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Music: Rock/Pop The Heavenly States w/ Citay and the Botticellis

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The Heavenly States headline a triple-bill of stellar local power-pop. The Oakland band has quietly earned a following with its energetic, soulful brand of punk, featuring an unlikely lead violin. They're just as iconoclastic in their politics; they made waves in 2005 when they performed in Libya. Ezra Feinberg, the man behind openers Citay, gives the large ensemble appropriately long-form classic rock to work with, and the result is at once kaleidoscopic and mellow. The Botticellis conjure lilting melancholy in the key of Big Star and the Shins on their debut, Old Home Movies, set to be released this May.

– Max Goldberg

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