The Morning Benders

By Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent  |  October 16, 2008

This California band has a stomping acoustic charm that pushes along its lilting late '60s psychedelic rock. Songs like "Damnit Anna" are the type of era-straddling stuff that both young indie kids and their aging hippie parents can jam along to. Bring the whole family. 18+ 9 p.m. $12. Middle East Downstairs, 480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. 617-864-3278. www.mideastclub.com