Ursula and the Autos—frontman Dan Pantenburg flanked by the twins, Evan and Vaughn Leikam: Photo by Margaret JacobsenIt’s been so long, much too long since we last heard the lo-fi pop punk sounds of Autonomics burst forth from a dingy dive bar stage or damp basement. But as Ursula, the trio’s seafoam Chevy, pulls up to the Doug Fir on Labor Day weekend with singer and guitarist Dan Pantenburg behind the wheel and the trusty twins, drummer Evan Leikam and bassist Vaughn Leikam, in tow, the end of that hiatus is near. All their pent-up rock and roll mojo is about to ooze over a crowd of sweaty bodies there to hear Debt Sounds, a record that “cost more than our van," Dan says.
