Tagged: Vivian Girls

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All Saints Day, “It’ll Come Around” MP3

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 »

POSTED March 30, 2010 12:20PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (1) TAGS: , , ,

The New Vivian Girls/Cat Power (Not Chan) Side Project is So Good!

All Saints Day’s “It’ll Come Around” just gave us a total beach boner. And it’s a power duo between Vivian Girls’ Katy Goodman and Cat Power keyboardist/guitarist Gregg Foreman, who clearly have some serious untold, … read more »

POSTED March 30, 2010 12:13PM IN THE TRIPWIRE Comments (1) TAGS: , , , ,

Stream: The Babies (f. Members of Vivian Girls and Woods), “Breakin the Law”

Sort of like the 21st century lo-fi parallel to the Temptations and the Supremes hooking up. But like if they had formed a way sweeter band than either, The Babies write classic pop rock. They … read more »

POSTED March 1, 2010 12:38PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (1) TAGS: , , ,

No Cancer! Benefit On Sunday In LA With Bands You Want To See

I Hate Rock N’ Roll and Videothing (among many others) are teaming up to throw a rowdy benefit show on Sunday Feb 7th in LA to raise money for a friend in need, or in … read more »

POSTED February 2, 2010 11:54AM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , , , ,

Vivian Girls, “He’s Gone” MP3

When Vivian Girls initially came out with songs in the same vein as overlooked early-’90s band Black Tambourine it made a lot of sense. Both bands succeeded in making dashed off pop music that succeeded … read more »

POSTED January 29, 2010 11:41AM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , ,

Happy Birthday David Bowie

63 glorious years have passed since the babe with the power/kitty cat came into this world. And, according to Pitchfork, a long-rumored Bowie tribute album is taking different shape as a benefit for the War … read more »

POSTED January 8, 2010 1:47PM IN THE TRIPWIRE Comments (6) TAGS: , , ,

NYC: FADER Bowl III with Real Estate and The Babies

Now that the holidays are over and your liver is getting some much needed R&R, The FADER and Brooklyn Bowl would like to invite you to the third edition of FADER Bowl, tomorrow night, Tuesday, … read more »

POSTED January 4, 2010 4:10PM IN FADER EVENTS, MUSIC NEWS Comments (1) TAGS: , , , ,

Sweaty Hands: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

For our blog Sweaty Hands, Nathan Williams aka Wavves reviews the latest video games for PS3, XBOX360 and whatever other consoles exist and are playable. But while he’s on tour for basically infinity, game fanatic … read more »

POSTED December 14, 2009 4:56PM IN SWEATY HANDS Comments (15) TAGS: , ,

Best Coast To Release Single, Chum It Up With Vivian Girls

Have you heard new Best Coast yet? It’s the brainchild of LA’s Bethany Cosentino and the lo-fi girl group melody making is good enough that we’re not even mad she’s probably not referring to our … read more »

POSTED December 2, 2009 9:10AM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: ,

Listen to Grass Widow's "Celebrate The Mundane" Live at WFMU

A few weeks back, San Francisco’s trio of surf, harmony and riot-grrrlllness visited my radio show at WFMU in their down time during a New York weekend jam-packed with performances along with Crystal Stilts, The … read more »

POSTED December 1, 2009 7:09PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , ,