Teenage rock band The Alive to perform at Shaky Knees

The Alive! will perform at Shaky Knees Oct. 23.

Steve Sherwin

The precocious and talented California band The Alive is taking over international stages and this weekend’s Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta.

The Alive comprises Bastian Evans, 16, and brothers Kai and Manoa Neukermans, aged 17 and 13, respectively. They’re all dedicated surfers, skaters, and conscientious environmentalists — and their music shows it. The trio joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about their incredible journey in music, beginning when they were barely as big as the instruments they played.

Kai and Bastian were seven and eight years old when they played music together in Montecito, California.