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With bands such as I'm From Barcelona featuring up to 30 members, sometimes it feels like there's some secret competition to land the largest number of people in a single band. MV & EE gets up there, with 22 musicians. Walking the nebulous line of post-psychedelic and traditional Indian music, it's hard to imagine how the group's dual centerpiece, Matt ‘MV’ Valentine and Erika ‘EE’ Elder, manages to manipulate the freak-folk atmosphere of their arrangements into something accessible for one little venue. Catch them at the Triple on Friday, Jan. 23, at 10 p.m. $7-$10. 359-7777. —
Alexander Chang