Independent's Day Radio

Musicians make music for all manner of reasons, and Los Angeles' Double Naught Spy Car is what happens when four ace players get together to make music for themselves. To hear them doing their thing, one might think that the band has an identity crisis. Disparate styles crash against one another like an iceberg and an ocean liner - and the delicious challenge is watching the whole thing stay afloat. Begging a mixed metaphor or two, it's a musical high wire act that is a thrill to experience or perhaps a perfectly noir-twisted soundtrack to a Charles Bukowski acid trip. At a cursory listen, Double Naught Spy Car sounds like an instrumental surf band with a Zappa jones. Multi-instrumentalist Paul Lacques' lefty lap steel provides both dreamy "Sleepwalk"-esque melodies and ethereal atmospheric shades. Marcus Watkins' space invaders analog delay screeches, ripping solos and gusty chording complements Lacques' unique and individual approach. Bassist Marc Doten provides a solid foundation from which to improvise as