All three were already accomplished musicians. In the beginning, three young women met while studying at the University of Southern California: Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin were local girls, whilst Katie Gavin came from an Irish Catholic background in Chicago. Other creation stories are more firmly rooted in reality, but they are still to a greater or lesser extent myths and that for the band MUNA (usually written in capitals, although not an acronym), runs like this: They later created the city, but not before Romulus, who had serious anger management issues, killed his brother in a quarrel. For example Rome was supposedly founded by the twins Romulus and Remus, who were abandoned as babies but survived by being suckled by a wolf.

Many groupings have their creation myth: their story of how they came to be. ‘Call Me Inhuman: The Sun – The Fight Pt 5.’ Album Review. ‘Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko: I am the River, the River is me’. ‘Sunflower in the shade’, single, mini review.

Warpaint, ‘Radiate Like This’, Album Review.

‘URF’: ‘For the Ride’ EP and ‘Solitude’ single.

Torres, ‘Silver Tongue’ and ‘Live in Berlin’, albums.

Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something.

Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something: ‘Oh Really, What’s That Then?’ LP.

‘Good at Falling’ album and ‘Chewing Cotton Wool’ EP.

Hachiku: ‘I’ll probably be asleep’, Album.

Girl in Red, ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’.

‘Elegía del Olvido/Elegía del Horror’, Album review.

Arxx: ‘Wrong Girl, Honey.’ EP and ‘Call me Crazy’, Single.‘Barefoot on Diamond Road’, Album review. Gig Reviews: Bands reviewed in alphabetical order.

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