The first of many major announcements this coming year, Los Angeles indie-rockers The Red Pears have been officially confirmed to play Coachella Music Festival (Saturday 13 & 20).
Known for their dynamic tunes and electrifying performance, The Red Pears have developed into one of the most unique and exciting rock acts to come out of Southern California. In the last years alone, their notoriety garnered the attention of bands like Interpol, Wild Nothing and Beach Fossils who the band has opened for on recent tours, as well as an ever growing fanbase across the U.S. with their most recent 32 stop headlining 2023 “Thank You For Being Here” tour reaching sold-out statuses for the majority of the run including a sold-out headlining end of year show at The Novo in Los Angeles
The band, composed of Henry Vargas, Jose Corona and Patrick Juarez were also profiled and featured as cover stars for the first print edition of De Los x LA Times in October 2023, with a great piece highlighting their career trajectory that has taken them from backyard shows to indie-rock revival pioneers in Southern California. With Latine music becoming a recent music craze in recent years, The Red Pears sit uniquely in a lane that has been rarely traveled, representing one of the only Latine bands taking up space in the alt-indie, garage rock space, all while staying committed to representing their families and community during their climb to the top.
2024 will see The Red Pear’s phenomenon continue to rise with new music in store and more live performances that will set them as an undeniable force to be seen and heard.
About THE RED PEARS
Hailing from El Monte, a sleepy suburban town just east of Los Angeles, The Red Pears’ founding members, Henry Vargas (vocals/guitar) and Jose Corona (drums), draw their sound from the spectrum between the early 2000s New York indie rock and grunge scene to the cumbia and corridos that soundtracked their childhoods. After cycling through an assortment of lineups, mutual friend and bassist Patrick Juarez stayed on and expanded their operation. Now a solid three-piece band, the emerging alt-rockers have come a long way from meeting at a local Battle of the Bands, practicing in their garages, and naming themselves after their favorite color and a pun on the word “pair”— a subtle nod to sonic inspirations The White Stripes and The Black Keys.
The Red Pears first got on the map with self-releases For Today, For Tomorrow, For What Is, For What Could’ve Been and We Bring Anything to the Table... Except Tables We Can't Bring Tables to the Table, that led to expansive touring and learning the ins-and-outs of being on the road. In 2019, the band delivered their sonically and emotionally diverse heartfelt EP Alicia, named after Corona and Vargas’ mothers, that showcased a polished alt-rock sound without sacrificing the band’s roiling, fuzzed-out garage spirit. The Red Pears north star continues to be their undying honesty and commitment to the craft. “It all boils down to effort and humility,” says Vargas, “we just want to do our best and make the music we want to make. Now we have more help and resources, but it’s about continuing to push and keeping that humility.”
In 2021, Henry, Jose and Patrick introduced and solidified a new era for the band with their latest album release You Thought We Left Because The Door Was Open, But We Were Waiting Outside. The album marked a matured reinvention of their nostalgic indie attitude as their early sounds, sonic inspirations and revived the rebellious spirit of garage rock and took on a fully realized form in the name of friendship, growth and timeless rock 'n' roll. Channeling the tenacious fervor and reception of the album, the band landed a notable “All Eyes On” feature in SPIN naming them as a band to watch, as they continued to fuel their momentum to relocate their moxie to packed stages across the U.S.
Their ascending career has seen the band sell out venues nationwide on numerous headlining tours, including a rapidly sold-out show at the renowned The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles at the end of 2022, have opened for bands like Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing and graced coveted festival stages like Coachella, Tropicalia, ZONA Fest, and SXSW. 2023 has continued to see The Red Pears rise with the release of new music to celebrate their sold-out headlining night of Viva! Pomona Music Festival, a feature story with De Los that led to being on the cover of the first ever LA Times x De Los print edition, and embarking on their biggest headlining run yet at the end of the year – including stops supporting Interpol at The House of Blues in Anaheim and The Greek Theater in Los Angeles and a final headlining show at The Novo in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve to close out another phenomenal year.
THE RED PEARS FESTIVAL DATES
April 13 – Coachella – Indio, CA
April 20 – Coachella – Indio, CA
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