The Mantles hail from San Francisco, where legions of bands are embracing the '60s sound, though largely in the context of fuzzy garage rock, this sort of Nuggets influence that seems to color all Bay Area bands. Meanwhile, the Mantles tend to incorporate brightly ringing guitars with delicately hazy melodies. Each song, while lo-fi, is a chiming bit of bubbly sound that defies the current trend of shrouding songs in fuzzy haze.
Read Rev. Adam McKinney's full feature on the Mantles in the Music & Culture section.
THE MANTLES, w/ Still Caves, Not From Brooklyn, Loser Dog, 9 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 30, The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, $5, 253.572.4020