“I’ve noticed a shift as radio has started to play indie bands and breaking bands much more often, so the bands that used to tour and would play the 250-350-capacity rooms aren’t doing that anymore,” he says. Once those band’s songs began to make it off of KROQ’s “Locals Only” list and into the regular rotation, Reiser realized there was no way that he would ever be able to book them again if he stayed at Detroit. acts such as Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and the Airborne Toxic Event – which at that time were barely filling Detroit Bar. The same goes for the Cold War Kids, Delta Spirit and Local Natives. Reiser had also been responsible for booking and giving a boost to Irvine-based act and current success Young the Giant early on in its career. 12 and was headlined by Los Angeles-based rising indie act Foster the People, a band Reiser had previously helped develop in the area during his time booking talent at the 250-capacity Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. The first show under the new management took place on Sept.
After purchasing the business from former owner Gary Folgner, who still owns the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, Reiser completely turned the quality of acts coming through the venue around by incorporating an eclectic mix of talent, whereas in years past the lineups had featured more cover bands than actual artists.
In the coming months the building, which Reiser and Michaelis are in escrow to purchase, will be repainted and its old maroon awnings will be torn down.ĭespite the obvious physical changes in the venue, the biggest difference is the more robust concert calendar. The marquee still reads the Galaxy Concert Theatre, though it is covered by a small banner with the new Observatory logo, Reiser says that is just one of many outside renovations yet to be finished. They also created a smaller venue-within-a-venue, a 300-capacity space with a substantial stage dubbed the Constellation Room, where smaller touring acts and local bands perform.
Since then, the owners have repaved the parking lot, repainted walls, replaced floors, reupholstered booths and cleared out free-standing tables to provide better visibility of the stage.
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