No Sleep Till Warped

Before the Vans Warped Tour kicks off DWNTWN and No Sleep Records put together an exclusive in-store performance from Koji, Allison Weiss, and Grey Gordon for a more up close and personal experience for all of their fans. Not only that, but this event was also the West Coast Release party for Koji's latest EP entitled "Fury" that just came out. We also had No Sleep Records there to hand out their brand new "Summer Of The Reaper" sampler with songs from their solid roster of bands. This sampler is a great way to get a taste for everything No Sleep has to offer and also find a few new artists to blast in your car when you head out on a few summer adventures. Grey Gordon started out the day playing a few new songs and his open letter to Morrissey (and himself) about keeping some perspective when you're world view is getting a bit bleak. Allison Weiss took the stage next and sang some stripped down versions of her latest songs which now feature a backing band. Allison has great vocal control throughout her songs and a unique perspective told through her lyrics. Koji was the final performer and his passionate set kept everyone right where they were. Not only does Koji play some great music, but he engages the crowd in conversation about some broader philosophical thinking. After playing a few songs Koji sat on the edge of the stage and had the entire crowd singing along with him making the final moments of No Sleep Till Warped something to remember. Its these sort of unique and personal moments that make us proud to be as involved as we can be across multiples scenes of music. Each one offers its own sense of community, and we are happy to help add to that. Thanks to everyone who came out!

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

View fullsize

Transit is back at Dwntwn Cerritos

After the success of their first in store with us, it seemed only natural to invite some of our favorite Boston boys back when they came through southern California promoting their latest record. Everyone was eager to see what new tracks would be played and if some classics would be on the setlist as well. Joyride is laced with hooks from the first minute of "The Only One" to the closing track "Follow Me" with soaring vocals telling us "Don't talk about the future cause it's nothing we can spend / This is my love song, this is how it ends" and the piano fades out. As a fan, its hard to decide of you wanna sing along with the driving verses of "Rest To Get Better" or yell out the well worn words of how "Nothing Lasts Forever." You just know that no mater what, its going to be a good time. With each tour, Transit plays to a broader audience and these sort of opportunities to see them in such an intimate setting are few and far between already. We're glad to be a part of making these types of events happen. And with that, Transit showed up, grabbed some acoustic guitars, and got right to it.

Transit Live at Dwntwn

Transit Live at Dwntwn

Transit stopped by DWNTWN Cerritos on their last tour with Man Overboard for an exclusive acoustic performance. Having recently release Futures and Sutures on Rise Records, Transit wanted to have the opportunity to play some of the songs they had re-imagined acoustically and the sold out Roxy Theatre show they were playing that night with some energetic sets coming from Knuckle Puck and Forever Came Calling might not have been the right time and place for that. So we got in contact with Transit and offered our stage. Fans got treated to real intimate and close up performance of some of Transit's greatest songs. The set list for the afternoon was Nothing Lasts Forever, Young New England, Skipping Stone, Listen And Forgive, and Long Lost Friends. Knowing this was going to be a special performance that we all want to remember, we had Cavis Tapes come out to professionally record the whole show and have some footage a bit more steady and a lot higher quality than all of you holding your cell phones for 45 minutes straight. Enjoy the videos below and keep a look out for more bands playing in store as we have several shows a month. Transit - Nothing Lasts Forever - Live at Dwntwn

Head over to Cavis Tape’s YouTube channel for even more live footage of a lot of other great shows likeTouché Amore at Chain Reaction, The Story So Far at Warped Tour, and (a personal favorite ) Hot Water Music at The Glasshouse. Thanks again to Transit for putting on a great show and keep a look out for more great bands performing at DWNTWN.