The stellar beats of three south Louisiana bands promise a fantastic night of musical mayhem at The Spanish Moon this Saturday.
These Children, Relatives and The Viatones will play together for a one-night gig that is a definite must-see for local music fans, featuring original works that intend to entertain the masses of the Baton Rouge community.
The event is the acoustic-based post-rock band These Children’s CD release show and an opportunity to support the local music scene.
“It’s going to be a pretty fun gathering of different types of music,” said Jacques Boudreaux, civil engineering grad student and drummer for These Children. “We’re even bringing a band over from the Lafayette scene, The Viatones.”Boudreaux said students should come out and enjoy “a good night of interesting, original music from south Louisiana.”
These Children’s CD will also be up for grabs for free to all attendees.”As many people who want a CD get one,” said Boudreaux. “We’re planning on doing a ‘take the CD for free, but give a donation if you’d like’ kind of thing.”
Matt Cronin, LSU alumnus, guitarist, trumpet player and singer of These Children, said the band can’t wait to get their music out to fans.
“We recorded the album with Bill Kelley, the head audio engineer at LSU, who is a close friend of mine,” he said. “The album came out sounding even better than we had expected, and we’re all really excited to share it with people.”
These Children is going a “rare” route with their music, and “the people who show up will really enjoy it,” Cronin said.
Jeffrey Livingston, studio art junior and bass player for the local, multi-genre influenced band Relatives said the show is sure to be a “great representation of creative music going on in Baton Rouge.”
“These Children is one of the best local bands to come out of Baton Rouge in a really long time,” he said. “If you’re curious to hear some original music and want to know what’s up with Baton Rouge music, come to The Spanish Moon.”
Livingston said, “These Children’s album sounds amazing,” and the variety of sounds and genres the show promises is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. 
Chris Stafford, lead guitarist and keyboard player of the Lafayette-based band The Viatones said students should take the time to come out to the show.
“It’s important to be there for bands that do what we do, write all our own material, sometimes there’s nobody, sometimes a lot of people show up,” he said. “But, I always I think it’s important to support people who are making all their own music.”The Viatones aren’t a typical indie rock band, according to Stafford.
“I would just call [what we do] rock-n-roll. A lot of our music is pretty much ’60s pop-influenced, old country or country rock,” he said. “We’ve got different kinds of styles that we do.”
Lindsey Hopton, creative writing senior, said she’s been to all of These Children’s shows and is looking forward to Saturday night’s CD release event.
“They have a really rich sound, and I want to support that,” she said. “They kind of just strike you with these really charming melodies. They’re gripping. It’s very enjoyable to be a part of as a listener.”
The music begins at 10 p.m. Saturday at The Spanish Moon. –Contact Cathryn Core at [email protected]