Mike White www.deadlydesign.com

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Although Grape Soda only has a handful of shows under its belt, having formed in October of 2008, the musicians themselves are hardly novices. In addition to the brothers' other band The Buddy System, Ryan Lewis is the co-owner of Kindercore Records and has played in such bands as Kincaid and The Agenda, among others. Says Mat, "Grape Soda started out as a chance to experiment with home recording and play songs that wouldn't otherwise have an outlet." Onstage the duo sets up facing each other, Mat's reverberating organ versus Ryan's hypnotic drumbeat. Echo, distortion and reverb flood the soulful sounds in a way you'd expect to hear on some scratchy rare vinyl find - the results of an underground artist experimenting with both noise and minimalism. Or, as Mat suggests, it "sounds like how you can tell a dog dreams it's running because it moves its paws." Can you dig it?

Drink it up at www.myspace.com/grapesodaforlife.

Next show: Thursday, Feb. 12 at Ciné

Michelle Gilzenrat