Ryan and Anji will perform a short, intimate, stripped down set for a Cancer benefit show on Sunday April 23rd:
The Blue Cafe
210 The Promenade
Long Beach, California
21+ – $7 – Show starts 9pm
Lovespirals go on at 11pm and are the last performers of the night.
The Lovespirals “Music Therapy” Artist Profile with DJette Agent69 is now available for free download as part of the launch of the Atmosphere69 podcast. This half hour feature produced for The Lounge King Radio Network was previously aired on April 2nd via Mix96 FM Canada, as well as on the streaming internet radio stations Luxuria Music and Lounge Radio.
Tune in this Sunday, April 2nd, for a Lovespirals Artist Profile on the Atmosphere 69 show with DJette Agent 69 on Mix96, 95.9 FM in Montreal, Canada 10 PM EST. This special interview will repeat online via Luxuria Music the following Tuesday, April 4th, and sometime soon after on Switzerland’s Lounge Radio.
Lovespirals will play on Saturday, March 25th, 2006 at Club Dada X in Mexico City, at 9 pm. The first show in support of their new album, Free & Easy – distributed in Mexico by Noise Kontrol – will also commemorate the club’s 7th anniversary. Anji and Ryan will perform a 1 hour set of songs from both albums, highlighting their soft, soulful, jazz and blues influenced material. The band will be available to autograph CDs after their set. CDs will be on sale at the event.
The new webseries by Dan Myrick (of Blair Witch Project fame), The Strand: Venice includes tracks by Lovespirals in their first and second episodes. The first season is about to be released on DVD via strandvenice.com, where you can also check out “Love Survives” on the site’s built-in audio player. The show features a great soundtrack overall, with a decidedly chill vibe.
Freaks, Geeks and Muscle Beach. Welcome to Venice Beach, CA. There’s no other city in America quite as colorful, crazy, or content. The Strand takes us into the lives of several characters that inhabit this offbeat, slightly surreal world and shows us that no matter how different we are on the outside, we’re all basically the same animal on the inside. ~ The Strand: Venice
For the 2nd time Lovespirals’ song, “Love Survives,” from Free & Easy, was chosen as ‘Electronica Track of the Week’ on Garageband. This song was also selected twice as the ‘Electronica Track of the Day,’ and has won a whole host of listener-based awards since we first uploaded it 2 years ago:
Track of the Day on 21Sep2004 in Electronic
Track of the Day on 19Nov2004 in Electronica
Track Of The Week on 1Nov2004 in Electronic
Track Of The Week on 23Jan2006 in Electronica
#14 Best Female Vocals in Electronica, all-time
#19 Best Melody in Electronica, all-time
Best Female Vocals in Electronic, week of 13Sep2004
Best Female Vocals in Electronic, week of 11Oct2004
Best Female Vocals in Electronic, week of 18Oct2004
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 27Dec2004
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 3Jan2005
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 16Jan2006
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 23Jan2006
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 30Jan2006
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 6Feb2006
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 13Feb2006
Best Female Vocals in Electronica, week of 20Feb2006
Best Drums in Electronic, week of 18Oct2004
Best Bass in Electronic, week of 13Sep2004
Best Bass in Electronic, week of 11Oct2004
Best Keyboards in Electronic, week of 13Sep2004
Best Keyboards in Electronica, week of 3Jan2005
Best Keyboards in Electronica, week of 23Jan2006
Best Production in Electronic, week of 13Sep2004
Best Production in Electronic, week of 20Sep2004
Best Production in Electronica, week of 23Jan2006
Best Lyrics in Electronic, week of 13Sep2004
Best Lyrics in Electronic, week of 20Sep2004
Best Lyrics in Electronic, week of 11Oct2004
Best Lyrics in Electronic, week of 18Oct2004
Best Lyrics in Electronica, week of 13Feb2006
Best Melody in Electronic, week of 20Sep2004
Best Melody in Electronica, week of 23Jan2006
Best Melody in Electronica, week of 6Feb2006
Best Melody in Electronica, week of 20Feb2006
Best Beat in Electronica, week of 20Feb2006
Best Mood in Electronica, week of 27Dec2004
Best Mood in Electronica, week of 23Jan2006
Best Mood in Electronica, week of 30Jan2006
Best Mood in Electronica, week of 6Feb2006
Best Mood in Electronica, week of 13Feb2006
Best Mood in Electronica, week of 20Feb2006
Most Original in Electronica, week of 20Feb2006
Feel Good Track in Electronic, week of 6Sep2004
Feel Good Track in Electronic, week of 25Oct2004
Best Love Song in Electronic, week of 27Sep2004
Chill-Out Track overall, week of 13Sep2004
Chill-Out Track in Electronic, week of 13Sep2004
Chill-Out Track in Electronic, week of 20Sep2004
Chill-Out Track in Electronic, week of 11Oct2004
Chill-Out Track in Electronica, week of 20Dec2004
Best Elevator Song in Electronic, week of 18Oct2004
“Love Survives” is currently rated at 4.7 stars out of 5. The highest it reached on the Electronic charts was #6 of 289 songs on December 28, 2004. Check out “Love Survives” on Garageband for yourself!
Lovespirals were interviewed by War-n Harrison, of Hungry Lucy, on his brand new podcast, Sonic Spotlight. Ryan and Anji discuss inspirations, the writing process, their feelings about live performance vs recording, and more in this 25 minute podcast.
Read a news announcement about The Sonic Spotlight debut on AlfaMatrix
Check out the Reviews page to read the first 2 reviews of Free & Easy from All Music Guide and Music Tap.
Lovespirals’ 2001 recording of John Denver’s Christmas classic, “Aspenglow,” is now available for free download on their MySpace page. Love Spirals Downwards’ 1997 recording of the Dr. Seuss classic, “Welcome Christmas,” from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, is now available for free download on their brand new MySpace page. Both tracks are included on Projekt Records’ Excelsis Boxed Set.
International distribution of Lovespirals’ new album will begin soon. CDs are already en route to Monitor, in Hong Kong. Noise Kontrol should follow with distribution throughout Mexico in the next few weeks. The band hopes to tour Mexico sometime in 2006.
Lovespirals’ brand new CD, Free & Easy, was officially released
November 1st on the band’s own Chillcuts Records, with US distribution through Metropolis and Projekt Darkwave. The album is also available through Amazon, CDBaby, Auralgasms, and Isotank — as well as Lovespirals’ webstore. Ryan and Anji will personally autograph every CD bought directly from the band as a special thanks to fans for their support. For those who prefer digital downloads, Free & Easy is also on iTunes.
Adam Curry played our “Walk Away (Bitstream Dream Remix)” on his Daily Source Code #261, which was just yesterday (Monday). The track was culled from our selection of tracks on Podshow’s new Podsafe Music Network site. I was kinda hoping Adam might dig our stuff when we joined the network…
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Ryan and Anji discuss the creation of Lovespirals’ new CD, Free & Easy, detailing specific tracks, and comparing this 2005 release to their 2002 release, Windblown Kiss. Audio clips from every track on the album accompany this 15 minute interview feature.
