Manifest Equality was upon us last week as we all celebrated what it should be like to have equal rights. BeatCrave was lucky enough to attend one of the event’s shows on Saturday night where bands such as Sea Wolf and Issac Brock of Modest Mouse rocked the house. Although the “house” was literally an old space of Big Lots, Manifest Equality did a wonderful job of turning the old bargain shopping store into an art gallery where pieces of art made powerful statements about gay marriage and civil rights. We didn’t actually get a performance from Sam Sparro, but DJ Daisy O’Dell was spinning some great tunes for a great cause.

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Even on a Saturday morning BeatCrave finds a way to go check out some live music. The non-profit organization 826LA was responsible for putting on the music for this day. The event was hosted by Diana Argon from the show Glee and was mostly accompanied by many of the kids that participate in the program. However, with acts such as The Pity Party and The Submarines, hanging out with little kids was worth it.

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Indie-tronica band Letting Up Despite Great Faults is a relatively new Los Angeles based band. With guitar strums similar to that of New Order and an overall sound like that of The Postal Service, it’s no wonder that Ben Gibbard himself is a self-proclaimed fan. Letting Up’s sound, often described as “fuzzy synthpop”, has even been fortunate enough to garner them a song on the show One Tree Hill.

Interested in what they have to offer? Check out Letting Up Despite Great Faults below in our BeatCrave Fav series and if you like their sound as much as we do, vote for them in Friday’s poll!

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