Discovering Blonde Redhead at Bimbo's in San Francisco a few years ago was a skeptical experience. The Japanese-female-singer-with-two-fellas-thing just seemed so formulaic and predictably hip. But, once they started playing and the music took hold, it was a mesmerizing experience, and I was instantly converted. Their unique blend of raw emotion, sexiness and tension was alive and electric onstage'so intimate and big simultaneously, a lot like love itself. I couldn't decipher the words singer Kazu Makino was cooing, but it didn't really matter in the moment. It was ...