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Music Pick: Cup and Bobb Bruno

Cup is an often-fascinating collaboration between Cibo Matto keyboardist Yuka C. Honda and her guitarist-husband, Nels Cline. A typically atypical performance m...
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Music Pick: Chastity Belt

Chastity Belt return with another mesmerizing set of songs on their recent self-titled album on the Hardly Art label. Where other bands tend to bluster and shou...
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Music Pick: Sinéad O’Connor

Throughout all her changes in life and music, Sinéad O’Connor has always had that powerful, distinctive voice — a transformative, searing ray of light that she ...
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Music Pick: The Groans

“How can I even afford to be alive? How can I even afford to die?” bassist Annie wonders on “Earth Dweller,” the title track of The Groans’ 2019 album. “A paych...
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Music Pick: L.A. Witch

Halloween comes early to Long Beach when L.A. Witch take the stage at Alex’s Bar. But the garage-punk group’s sense of macabre menace isn’t derived from costume...
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Music Pick: Tashaki Miyaki

“All I want is your praise/Oh, and I want fame,” Paige Stark confides on “Girls on T.V.,” from Tashaki Miyaki’s 2017 album, The Dream. She coos the lines with a...