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Bad Wave; Credit: Melanie Bartley

Music Pick: Bad Wave

"Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together," reads the bio blurb on Bad Wave's Facebook page....
Ice Cube; Credit: Eva Rinaldi/Wikicommons

Music Pick: KDAY Krush Groove

The 10th anniversary of 93.5 KDAY's Krush Groove event is being celebrated in style, with some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Headlining is local legend Ice Cube, who put out his typically topical 10th studio album, Everythang's Corrupt, in December....
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My Favorite Album: Bob Moses

"My Favorite Album" is a weekly column in which we ask a musician exactly what the title suggests — to name their favorite album of all time. This week, it's Jimmy Vallance of Canadian electronic duo Bob Moses, who play Coachella again this weekend....
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The Best Gig I Ever Saw: Deep Dish's Dubfire

"The Best Gig I Ever Saw" is a weekly column that will see us ask a musician to chat about their favorite concert thus far. This week it's Dubfire of reunited electronic trailblazers Deep Dish, who will be performing at Coachella this weekend....
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Track of the Week: ASHRR's "Made Up Your Mind"

These are busy times for L.A. synth-rock project ASHRR, who have their debut album, Oscillator, coming out on May 10. In the meantime, they've just unleashed this startling new video for current single "Made Up Your Mind." Directed by William Morrison (Skinny Puppy, Fear Factory), the video is an unsettling piece of work about the dark, seedy side of social media....
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Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt Play Punk-Vaudeville in Nancy And Beth

Nancy And Beth (capitalization of the "And" is deliberate) is the punk-vaudeville musical project of actresses Megan Mullally (Will & Grace, Parks and Recreation, Why Him?) and Stephanie Hunt (Friday Night Lights, Californication, Glee). Their show is intriguing, amusing and perplexing in equal parts, and you really do need to see it to understand what we're talking about....
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Album of the Week: Operators' Radiant Dawn

Operators are the brainchild of Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Boeckner, known for the projects Wolf Parade, Divine Fits, Atlas Strategic and Handsome Furs. Wolf Parade are still very much a going concern but, while that band has a conventional indie-rock vibe, Operators are something else entirely....