Sat Jul 19th 2025 | Doors 6:00pm | Tickets $20-30
The Beautiful Mistake was formed in 2000. After 2 full length albums, 3 EP's, and countless tours all across the world they quietly stopped playing in late 2005. In 2018 they played 2 reunion shows in their native Southern California. In 2019 they recorded 5 new songs with Beau Burchell (Saosin). New EP “You’re Not Broken. I Am.” Our March 27th. The current line-up is the original band...5 friends who love making music with each other: Jon Berndtson. Steve Dunlap. Shawn Grover. Josh Hagquist. Josh Quesada.
https://www.instagram.com/audiokarate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Karate
Audio Karate comprised childhood friends from Rosemead, CA: vocalist/guitarist Art Barrios, bassist/vocalist Justo Gonzalez, drummer Gabriel Camacho and guitarist Jason Camacho (those last two being cousins). They all bonded over a shared love of both '80s skatepunk and '70s metal, and in May 2002, released their debut of furiously catchy SoCal pop-punk via Kung Fu Records titled Space Camp. Tour dates with acts like the ataris, tsunami bomb and the vandals followed, as did a stretch on the 2004 Warped Tour. Audio Karate's Warped appearance was well timed, coinciding with the June release of their matured (and very well-received) follow-up, Lady Melody, which was produced by Bill Stevenson (descendants all, etc). More touring was completed before the guys announced at year's end that they would be taking a "vacation" for an undisclosed amount of time. Audio Karate resurfaced in the spring of 2006 with the notice that they were working on a new album, in addition to writing the score and soundtrack -- music much different than their past efforts -- for the Spanish language independent film, Maquillaje. In the meantime, Jason Camacho had also opened his own studio Lady Melody, named after the band's 2004 album.
https://instagram.com/tokyorosenj
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Rose_(band)
An emo-influenced pop-punk band from New Jersey, Tokyo Rose was formed in 2001, while singer and guitarist Ryan Dominguez and bassist Chris Poulsen were both students at Rutgers University. Though both were playing with other bands, the two shared similar musical interests and decided to launch a band of their own. Tokyo Rose played local shows when the members' busy schedules permitted and they booked tours to coincide with vacations and between-term breaks. Tokyo Rose also recorded a self-released EP, Chasing Fireflies, which became the band's calling card after Dominguez and Poulsen graduated and made the band a full-time priority.
In 2003, during a tour of California, the band signed a deal with the independent label Sidecho Records, who released the group's first full-length album, Reinventing a Lost Art, in July 2003. Extensive touring followed, including playing the 2003 CMJ Festival, the 2004 South by Southwest Music Conference, and the 2004 Warped Tour. In 2005, after returning home from a tour of Japan, Tokyo Rose began work on their second album, New American Saint, which was released in October 2005. Their second album featured Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday on the track "A Reason to Come Home Again" and was released on October 4, 2005 and landed them tours with Bayside, Taking Back Sunday, as well as performing on the 2006 Vans Warped Tour.
https://www.toothandnail.com/watashiwa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watashi_Wa
https://www.instagram.com/watashiwaband
Inspiration comes full circle. Sixteen years since Watashi Wa’s last release, a confluence of creativity, circumstances, and trust revitalizes, re-energizes, and reignites the acclaimed California band founded and fronted by singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer Seth Roberts. Joined by Jeremy Wells , Miles Castenholtz , Teddy Ramirez , Roger Tompkins , and Tyler Tedeschi , Seth has crafted the right music for the right time on the band’s long-awaited fourth full-length offering, People Like People .
“It was the right time,” he affirms.“ I felt called to do Watashi Wa again—as if this was what I was supposed to be doing. In the past, it was often difficult. Now, the songs came out easily. When I was writing, it just was Watashi Wa. These days, my perspective on music is similar to the freedom I had when I was younger and first started the band. Things in the world pushed me towards it even more. I thought, ‘Why not just do Watashi Wa again?’”
Why not indeed…
