Corn Mo and his vaudevillian werewolf act .357 Lover descend upon Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles, May 31st, 2009

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I had the pleasure of seeing Carina Round at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood last year and she was vacillating between winsome plinkiness and PJ Harvey demonology within the course of her 40 minute set. This terrific video is so fresh it only has 250 views at YouTube as of this posting. It’s weird recognizing some personal friends in it lip-syncing to her lead vocal.

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Channeling something akin to Tina Turner soul with the inflection of Turin Brakes’ Olly Knights, Serena Ryder weaves an amazing tapestry of nuance and soul far beyond her years.

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