXP'' 7" single (2004, Red InkZ)
*"Audience No.&nbsp;2" digital single (2008, self-released)
*"Supertoys" 7" and CD single (2010, ATP/TBD)
*"The Bouncing Wall"/"Census" 7" single (2010, ATP)
*"Soft Scene" digital single (2015, 30th Century Records/Columbia Records)
*"Brainwasher" digital single (2016, 30th Century Records/Columbia Records)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.autolux.net/ Official site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070513121559/http://autolux.net/index_news2.htm Official Autolux news page]

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