Cheap wine and pastries make for a great pre-show snack, and they paired perfectly with L.A.’s post-punk folkists, Earlimart. The band, named after a small town near Fresno, is the product of frontman Aaron Espinoza, who is something of a hometown hero having produced albums for bands like Castledoor and Rademacher. Espinoza helped usher in the band’s upcoming sixth album Hymn and Her by telling the crowd: “We’re going to play a bunch of songs no one knows.” Even so, Earlimart’s sound stayed familiar, landing somewhere between the Pixies and Elliot Smith, a tone that goes over well with both moustache-wearing hipsters and middle-aged stiffs. As their set rolled along, they played through plenty of new and classic tracks, which included their radio hit “Answers & Questions.” And as Espinoza strummed away, bass player Ariana Murray engaged the crowd with her beautiful, dream-like resonance while video of the band performing was projected behind them. At times the video would zoom in for a close-up of Espinoza as he played along, setting the mood as if everyone was viewing a film in the making.

— Carlos Villarreal