http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/03/stream-the-babies-trouble/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/03/stream-the-babies-trouble/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:00:40 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=165406 Sometimes the word “pretty” is the only descriptor you can think of for a piece of music, a cheesy, five-cent word, maybe, but one that sums up the sweetest reasons for liking a song. The … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/03/stream-the-babies-trouble/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/26/video-vivian-girls-take-it-as-it-comes/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/26/video-vivian-girls-take-it-as-it-comes/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:00:08 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=128583 Vivian Girls’ video aesthetic for “Take It As It Comes” blends slack-jawed gum-smacking, side-ponytail, pink leopard-print bedspreads and kissing your Prince poster. The girls are talking to each other on landlines, giving each other love … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/26/video-vivian-girls-take-it-as-it-comes/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/11/video-vivian-girls-i-heard-you-say/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/11/video-vivian-girls-i-heard-you-say/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:30:05 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=90815 About the only thing that could make the newest quiet storm of a song by Vivian Girls even bleaker is a video that unfolds like a California cult fantasy. Stuck in what seems like a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/11/video-vivian-girls-i-heard-you-say/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/vivian-girls-i-heard-you-say-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/vivian-girls-i-heard-you-say-mp3/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:30:49 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=88999 The pining on this song is rough. Plenty of Vivian Girls songs are unhappy, lots of heartbreak, lots of solitude, but this new one, from their forthcoming album Share The Joy, is bleak like there’s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/vivian-girls-i-heard-you-say-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/05/la-sera-never-come-around-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/05/la-sera-never-come-around-mp3/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:45:52 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=72460 Katy Goodman, Vivian Girls bassist and intrepid video game reporter, has just released a 7-inch for her new solo project, and it’s candy sweet with debutante harmonies and sunray guitars. Sounds like she’s been having … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/05/la-sera-never-come-around-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/28/frankie-rose-and-the-outs-sang-you-can-make-me-feel-bad-on-a-sidewalk/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/28/frankie-rose-and-the-outs-sang-you-can-make-me-feel-bad-on-a-sidewalk/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:20:49 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34453 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/28/frankie-rose-and-the-outs-sang-you-can-make-me-feel-bad-on-a-sidewalk/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/16/a-tour-of-the-psychedelic-summer-exhibit-at-the-rare-gallery/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/16/a-tour-of-the-psychedelic-summer-exhibit-at-the-rare-gallery/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:30:14 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=37070 It’s not often that we go to a gallery show and walk away with a purchased item. It’s not that we don’t want to, it’s just that we’re not generally balling like that. Not that … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/16/a-tour-of-the-psychedelic-summer-exhibit-at-the-rare-gallery/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/30/listen-frankie-rose-and-the-outs-little-brown-haired-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/30/listen-frankie-rose-and-the-outs-little-brown-haired-girls/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:13:36 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34196 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/30/listen-frankie-rose-and-the-outs-little-brown-haired-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/04/vivian-girls-daytrotter-sessions-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/04/vivian-girls-daytrotter-sessions-mp3/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 17:10:22 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=28233 Daytrotter is killing it lately with sessions from Will Oldham, Freddie Gibbs and Fuck Buttons, and now this great organ-heavy ripper from Vivian Girls. “Tell the World” is the pinnacle here, bass drum and spooky … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/04/vivian-girls-daytrotter-sessions-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/02/vivian-girls-male-bonding-perfect-day/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/02/vivian-girls-male-bonding-perfect-day/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:23:37 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=33332 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/02/vivian-girls-male-bonding-perfect-day/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/30/all-saints-day-itll-come-around-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/30/all-saints-day-itll-come-around-mp3/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:20:52 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=23939 BAM! This is out of nowhere, but it works. After it became clear that no one had plans to abandon vocal effects and reverb-heavy guitar, we were more interested in seeing where they might take … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/30/all-saints-day-itll-come-around-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/30/the-new-vivian-girlscat-power-not-chan-side-project-is-so-good/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/30/the-new-vivian-girlscat-power-not-chan-side-project-is-so-good/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:13:04 