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The Takarazuka Revue is a Japanese all-female musical theatre company founded in 1913 by Ichizo Kobayashi in Takarazuya, Hyogo Prefecture. The company is divided into several distinct troupes, and its actresses are specially trained to play both male and female roles. Performances are known for thei...
Rips is the 2014 debut studio album by Ex Hex, a Washington, D.C., rock trio led by guitarist and singer Mary Timony, formerly of Helium and Wild Flag. Released by Merge Records, it features Timony with bassist Betsy Wright and drummer Laura Harris. The record combines concise power-pop songwriting,...
The Star Troupe (Hoshi-gumi) is one of the five permanent performing troupes that make up the Takarazuka Revue, a renowned Japanese all-female musical theater company. Established in 1933, the troupe is traditionally represented by the color blue. Like the other troupes within the organization, it f...
The Snow Troupe is one of the five principal performing troupes of the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater company founded in 1913. Established in 1924, it is known for its elaborate, Western-style musical productions and its strict separation of male and female stage roles. Perf...
Weirdo Shrine is the second studio album by La Luz, released in 2015. Produced by Ty Segall, it develops the group's combination of surf-rock guitar lines, garage-rock textures, vocal harmonies, and psychedelic atmosphere beyond the sound established on its Pacific Northwest debut. The record is sui...
It's Alive is the debut studio album by La Luz, a band formed in Seattle and associated with surf rock, garage rock, and vocal pop. Hardly Art released the album in 2013 after the group had developed its sound through local performances and an earlier EP. Its music combines reverb-heavy electric gui...
Ride Your Heart is the debut studio album by Bleached, released in 2013 by Dead Oceans. Bleached was formed in Los Angeles by sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, who had previously played in the punk band Mika Miko. The album combines garage-rock guitar textures, pop melodies, and punk-derived rhyt...
1986 album by Los Angeles all-female garage rock band The Pandoras, led by guitarist and vocalist Paula Pierce, released on Rhino Records.
