Ex-Vivian Girls drummer (and NYC bartender) Frankie Rose recently made the Crystal Stilts an Ex too, starting her own project, the all-girl quintet Frankie Rose & The Outs. Well, almost all-girl: Crystal Stilts guitarist JB Townsend contributes to their forthcoming... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANKIE ROSE & THE OUTS - "THEE ONLY ONE"»
Posted on October 8, 2009 in , , (2 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Dum Dum Girls | Flea | Frankie Rose | Vivian Girls
When Brandon first put his ears on "When I'm Gone," Vivian Girls' lead single and runaway standout from their sophomore set Everything Goes Wrong, he heard echoes of Black Tambourine in its "starry, dusky fuzzed-out sounds" and "semi-buried spectral harmonies."... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS VIDEO - "WHEN I'M GONE"»
Posted on September 17, 2009 in (11 comments)
Tags: The xx | Vivian Girls
According to their MySpace, Babies is the project of Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone, Woods bassist Kevin Morby, Bossy drummer Justin Sullivan, and Stupid Party's Nathanael Stark on bass. All that said, it'll largely be the songwriting project of Morby, because... CONTINUE READING NEW BABIES - "MEET ME IN THE CITY"»
Posted on August 20, 2009 in (8 comments)
Tags: Bossy | Vivian Girls | Woods
Over the past couple of weeks we've heard a few samples of Vivian Girls' forthcoming Everything Goes Wrong. At the beginning of the summer, they did an unplugged performance of one of those new tracks "When I'm Gone" at the... CONTINUE READING VIVIAN GIRLS GO ACOUSTIC IN AUSTRIA»
Posted on August 11, 2009 in (32 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Vivian Girls
"When I'm Gone," the first song we heard from Vivian Girls' forthcoming sophomore album Everything Goes Wrong, found the trio digging into a denser sound with additional vocal polish in those still decidedly unpolished three-part harmonies. Two additional samples of... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS - "THE END," "CAN'T GET OVER YOU"»
Posted on August 10, 2009 (14 comments)
Tags: Vivian Girls
Coachella is already the most fashionable of the summer festivals by virtue of its proximity to Los Angeles, so this year the NYT ran with the glam, taking a bagful of high fashion garments and draping them on a bunch... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKERS PLAY DRESS-UP FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES»
Posted on July 17, 2009 (23 comments)
Tags: Ariel Pink | Beirut | Brandon Flowers | Coachella | Conor Oberst | Friendly Fires | Gang Gang Dance | Girl Talk | Ida Maria | Jenny Lewis | Lykke Li | Morrissey | No Age | Public Enemy | Robert Smith | Rye Rye | The Cure | The Killers | The Kills | Vivian Girls
If you've listened to the beloved/reviled Vivian Girls' self-titled debut (or any of the band's singles) you'll have a good idea of what to expect from the trio's sophomore collection Everything Goes Wrong. Meaning, even with its tiny bit of... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS - "WHEN I'M GONE"»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in , , (14 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Hey Marseilles | Vivian Girls
This past weekend was all about the USA, and nothing says America quite like a day full of shitgaze in a graffitied, degenerated yard under some train tracks in Bushwick (or "East Williamsburg," if your real estate agent is shady).... CONTINUE READING WOODSIST/CAPTURED TRACKS FEST @ 979 BROADWAY BACKYARD, BROOKLYN 7/4/09»
Posted on July 6, 2009 in , , (6 comments)
Tags: Beach Fossils | Blank Dogs | Crocodiles | Crystal Stilts | Dum Dum Girls | Ganglians | Kurt Vile | Real Estate | The Beets | The German Measles | Vivian Girls | Woods
"Moped Girl"'s appropriately slower, noisier B-Side "Death" is streaming at the Girls' MySpace sans pie fights, broken bones, and spilt milk. The single's out on For Us, the label of Rough Trade Shops.... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS - "DEATH"»
Posted on June 9, 2009 (35 comments)
Tags: Vivian Girls
The video for "Tell The World" found the Vivian Girls driving a convertible in front of a green-screened forest and battled bats, among other things, but mostly staring ahead at the road unblinkingly until they stopped to belt out a... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS VIDEO - "MOPED GIRLS"»
Posted on May 12, 2009 in (74 comments)
Tags: Green Man Festival | Vivian Girls | Weezer
While deep in the heart of Mess With Texas, the Brooklyn trio took a stab at the SXSW staple's "So Bored." You can watch the Vivian Girls' make like Wavves at their blog. ... CONTINUE READING VIVIAN GIRLS COVER WAVVES»
Posted on March 25, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Vivian Girls | Wavves
Vivian Girls' unflattering bathtub interview has come to define the band to some folks, but remember: We all have bad days and say stupid things, it's just that they aren't captured on videotape while we sit fully clothed in a... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS - "LAKE HOUSE"»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in (47 comments)
