Photos: Crash Kings, Dorothy, Mosco Rosco, SD3, the Singles, Run Things at Chinatown Moon Festival

Kevin Bronson on September 15th, 2014

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There’s hardly a better way to make new friends and influence people than hitting events like the 76th Annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. At least, that’s what the six bands who played Saturday night’s Live Music Stage near the Chinatown Central Plaza found. Crash Kings headlined with an energetic set of music from their two albums – and the new one they have in the works – and three of the bands who haven’t even released any recordings yet had fans inquiring where they could find music at the merch table. Those were Dorothy, who delivered a positively electric set of blues-rock; SD3, the Cary Brothers side project whose take on ’80s boy/girl pop had hips shaking; and Mosco Rosco, whose danceable power-pop worked everybody into a lather. Not that the Singles hadn’t done that already, with songs of their full-length “Look How Fast a Heart Can Break.” And early arrivals got a catchy set of indie-rock from Run Things, who inspired a minor dance party from the (really) young crowd.

Photos by Kelly Rosales (more photos below)