Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.
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Fans of jangly 80's pop rock (Stone Roses, New Order, Orange Juice) can find a new, exciting band to follow in Los Angeles' Roses. Their single "Quiet Time" is the Off-Ramp song of the week:
https://soundcloud.com/rosesla/quiet-time/s-1YXoq
Roses is made up of Victor Herrera on bass, singer and synth player Marc Steinberg and guitarist Juan Velasquez, formerly of LA's Abe Vigoda. Roses plays the Smell on Friday, October 30 and the Echoplex on Thursday, November 12.
Here's a video of Roses playing the song live for Seattle's KEXP: