Music like Monsters Calling Home

Run River North, formerly known as Monsters Calling Home, is an American/Korean indie folk-rock band from Los Angeles, California.

The band, Monsters Calling Home, formed in 2011, with early songs inspired by the band members' Korean-Americans background. The band performed at venues across Southern California, including Super Concert, the DRIP coffeeshop in Los Angeles' Koreatown, and the Kollaboration 11 competition at the Nokia Theatre on December 5, 2011.

Because the band recorded a music video in the band members' Honda cars, the car company secretly booked the band for a gig on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 18, 2012, and recorded the surprise as an ad.

On November 16, 2012, the band changed their name from Monsters Calling Home to Run River North. On May 13, 2013, Nettwerk Music Group announced the signing of Run River North to their label. On December 2, 2013, they were featured on a PBS Artbound article as well as performing a set on Artbound's Studio A that included an interview.