Warpaint performs at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on Aug. 22, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. BERKELEY — “Swamp water” is a term of endearment for the syrupy concoction that results from filling a cup with equal parts of each available selection from a soda machine. Also regionally known as a…

Indie rock band Warpaint may be from Los Angeles, but singer-guitarists Emily Kokal and Theresa Wayman call Eugene, Oregon home. I asked to speak to them specifically, because I share their hometown. We’re about the same age, were there at the same time and went to competing high schools.…