Las Cafeteras take a step forward in their career, premiere 'Luna Lovers' music video at the Vincent Price Art Museum

CELEBRATE - Director John Cantú, right, talks about "Luna Lovers" while Las Cafeteras, left, look on in anticipation of the world premiere of the music video for "Luna Lovers."

(Photo by Jesus Figueroa)

Written by Jesus Figueroa

Las Cafeteras rock the Large Gallery at the Vincent Price Art Museum and premiere the music video for "Luna Lovers" on August 6. They establish a new milestone in their career by premiering a professional music video directed by John Cantú. The music video will be available for all to see on Thursday for all to see exclusively on L.A. Weekly's website.

Lets Rock - Fans of Las Cafeteras
look on in delight at the spectacular
performance.

(Photo by Jesus Figueroa)

With an energetic performance following the world premiere of the music video Las Cafeteras performed "Trabajador, Trabajadora," "Ya Me Voy" and "Luna Lovers" live in front of a large crowd that filled the Large Gallery to support Las Cafeteras on this moment.
Each song had the crowd cheering and encouraging the performance giving as much energy as Las Cafeteras gave off. The crowd was attentive and responded well to each song and each moment a band member showcased a different talent.
As "Luna Lovers" brought to close the small set of songs the crowd cheered and were in awe of the soft song the band ended the high-energy set.
The crowd was left satisfied with the song choices that were played live at the event.
In the crowd was singer Maria Del Pilar, former front woman for Los Abandoned, and friend of Las Cafeteras was proud to be in the crowd for such a fantastic set.
"I've seen them grow from when I first met them in 2008. I've played with them and we've done shows together. It's so nice to see them grown and for them to be at this stage that they are now," Pilar said, "There's more of a commitment to be a band, because before I think they were just friends hanging playing, which is beautiful, but now they are really committed to be a band and get better and their instruments and at their stage performance," she said.
Pilar has a big show coming up at The Satellite, in Los Angeles, playing with El Conjunto Nueva Ola and Haru Kuroi on August 23.

PROUD - Jose Cano of Las
Cafeteras plays with a big
smile on his face at the
VPAM.

(Photo by Jesus Figueroa)

Las Cafeteras performance and music video which show just how spectacular they have become and how far their career has come is proof of the dedication of this band.
"I think we came to the realization that we are a band, that we have an art and that we are artist," Jose Cano of Las Cafeteras said, "We have each other, we all have different talents and expressions and that together we have something special," he said.
That special talent was on display all over the Large Gallery for everyone to see and take part of.
"We went through this whole phase of discovering all our skills, our talents and being comfortable with it, being comfortable expressing ourselves singing and dancing. Breaking the rules, bending the rules," Cano said, "I think all of that was a process. Just being comfortable with what we do, embracing what we do and embracing who we are. That were not traditionalist. We didn't grow up in a traditional way. This is what we are, this is what we express, it's what we do. To do anything different would be insincere with ourselves," he said.
Mucho Spaces along with the Director of the Vincent Price Art Museum Karen Rapp helped bring this event to the Vincent Price Art Museum.
Mucho Spaces looks to hold events at places around communities that would allow everyone to attend the events, even children.

INSPIRE - Hector Flores speaks to
the large crowd at the VPAM.

(Photo by Jesus Figueroa)

"There's a renaissance going on in our neighborhood. We have to own it, we have to believe it and we have to keep on pushing it forward. So if you write you need to write, if you talk you need to talk, if you paint you need to paint and lets cultivate what is ours to cultivate," Hector Flores of Las Cafeteras said, "You don't have to go out to be a revolutionary. If you're a sister, be a revolutionary sister. If you're a mama, be a revolutionary mama. If you're daughter be a revolutionary daughter. You can be a revolutionary right where you're at. You can create a whole new world right where you're at. You don't have to do anything different than what you're already doing. You just have to believe that another world is possible and you embody that and make that happen every single day. So, lets all be revolutionaries every single day," he said.

STAR POWER - Still from Las Cafeteras' "Luna Lovers" music video exclusively on L.A. Weekly on Thursday.

(Photo by Jesus Figueroa)

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