Ali Koehler, the former Vivian Girls drummer who left that band last year to join Best Coast, has now parted ways with Best Coast. On her Twitter last night, in what I have to assume is some sort of…   Read Story »

When we posted the Vivian Girls' "Take It As It Comes," I called it "a girl-group pep talk featuring Grease-style spoken word." This chatty Travis Peterson-directed plays around with that aesthetic,…   Read Story »

Here's a video from Dunes, the LA trio featuring ex-Mika Miko member Kate Hall. The affiliation is relevant for purposes of fingering their track "Tied Together"'s sound -- female-fronted post-punk…   Read Story »

Vivian Girls' "Take It As It Comes" is a girl-group pep talk featuring Grease-style spoken word. Vivian Girls - "Take It As It Comes" Share The Joy is out via Polyvinyl. They're heading to the…   Read Story »

Black Lips just announced their next album, titled Arabia Mountain. It'll be out this summer, which makes this first video for "Go Out And Get It!" very appropriate. It was filmed during the band's…   Read Story »

The new-look Vivian Girls bundle-up in fur then burn down their hotel room in matching dresses in the video for "I Heard You Say." (Via P4K) Share The Joy is out 4/12 via Polyvinyl.   Read Story »

Vivian Girls' new album Share The Joy was recorded at Rear House, the studio run by Woods's Jarvis Taveniere, who engineered the collection. It's their first with new drummer Fiona Campbell.…   Read Story »

Last week when we posted a new track by the Babies, the project of Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone and Woods' Kevin Morby, we also reminded you about another VG spin-off, Katy Goodman's La Sera. In case…   Read Story »

I don't think Cassie Ramone and Kevin Morby's Vivian Girls/Woods spinoff the Babies' "Wild I" is a play on VG's "Wild Eyes" -- that's a Roman one not an "I." Though who knows. The song appears on a…   Read Story »

Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman, aka Kickball Katy, has a new side project -- in addition to All Saints Day, her collaboration with Gregg Foreman. La Sera, billed as a solo effort, has the same fuzzy…   Read Story »