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05/07/08 Cafe Cordiale Sherman Oaks, CA
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05/23/08 Lestat’s San Diego
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 Arrica Rose ♥ photograph by Larissa Underwood |
Arrica Rose & The ... is essentially Arrica Rose, she's backed up by her band The ...'s (The Dots Dots Dots), and I'll bet that her latest album, La La Lost, is in reference to being lost in her residence of Los Angeles.
Although her biography and influences lists Mazzy Star[W♥M] as a heavy influence, I didn't hear that dreampop/shoegazing in La La Lost. I suspect that perhaps her earlier releases (which I don't have any for reference) might be more Sandoval-ish inspired.
La La Lost, instead, sounds more like a two-man operation such as Rebecca Gates and Scott Plouf's The Spinanes, it's very stripped down and low-key, with focuses mostly on the vocals and storytelling lyrics to carry the song.
I find that the only exception is the very easy to love "Uh-huh", which really stood out in the middle of two quieter acoustic songs: "I Love to Miss LA" and "Little Wars" (also includes some nice violas). Definitely "Uh-huh" should be checked out, it sounds very 60s rock n roll with that guitar hook.
The rest of the album isn't like "Uh-huh", and I think she's trying to be a little ironic when she sings that she is "trying to be more rock n' roll" in her aptly named song, "More Rock n' Roll".
She also really shines on the peppier song, "Break-ups & Commitments", which sounds like it includes a lap guitar, and the Tom Waits cover of "I Hope that I Don't Fall in Love with You".
If you can't get enough of her songs, she's currently uploading new demos every week on her Apartment Archive. You can get her latest album, La La Lost (which was released April 14th), off of iTunes, but I have also include links to her older releases if you click on any of the discography icons, however you get most everything on her official website.
04/20/2008 11:43:02 vu my♥posts 
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