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Happy Monday morning: The Phoenix Foundation arrives

11:43 AM PT, Jun 4 2007

The Phoenix Foundation, the amiable rock sextet out of New Zealand, are back in town tonight for a show at Spaceland (where the frenetically good-natured Deadly Syndrome kicks off its June residency). The last time these Kiwis were through they won over a Spaceland crowd with their slightly bent, faintly folk and wildly atmospheric rock, and this time they're touring with a bigger purpose.

The Foundation's "Horsepower" was picked up by fledgling label Young American Recordings and will be released Tuesday. If a bit uneven, the record is ultimately plenty of fun -- think Grandaddy, without the Modesto psychosis. The band also scored the Miramax romantic comedy "Eagle Vs. Shark" (see website for L.A. screenings).

||| Download "Sister Risk."

The band's video for "Going Fishing" (there is a newer version with scenes from the movie spliced in, but I like this one better) got my week off to a good start. Hope it does the same for you:

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Kevin Bronson
Kevin Bronson has covered emerging and indie music since 2002 in his weekly Buzz Bands column in the Calendar Weekend section of the L.A. Times. He adores caffeine, judicious use of falsetto and the 6-4-3 double play. He abhors exclamation points, modern country and any notion that New York City is the center of the cultural universe. He's older than any music blogger he knows but has been known to pogo. He'll try not to pretend.

Bronson's Buzz Bands show can be heard Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Pacific time on the Internet radio station LittleRadio.com.