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Experimental rock outfit Deerhoof are currently celebrating their 20th album and 31st year (That’s china and a clock, for gifting purposes.)  April 25th saw the release of Noble and Godlike in Ruin via Joyful Noise, followed by the first leg of the 31 Flavours Tour, which kicked off the...

“I’m very sorry for the delay.  Thank you for your patience,” says Jessica Pratt as she sits down in a chair center stage at the Music Hall at World Café Live this past Friday night.  The show – the Los Angeles-based folk singer/songwriter’s first headlining performance in the City...

“Part of me is happy to hear that there’s not a lot of information about us.  We’ve never wanted our personalities to be front and center,” says queer, doomy, experimental black metal duo Ragana.  This is not such a surprising revelation, as the two – Maria and Nicole, who...

Although the pandemic provided a profound plethora of struggles for the vast majority of the world, some of our favorite musicians channeled those frustrations into music that is surprisingly optimistic… possibly none more surprising than ultra-moody San Francisco-based, post-punk-leaning poppers Cold Beat, who released their latest album, War Garden,...