Tags: Phoenix | Rachel Goodrich | Vivian Girls
Valentine's Day is one of those holidays you might not pay too much attention to if you're in the midst of a really good relationship -- because every day is like Valentine's Day! -- but can gain importance in direct... CONTINUE READING LOVE BITES: STEREOGUM'S ANTI-VALENTINE'S DAY MIX»
Posted on February 13, 2009 in (30 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Bob Mould | Bon Iver | Esau Mwamwaya | Ferraby Lionheart | Florence And The Machine | Handsome Furs | Julie Doiron | Lissy Trullie | Neko Case | Nick Thorburn | No Age | Papercuts | Port O'Brien | The Decemberists | The Very Best | Vivian Girls
Yes, Blooming Onion-Gate ended up being one of our most discussed posts in 2008, but before that mess, we were busy debuting their songs and trying to tell the world (sorry) that with their update on classic C86 (plus early... CONTINUE READING VIVIAN GIRLS AIR THEIR LAUNDROMATINEE»
Posted on January 9, 2009 in , (17 comments)
Tags: Vivian Girls
Fucked Up's first official video edits together footage from their Blitz covering, Chemistry Of Common Life promoting 12-hour marathon. The footage, shot by Brendan FitzGerald of VBS.tv, was edited together by Bajir Cannon. We probably could have done without the... CONTINUE READING NEW FUCKED UP VIDEO - "CROOKED HEAD"»
Posted on January 9, 2009 in , (6 comments)
Tags: Fucked Up | Vivian Girls
In response to what one of you dubbed Blooming Onion-Gate, Vivian Girls Girls issued an apology at their blog and this blog. Reminding us the trio's young and shouldn't be chastened too harshly for one interview, ex-VG/current Crystal Stilt Frankie... CONTINUE READING VIVIAN GIRLS APOLOGIZE FOR DISSING NORMAL PEOPLE»
Posted on December 5, 2008 (35 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Sebastien Grainger | Vivian Girls
In this Uncensored Interview, the Girls extol the virtues of the punk community, realize that non-punk people "are really shitty and suck a lot," and definitely are not fans of coworkers who get drinks at T.G.I. Fridays. It's good cubicle... CONTINUE READING VIVIAN GIRLS HATE YOUR COWORKERS»
Posted on December 2, 2008 (139 comments)
Tags: Ida Maria | Vivian Girls
I've said this all before, but the Vivian Girls play a great hazy blend of classic C86 (check out Shop Assistants or Talulah Gosh) with high doses of Jesus & Mary Chain distortion and Spectored three-part harmonies. They're also clearly... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS VIDEO - "TELL THE WORLD"»
Posted on September 17, 2008 in (19 comments)
Tags: Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls self-titled LP comes out 10/7 on In The Red. If you haven't heard the Darger-referencing trio yet, Cassie, Katy, and Ali nail a C86 sound (see Shop Assistants) with layers of J&MC feedback and three-part harmonies that hit... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LIV: HEAR NEW VIVIAN GIRLS, WIN HUMAN GIANT & THREADLESS MERCH»
Posted on September 10, 2008 in , (1 comments)
Tags: Human Giant | Pop Noir | SXSW | The Hold Steady | Vivian Girls
NYC online music institution East Village Radio turns five this year, and after a day's delay due to tropical storm Hanna, a party was had yesterday at the Seaport to celebrate. The fest went from afternoon 'til night, spanning... CONTINUE READING CRYSTAL STILTS, HIGH PLACES, VIVIAN GIRLS, KRS-ONE HELPED EAST VILLAGE RADIO CELEBRATE FIVE YEARS»
Posted on September 8, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Dan Friel | High Places | John Oliver | KRS-One | Vivian Girls
That's right, it's free. And, yes, Boris was just added to the bill. If you're in the NYC area on Saturday, 9/6, you can head to Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport between 1PM and 9PM and catch the... CONTINUE READING BORIS TO PLAY FREE EAST VILLAGE RADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL»
Posted on August 15, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Boris | Coachella | Conor Oberst | High Places | KRS-One | Vivian Girls
As mentioned, Darger-referencing Vivian Girls are one of those newer Brooklyn bands we can't stop listening to. The trio nail a C86 sound (see Shop Assistants) with layers of J&MC feedback and three-part harmonies that hit like Spector girl groups... CONTINUE READING NEW VIVIAN GIRLS - "WHERE DO YOU RUN TO"»
Posted on August 1, 2008 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Rye Rye | SXSW | Vivian Girls
When I featured Crystal Stilts in an installment of The Outsiders, I posted "Crippled Croon," a standout from their recent self-titled Woodsist EP. As mentioned then, it's an older recording from way back in '05, but the Brooklyn band has... CONTINUE READING NEW CRYSTAL STILTS - "PRISMATIC ROOM"»
Posted on July 30, 2008 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Vivian Girls
