This week is EPIC musicality at the Mot Mot.
We have LIVE MUSIC THREE DAYS this week.
TUESDAY: ELLIS!!!! Need I say more......I think not. Come see the Motley's Infamous Ball of Fire!
Wednesday: Kristine Tuna and A Book About Elephants. These are both FABULOUS musicians and you should all come!Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/kristinetuna and http://www.myspace.com/abookaboutelephants.
Kristine Tuna is Indie Acoustic Pop from Fullerton. She opened for Rachel Cantu when she played here and is coming back!
A Book About Elephants is acoustic from San Gabriel. She just released her first EP called "Milk the Moon," is out now on HUSH Records! And you can download it for free here: http://www.hushrecords.com/.
The show starts at 9!
Thursday: This will be a crazy night with FOUR different bands. This show starts at 730 because it is so long.
1. boxViolet is alternative pop rock out of LA.
Here is what some peeps have said about them:
"LA’s boxViolet exists in that New Wave machine world. Their music is sexy, poppy, and has just enough of an edge."—Palestra.net
"While still a relatively a new band, boxViolet's potential for hugeness is evident in any one of the ten gems on their debut album Cut and Come Again. Fans of Poe, Curve, and Garbage should be eating this album up."—LA Underground
Their myspace is: http://www.myspace.com/boxviolet
2. David Mix Band is Folk/Roots/Americana out of Mt. Baldy.
Woo local! This dude aparently got his start here in Claremont hanging around the Folk Music Center.
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/oftheland
3. Lea Grant lyrical acoustic rock out of San Francisco. Yay for the Bay!
Lea Grant earned her B.A. in Music at UC Santa Cruz in 2004. At Santa Cruz, her primary emphasis was opera. She continued classical training for several years after college, performing with SF Lyric Opera and International Orange Chorale. In 2006 her focus gradually began to shift back towards songwriting and performing her own compositions. She has spent the last few years actively pursuing a career as a performing songwriter, playing shows at local coffee houses & bars, writing up a storm, and finally, recording her debut EP, Earthbound which was released this February. Her music is hard to categorize but is characterized by complex piano accompaniment, unusual yet satisfying harmonic progressions, and above all, beautiful vocals.
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/leagrantmusic
4. The New Planets are visual/experimental/melodramatic popular song group from L.A.
What might happen if the explosiveness of The Who met up with the unconventional arrangements and tonalities of Radiohead and then joined forces with the roof raising energy of Arcade Fire, bizarre theatrical craziness of The Flaming Lips, tender earthiness of Band of Horses and EPIC rock tendencies of Muse.
