CALIFORNIA-CRAFTED: This weekend offers music lovers some great gigs that will showcase California-crafted music and brews in happy harmony. On Saturday, October 21, at Third Window Brewing Co. (406 E. Haley St.), the Lagoon District taproom will host two acts that each encapsulate, in song, a perfect Southern California late afternoon: Parting Lines and Kacey Johansing, both from L.A., at 8 p.m.
Parting Lines is the duo of Trevor Beld Jimenez and Tim Ramsey, the first of whom is known from Ventura bands Franklin for Short and Tall Tales and the Silver Lining. Their single “Climb” sails along like a kite caught contentedly on a relaxing breeze. Composed simply of strummed guitar, escalating harmonies, and ever-reassuring lyrical comfort — “You and I’ll be fine” — it’s a great song to cozy up to, and hints at many more pleasant hits ahead.
Johansing, too, brings to mind the beaches and bluffs near Big Sur — where she recorded much of her recent album, The Hiding, released this year on her own record label, Night Bloom Records — albeit with a sound more wistful and mournful than that of her show mates. Songs such as album opener “Bow and Arrow” set heavy reminiscences — “Yes, it was all my fault / It was all my fault / I had a bow and arrow / Unsteady was my shot” — to a Highway 1 road trip breakaway tune, regrets and sadness in the rearview. With tones that shimmer and Johansing’s enthralling voice, it’s music perfectly suited for fans of contemporary indie pop acts like Beach House, Feist, and Camera Obscura, as well as older greats like Fleetwood Mac.