Students gather in Aldrich Park on Wednesday night, September 23, to watch ASUCI-organized concert featuring several band performances including The Jakes, Rootbeer and Shiny Toy Guns.
Every once in a while, there is a new band that makes you stop for a moment and listen intently. That new band is Irvine's very own The Jakes, a band that brings together classic pop with the urgency of the Strokes to create a unique, accessible blend of soothing, yet rocking and groovy music with up-tempo beats and rhythms.
ASUCI refused to falter in its entrance to the new school year by inviting local darlings The Jakes and Newport Beach's own Saosin for a free show in the seldom-used Aldrich Park. Oh, yeah. William Tell was there, too.