Formed in 2004 by guitarist Ezra Feinberg of Piano Magic and Tim Green of the F -ing Champs, Citay favors long instrumental sections piled high with acoustic guitars, tambourines, and Beach Boys-style vocal harmonies.

NPR: Citay Casts Its 'Eye' on an Efficient Epic

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano's 2008 landmark green building, the California Academy of Sciences, houses Pierre the Penguin and 38, 000 other weird and wonderful animals under a "living roof" of California wildflowers.

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