Contrary to the thousands of musicians whose careers began the day they purchased their first MacBook Pro, Alice Cohen has been honing her electronic craft for decades. With a discography dating back to 1979, Alice was very much present at the dawn of synth-pop in the United States and has been steadily pushing the boundaries of it ever since. This set, taken from an early evening performance in March of last year, is a true mixed bag of abstract emotions, all sung with the kind of sophistication that only comes with her amount of experience. Pay extra special attention to "Traffic Jam Heartbeat" and "Carnival Ride"; consecutive tracks with distinctly opposite vibes, the former manages to perfectly encapsulate the building intensity of some of the worst backups on the highway, while the latter conversely paints one of the most serene pictures in the archives. -AR