Make Believe Love and Yogurt at The Redwood Bar & Grill (DTLA) — December 18 · 8PM The show begins with The Departures, who blend Pacific Northwest grit with California indie polish. The Departures continue to evolve as one of the more promising young bands straddling earnest alternative rock and modern indie pop. Next up, Make Believe Love delivers sharp, melodic indie rock full of bittersweet humor and big-hearted hooks — songs that teeter between self-awareness and sincerity, fuzz and feeling. Yogurt follows with angular guitar interplay, odd time signatures, and bursts of dynamic precision — self-described as "post-surf prog-pop dork-rock." All in all, these bands bring a night that shifts from melody to mayhem and back again — a pre-Christmas evening of crooked smiles and cathartic noise. 21+ For fans of: Weezer, Pavement, Built to Spill, Fountains of Wayne, and Ween.