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Recording Forever |
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| Location: | Ventura, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 13, 2008 (46 days back) |
About Me |
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New tour only CD single for LOOK W/ 4 unreleased odds and ends. $5 at shows. We cut them out of old LP sleeves so no two are alike. Get em' will they last. You can buy the rest of our records at EMUSIC , iTUNES or at BEEHOUSE RECORDSThank You What some nice people have said about us: Transatlantic Underground: Spring 2008 by Tom Lee Treble Zine Ventura's The Spires make romantic indie blessed with excess tranquility. "Ballad of the Spires" brings to mind the La's and Dave Brubeck. It's a love song like Luna's best, with a vinyl-melting chorus admission that "I'll always come back the next day." "I Know Less Than I Did" is perfect for fuzzy relaxation. I like the fact that the hints of Marr, Morrissey and Verlaine can't quite be pinpointed, and the line "like a good haircut you never stick around" deserves kudos. "Grand Canyon Vacation" embraces the lighter sides of Loaded and Love's Forever Changes. >>>>>>>>>>>The beautifully depressing Spires, A Ventura-based two-piece who play soulful, shimmering pop music, The Spires melancholy has drawn comparisons to British guitar acts such as Belle & Sebastian and Felt. The twosome just released a new EP, Sky Sky, on Beehouse Records. The record provides just the right dose of K Records-influenced twee bedroom pop and jangly, shimmering guitar rock to be a comfort on gray, rainy days and a welcome retreat on those too-sunny summer days. SB INDEPENDENT. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> My friend George from Complicated Dance Steps described The Spires pretty succinctly in his November post: "I know nothing of this band but they are really making me sad right now and that is a good thing." This boy-girl act from Ventura creates pleasantly melancholy pop music that takes from (but doesn't bite off of) such acts as The Smiths, Robyn Hitchcock, and Lou Reed. It's pretty empathetic stuff, happy if you're happy, sad with you, if you're sad. But in the end? Just really good... That's what people kept stopping by and saying to me when the band was playing our Let's Independent! event at Boardner's last month. They'd walk up during their set, grab me by the arm, and mouth those words, eyebrows scrunched up in seriousness. Then for days afterwards, people kept telling and writing me the exact same thing. Everyone. Exactly The Same Thing. RADIO FREE SILVERLAKE |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 8/26/2005Band Website: beehouserecords.com Band Members: J & C on the G & D Influences: Morris Louis, The Velvet Underground of course, Trees, Buildings, King Tubby, Soft Boys, Tom Verlaine, The Kinks, Django Reinhardt, Sergio Leone, Galaxie 500, Neil Young, Sonic Youth, The Pink Triangles, Neon Hand Thelonious Monk, GBV, Jim Jarmusch, John Coltrane, Robyn Hitchcock, Lee Hazlewood, The Feelies, Miles Davis, Richard Davies, Felt & stuff like that Record Label: Beehouse Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist |
My Blog |
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Nice review of Spires/Beehouse etc... |
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| Transatlantic Underground: Spring 2008by Tom LeeTreble ZineVentura's The Spires make romantic indie blessed with excess tranquility. "Ballad of the Spires" brings to mind the La's and Dave Brubeck. It... Posted by THE SPIRES on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:05:00 PST |
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Radio Free Silver Lake 2008 Mix & RFSL Mix: Sixteen Great Songs To Hear Played Live In LA |
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| The super wonderful Joe Fielder of Radio Free Silver Lake was kind enough to include us in a couple of his cool ass 2008 mixes a while back so I thought I should finally link to them here &&... Posted by THE SPIRES on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:41:00 PST |
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The Spires in the studio |
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| Hi everyone - just a little update.
We The Spires have been busy in the Garage Majal these days tracking our new (as yet untitled record) w/ Craig "Tailgate" Costigan at the helm. 12 tracks... Posted by THE SPIRES on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:23:00 PST |
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3 day jaunt w/ Jake Mann & Cool Friends/Bands etc.. |
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| ... Posted by THE SPIRES on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:25:00 PST |
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David Wild |
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| new song up - It's a demo of a song called David Wild's Dream off our new record that we are working on at the Garage Majal among other places. That's the fab Jeff Sparks on piano - yeah we love him t... Posted by THE SPIRES on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:10:00 PST |
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THE SPIRES as THE VELVET UNDERGROUND on SPACELAND RECORDINGS |
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| Hi everyone - Back on April 1st at The Echo for Part Time Punks we with the help of Trevor Beld and Seth Petterson of Franklin For Short were dumb enough to try a whole set's worth of Velvet Undergrou... Posted by THE SPIRES on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:33:00 PST |
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AMPLIFIER AND SKY SKY EPs NOW OUT ON ITUNES & EMUSIC |
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| Links to rock: ..Emusic... Posted by THE SPIRES on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:24:00 PST |
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LA RECORD RECOMMENDS: |
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| FRIDAY, AUGUST 24: So, remember last April when we were all excited to see Velvet Underground at Part Time Punks? And then remember when we didn't? Remember how the nicest boys in the Echo Park circui... Posted by THE SPIRES on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:56:00 PST |
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The Spires as VU review |
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| Here is a nice review of the VU show from LA Record:SUNDAY, APRIL 1: So we kind of knew it wasn't going to be the Velvet Underground, but we all feigned anticipation anyway&like, "What if?" Even the k... Posted by THE SPIRES on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:15:00 PST |
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Radio Free Sliverlake - Mini Interview |
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| Radio Free Silverlake Posted by THE SPIRES on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:46:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Beehouse Records, Radio Free Silver Lake, PART TIME PUNKS, the dazzling strangers, Felt, Robyn Hitchcock : Globe of Robyn Hitchcock, Franklin for Short, Link Wray, Ecstatic Peace, Buffalo Records, the white fires of venus, SMELLO, night shift at the thrill factory, Spaceland Recordings, Jake Mann, Frankel, Sea Shepherd, Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club, The Feelies, KXLU, Jack Wilson, Jr., The Ruby Suns, The Coral Sea, Par Avion (w/ Hearts of Palm UK @ Bordello, 7/18), The Bye Bye Blackbirds, dew wats rt., Job’s DeSoto, alexa, The Mutineers, team abraham music, Judy Valencerina, Tall Tales and the Silver Lining, Get Gone, Sasha And The Shamrocks, Whitney, Baby Doll, Xu Xu Fang, thebeachmachine, Audry Roth, Wide Open Wednesday, Ingrid jee, Club Mercy, flannelcat, Muddy Waters cafe, Mercury Lounge, Ted C., Luke Top, Cool As Folk, SWALLOWTAIL, Red Rockets Glare, deepakalypse, R O B I N, BORROWDEER
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