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=33278 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/30/the-new-vivian-girlscat-power-not-chan-side-project-is-so-good/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/01/stream-the-babies-f-members-of-vivian-girls-and-woods-breakin-the-law/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/01/stream-the-babies-f-members-of-vivian-girls-and-woods-breakin-the-law/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:38:08 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=22780 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/01/stream-the-babies-f-members-of-vivian-girls-and-woods-breakin-the-law/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/02/no-cancer-benefit-on-sunday-in-la-with-bands-you-want-to-see/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/02/no-cancer-benefit-on-sunday-in-la-with-bands-you-want-to-see/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:54:56 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=32617 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/02/no-cancer-benefit-on-sunday-in-la-with-bands-you-want-to-see/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/29/vivian-girls-hes-gone-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/29/vivian-girls-hes-gone-mp3/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:41:51 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=21907 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/29/vivian-girls-hes-gone-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/08/happy-birthday-david-bowie/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/08/happy-birthday-david-bowie/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:47:55 +0000 Konrad Perry 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http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/02/best-coast-to-release-single-chum-it-up-with-vivian-girls/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:10:04 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=32007 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/02/best-coast-to-release-single-chum-it-up-with-vivian-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/01/listen-to-grass-widows-celebrate-the-mundane-live-at-wfmu/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/01/listen-to-grass-widows-celebrate-the-mundane-live-at-wfmu/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:09:04 +0000 Nat Roe http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=31984 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/01/listen-to-grass-widows-celebrate-the-mundane-live-at-wfmu/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/18/video-vivian-girls-when-im-gone/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/18/video-vivian-girls-when-im-gone/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:15:42 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=15505 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/18/video-vivian-girls-when-im-gone/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/21/the-babies-meet-me-in-the-city-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/21/the-babies-meet-me-in-the-city-mp3/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:08:46 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=12916 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/21/the-babies-meet-me-in-the-city-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/20/at-the-bar-with-southern-comfort-vivian-girls-telepathic-love/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/20/at-the-bar-with-southern-comfort-vivian-girls-telepathic-love/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:18:25 +0000 Hanly Banks http://www.thefader.com/?p=12729 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/20/at-the-bar-with-southern-comfort-vivian-girls-telepathic-love/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/18/the-babies-post-new-tracks/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/18/the-babies-post-new-tracks/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:15:05 +0000 Gracie Remington 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http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/vivian-girls-announce-summerfall-dates/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:36:56 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=26033 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/vivian-girls-announce-summerfall-dates/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/29/girls-cover-vivian-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/29/girls-cover-vivian-girls/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:57:54 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=25735 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/29/girls-cover-vivian-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/freeload-stag-dagger-festival-mp3-bonanza/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/freeload-stag-dagger-festival-mp3-bonanza/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/freeload-stag-dagger-festival-mp3-bonanza/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/15/vivian-girls-moped-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/15/vivian-girls-moped-girls/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 17:27:49 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=23279 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/15/vivian-girls-moped-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/12/video-vivian-girls-moped-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/12/video-vivian-girls-moped-girls/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/12/video-vivian-girls-moped-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/29/almost-ready-releases-eighth-vinyl-comp-featuring-times-new-viking-vivian-girls-blank-dogs-more/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/29/almost-ready-releases-eighth-vinyl-comp-featuring-times-new-viking-vivian-girls-blank-dogs-more/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:48:36 +0000 P. Elizabeth Cawein http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=21938 Almost Ready has released the eighth volume its The World Is Lousy With Ideas vinyl compilations, this time featuring Times New Viking, Intelligence, Vivian Girls and Blank Dogs, among others, and some fairly titillating potential album art. