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Nite RiderPublished on June 03, 2009 at 4:22amNite Jewel is the nom de electropop of L.A.s Ramona Gonzalez. She constructs arty grooves out of the same cheesy synth blurts and hand-claps heard on 80s freestyle and pop/R&B albums by the likes of Lisa Lisa, Information Society, and Billy Ocean. Nite Jewels beats are understated, and Gonzalez vocals have a Cocteau Twins-like ethereality meaning the music wont help you work up a dancefloor sweat, but it does keep things interesting. Same goes for songs by Brooklyns Telepathe (pictured), which crafts a similarly gauzy but somewhat unsettling aesthetic that brings to mind a more ambient Siouxsie Sioux. Nite Jewel and Telepathe perform together on Friday, June 12, at Bottom of the Hill. 10 p.m., $10; 626-4455, www.bottomofthehill.com. Michael Alan Goldberg
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