I went to the Empress tonight, to see a few bands.
I only saw
The Steinbecks' last two or so songs, but they seemed quite good, in a Sarah Records-esque jangle-pop sort of way.
Lacto-Ovo played mostly new material, and sounded rather early-80s (as they do); in one of their songs, the guitar was somewhat reminiscent of The Cure circa
A Forest. With any luck they'll have a new EP out sometime soon.