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/29/almost-ready-releases-eighth-vinyl-comp-featuring-times-new-viking-vivian-girls-blank-dogs-more/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/13/live-vivian-girls-and-ariel-pink-in-austin-tx/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/13/live-vivian-girls-and-ariel-pink-in-austin-tx/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:06:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/13/live-vivian-girls-and-ariel-pink-in-austin-tx/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/07/ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti-vivian-girls-music-hall-of-williamsburg-brooklyn/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/07/ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti-vivian-girls-music-hall-of-williamsburg-brooklyn/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:33:26 +0000 Rez Avissar http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=20622 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti has finally streamlined into a full band with real instruments and solid members, and it proved beneficial as they pleased many fans on a tour marking the end of a long struggle of finding a solid backing band, as well as new, slightly polished musical beginnings. Vivian Girls opened. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/07/ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti-vivian-girls-music-hall-of-williamsburg-brooklyn/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/01/anamanaguchi-so-bored-wavves-cover/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/01/anamanaguchi-so-bored-wavves-cover/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:57:11 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=20299 Wavves -- he wrote it and it is one hell of a catchy tune, but we heard it a lot at SxSW, only to find out at subsequent non-Wavves shows that the Vivian Girls were also covering and playing it live. But then we heard our 8-bit heroes Anamanaguchi's version of it, taking it out of the garage rock murk and giving it new life. Now we're pumped on it again. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/01/anamanaguchi-so-bored-wavves-cover/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/24/sxsw-2009-photos-vivian-girls-club-1808/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/24/sxsw-2009-photos-vivian-girls-club-1808/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:17:09 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=19592 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/24/sxsw-2009-photos-vivian-girls-club-1808/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/06/jesus-lizard-grizzly-bear-and-more-confirmed-for-pitchfork-fest-fans-will-be-able-to-choose-set-lists/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/06/jesus-lizard-grizzly-bear-and-more-confirmed-for-pitchfork-fest-fans-will-be-able-to-choose-set-lists/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:32:15 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=18365 Pitchfork, but instead by respected Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis, the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival will be dropping their "Don't Look Back" classic-album theme, and instead will allow fans the chance to come up with the set lists as part of a new series called "Write The Night: Set Lists By Request." read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/06/jesus-lizard-grizzly-bear-and-more-confirmed-for-pitchfork-fest-fans-will-be-able-to-choose-set-lists/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/05/new-music-thursdays-high-diving-ponies/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/05/new-music-thursdays-high-diving-ponies/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:31:07 +0000 Danny R. Phillips http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=18282 High Diving Ponies. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/05/new-music-thursdays-high-diving-ponies/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/20/vivian-girls-lake-house/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/20/vivian-girls-lake-house/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:12:56 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=17602 interviewed the Vivian Girls back in August of last year, we knew they were aspiring to great heights. But never in our wildest dreams did we think the three girls we saw playing house parties to small-but-appreciative crowds in early 2008 would be the forebearers for an entire scene of lo-fi pop slackers. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/20/vivian-girls-lake-house/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/20/freeload-vivian-girls-lake-house/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/20/freeload-vivian-girls-lake-house/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:10:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/20/freeload-vivian-girls-lake-house/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/19/new-music-thursdays-lets-wrestle/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/19/new-music-thursdays-lets-wrestle/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:25:03 +0000 P. Elizabeth Cawein http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=17488 Let's Wrestle who might just be headed to a town (or an Austin music festival) near you soon. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/19/new-music-thursdays-lets-wrestle/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/08/new-music-thursdays-fungi-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/08/new-music-thursdays-fungi-girls/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:48:23 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=15384 regulars we like to scout from. Problem is, then you feel guilty taking the credit for it. Such is the case with the next teen sensation, Fungi Girls. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/08/new-music-thursdays-fungi-girls/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2008/07/24/fader-tv-avoiding-disease-at-the-yard/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/07/24/fader-tv-avoiding-disease-at-the-yard/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/07/24/fader-tv-avoiding-disease-at-the-yard/feed/ 0