Saint Motel is an indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band from Los Angeles. They have been described as "garage glam", "hard pop", "indie prog" and more by those including The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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, and The New York Times

The New York Times

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 who wrote recently that they have "reanimated power pop".

Saint Motel consists of A/J Jackson (lead vocals/guitar), Aaron Sharp (lead guitar), Dak (bass), and Greg Erwin (drums). The band met in film school and visuals are a big part of their dynamic. The band's debut EP ForPlay includes a video for each of the 6 songs including the singles "Butch" and "Dear Dictator" which have both received airplay on Los Angeles radio stations KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...

 and KCRW

KCRW

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They also incorporate visual elements into their live shows and have toured with Band of Skulls

Band of Skulls

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. Next, they toured with Nico Vega

Nico Vega

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 and Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons is an indie rock band based in Las Vegas, Nevada.After winning four back-to-back battles of the bands, the band entered the studio for the first time in 2009. They released two EPs titled Imagine Dragons EP and Hell and Silence EP in 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios...

 during the fall of 2010.

Saint Motel is known for throwing extreme concert events in their home town of Los Angeles and abroad. Some concerts they've done include: The Kaleidoscopic Mind Explosion in 3D, Future Fathers Day, The Black & White Show, Make Contact, a Rock and Roll Circus in Minneapolis, MN, a Rock n Roll Circus in New York as well as many others. One of the largest events Saint Motel puts on is their annual Valentine's Zombie Prom

The band has also played shows with: Smashing Pumpkins, Ghostland Observatory

Ghostland Observatory

Ghostland Observatory is an American music duo based in Austin, Texas. Their music has been described as a combination of electro, rock and funk by Allmusic, and "electro-dance soul rock" by Gothamist....

, Common, Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi

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, Best Coast

Best Coast

Best Coast is an American indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California, and is often categorized under the subgenres of garage rock, surf pop, and lo-fi. The band currently consists of Bethany Cosentino, who writes all of the band's songs and fronts the group, multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno, ...

, , Girl Talk

Girl Talk (musician)

Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....

, Ariel Pink

Ariel Pink

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, Neon Trees

Neon Trees

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, Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot is an American indie rock band from Syracuse, New York, consisting of vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, cellist Alexandra Lawn , violinist Rebecca Zeller, and drummer Kenny Bernard.-History:...

, The Morning Benders

The Morning Benders

The Morning Benders are an indie rock band from Berkeley, California, now based in Brooklyn, New York.In 2008, they released their debut album Talking Through Tin Cans on +1 Records...

 as well as many shows with LA bands like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American band led by Alex Ebert, vocalist of the power pop group Ima Robot. Their first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released July 7, 2009, digitally and July 14, 2009, physically on Community Records...

, Local Natives

Local Natives

Local Natives are an indie rock band based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, USA. Their debut album, Gorilla Manor, was first released in the UK in November 2009, and later released in the US on February 16, 2010...

, Rumspringa

Rumspringa (band)

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, Young the Giant

Young the Giant

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, and Voxhaul Broadcast. Saint Motel played with the American rock band Train in Vail, CO on May 16, 2011.