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Students starving to hear out-of-this-world live music can finally take a bite out of the Baton Rouge scene.
 
The Spanish Moon offers an opportunity to feed the musical desires of beat-seeking students Friday night with a show featuring three local bands.
 
Relatives, Baby Boy and Guns of the Seneca will perform indie rock, experimental, punk rock and instrumental opuses starting at 9 p.m.
 
Jeffrey Livingston, art junior and bassist for Relatives, said the show will include a fine fusion of bands that have their own unique styles.
 
“Each one fits together nicely,” he said. “We’ve all got similar tastes in music but take different approaches in songwriting.”
 
Anyone interested in hearing creative, original music is welcome to come to the show, Livingston said.
 
“We are an instrumental, energetic rock band that draws inspiration from multiple genres and synthesizes it into a mixture of sounds,” he said. “A lot of our stuff is about cycles of circular patterns that come in and out within the composition of the song.”
 
Mitch Wells, guitarist and vocalist for Baby Boy, said the band has a loud, punk sound.
 
“Our music is pretty basic punk rock kind of stuff with fast guitars and a lot of yelling,” he said.
 
Wells said the show will be a good time for him because he’s friends with the members of Relatives.
 
“The best thing about the show Friday will be just hanging out with people I really love,” he said. “The fact that we’re playing music with a bunch of friends is great. I’m really excited about this show, actually.”
 
Jacques Boudreaux, civil engineering graduate student and member of Baby Boy, said Baton Rouge has an “incestuous music scene,” and his band is a mix of members from other bands.
 
“The thing about Baby Boy is the majority of the members play instruments that are not their main instruments. Like, I’m playing drums,” said Boudreaux, who usually plays guitar. “Everybody plays with everybody. It’s just a different batch of songs with different players.”
 
Boudreaux said attending local shows is mutually beneficial to students, the venue and the bands.
 
“It all goes together,” he said. “If you want diverse music options in a city with a thriving local music scene, students should support local venues because by patronizing the venues, you’re enabling the venues to do their job better and get better music for you.”
 
Grant Olivier, bassist of experimental band Guns of the Seneca, said his band is stoked about the show.
 
“We’re really looking forward to it because The Spanish Moon is the coolest venue out there for our style of music and what we’re into,” he said.
 
Hayley Hanson, animal science freshman, is planning on attending the show.
 
“I’m excited because I’m just moving to Baton Rouge, and I haven’t been able to listen to any good live music yet,” she said.
 
Hanson said she has never been to The Spanish Moon and is looking forward to checking out the venue.
 
“I’m a huge fan of indie and experimental music, and I’ve heard The Spanish Moon is the place to go,” she said.
 
 
 
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