Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

California Stars

Sometimes, you can tell all you need to know about a band by where they call home. For example, Dawes is a “California band.” And they embrace the description. Like genre contemporaries — and fellow So Cal residents — Delta Spirit, the quartet is heavily influenced by the breezy country-rock pioneered in late-1960s Los Angeles by folks such as The Byrds, Gram Parsons and Crosby, Stills and Nash. And though their music boasts a nostalgic, sun-soaked charm, it retains modern relevance with punchy melodic hooks and timeless lyricism. Touring behind their sparkling debut North Hills, this Sunday the band stops by The Monkey House in Winooski with songwriter Jason Boesel (Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley) and local alt-country torchbearers Lowell Thompson and Crown Pilot.