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"Spirit Vine are the latest in a long line of black-dressed L.A. psych-rockers whose brooding soundstorm is at once fanciful and phantasmagorical. Their new “Blue Star” EP forgoes a lot of the drone in favor of drama, a good thing. And Cingolani makes the banging single “Cold Living” feel like an incantation" (Kevin Bronson/Buzzbands)
- Kevin Bronson of Buzzbands
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Laurel Canyon meets Bakersfield when Spirit Vine and My Pet Saddle bring their re-appropriated versions of Southern California's rock past to Silver Lake's favorite co-op gallery of crafts and ephemera - Echo Curio. Spirit Vine's people- of- the-canyon stoner rock revels in that musical moment when L.A.'s jingle-jangle hippie pop turned into a much heavier, overdrugged Charlie Manson creep-out. Like, Nebula and even Wolfmother before them, Spirit Vine are right at home in that familiar haze of bong-load smoke, heavy fuzz, sinewy guitar solos, sideburns and swaggering attitude that owes its best riffs to Blue Cheer and Pink Floyd. My Pet Saddle, on the other hand, hearkens back to dance-hall nights in the Central Valley with Buck Owens and Kuzzin Herb. Homegrown in the O.C., the MPS quintet unravel Gram Parsons' musky desert twang and make it smile with a snappy skiffle beat. Catch them here before they barnstorm into Austin for the South by Southwest music festival next month. ( Wendy Gilmartin) - LA WEEKLY
Discography
S/T Released Demo ( 2008)
Golden EP ( 2010)
BLUE STAR EP (2012)
"Untiled" Full length ( In Pre-Production, to be released summer 2013)
-"Golden" and "Blue Star" received play on KCRW, KXLU, KCSN
Blackhoof and Pheonix off of Self Released demo received play on Indie 103.1 Los Angeles and KALX Berkley
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Bio
On a misty winter night filled with bourbon, peace pipes and "Their Satanic Majesties Request" Spirit Vine was born inside of a Wooden Ship in Echo Park. Formed by Los Angeles based guitarist Gabriel Pacheco, singer/songwriter Jacquelinne Cingolani and guitarist/bassist Aaron Bustos, Spirit Vine endured several line up changes before a chance encounter solidified the spirit of the band. One evening, a stroll through Echo Park would have the trio stumbling across drummer Jalise Woodward meandering in front of the historical Echo Park barber shop. The events that proceeded are unknown, the rest is history, Spirit Vine was born. Often drawing comparisons to Siouxsie and the Banshees, X, Shocking Blu, The Cramps and The Stooges, Spirit Vine have been playing the underground circuit for the past few years with some of L.A.'s finest accessories to rock and roll/punk. They have released two EP's and are currently awaiting the release of their first LP (produced by Joe Cardamone of The Icarus Line) under Manimal Vinyl in early summer 2013.
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