Crystal Antlers
Vexation

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Crystal Antlers need your help! Their van was stolen last week as it sat innocently parked outside of the Prospector. And this isn’t like some amateur broke the window and took a guitar—it’s more like singer Jonny Bell went to move the van four hours after leaving it there and the entire Econoline was gone. But Antlers never say “die,” and without skipping a beat, they borrowed enough equipment to rock the shit out of two shows and still hold their heads high. Our hometown hotties can’t use one PA forever, however, and therefore they need your support. Basically every show within two degrees of separation for the next month has agreed to pitch in, with proceeds going to buying more vintage equipment and neon sunglasses for the Antlers, and all you have to do is show up. It’s too easy, I know. Crystal Antlers themselves will be playing some of their own benefit shows later in the month (one at Alex’s Bar and one at the scene of the crime), but the wound-licking kicks off tonight at Que Sera. One Night Stand presents Summer Darling, Sons and Lovers and the Fuck-Offs, and they’ve agreed to donate a percentage of the door to the cause. Selflessness in the name of saving local music is all that matters here so you better go. Besides, I would shove dollar bills into Sexual Chocolate’s steaming hot panties if it means that Crystal Antlers can one day roll around in another van with a license plate frame that says, “It’s not easy being Puerto Rican!” So pay your $5 and support one of L.A. RECORD’s great loves. One day, they may pull you from a burning building or help you move into your new place, and then you’ll be fucking glad you did.

— Sarah Bennett

ONE NIGHT STAND PRESENTS SUMMER DARLING, SONS AND LOVERS AND THE FUCK OFFS AT QUE SERA, 1923 E. 7TH ST., LONG BEACH. 9 PM / $5 / 21+. WWW.THEQUESERA.COM. PERCENTAGE OF DOOR TO BENEFIT CRYSTAL ANTLERS.