Ventura three-piece the Spires rarely veer from the Anglophile superhighway that seems to run right past Buzz Bands headquarters. Comparisons to Felt, the Velvet Underground, Robyn Hitchock and the Flying Nun catalog all apply, and on the forthcoming “Curved Space” – their fourth EP to go along with two full-lengths (including last year’s very good […]
[I’m going to ratchet up the frequency of Ears Wide Open, my series of quick-hits on the new L.A. music that reaches my ears – and laptop. Here goes:] Ventura three-piece the Spires have been spreading their Anglophile wings in SoCal for a about five years, their” sweet indie-pop recalling the days of C86 and […]
[Happy birthday, Roberta Flack …] Cat Power, with local purveyors of tropicalia Fool’s Gold opening, plays the Avalon. .. The Gutter Twins – that’s Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan – hold forth at the Troubadour. … The Parson Red Heads swoop into the Echo for their first show of 2009 – frontman Evan Way says […]
