photography by Ward Robinson
The Smell was sold out for the Vivian Girls and Best Coast Saturday night. Best Coast’s set was great with Vivan Girls’ drummer sitting in with them. Their leader seemed a bit shy on stage but sang beautifully. Vivian Girls put on an excellent set and the crowd went nuts throughout the entire show.
—juan velasquez
Abe Vigoda, whose frontman Michael Vidal talked to L.A. Record about being one of 2009’s Most Beautiful People, will tour with Vampire Weekend this spring. Info and dates below:
In addition to the Vampire Weekend dates, the boys will also be playing a handful of shows with Nottingham punks Lovvers, Vivian Girls, Effi Briest and [...]
VIVIAN GIRLS + BEST COAST ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, AT THE SMELL, 247 S MAIN ST, LOS ANGELES, $5, ALL AGES.
The band’s garage punk sound blends with that of ’60s girl groups with sweet three-part harmonies. They sing songs of lost love and not understanding the male species with lyrics like “Where do you run to/Why do you leave me all alone”—this explains the heavy girl population at the show. Plus, they are three adorable girls with I-don’t-give-a-fuck-what-you-think attitude. Chicks want to be them, dudes want to be their boyfriends—or maybe, want to be them too (unadmittedly).
Vivian Girls weathered a year of touring and Internet comments and took the photo for their new album cover on the day they almost broke up three times. Cassie Ramone speaks now before tour with New York City’s Beets. This interview by Vanessa Gonzalez.
Watching X and My Bloody Valentine put into perspective all these kids making noisy pop music by recalling the rich and fabled genealogy of this newfangled uprising and putting a sincere (albeit wrinkled) face on sounds that were once something controversial and that today’s babies take for granted… it must be oddly pleasant to play a show you never would’ve been asked to play in your own heyday, knowing that tropes you helped invent are propelling smooth-skinned foals into stardom from what middle-aged critics are carelessly referring to as the “outside” or the “fringes” while you wonder where the hell that leaves you?
Although we have yet to toy around with the Coachooser, we present here (via Goldenvoice and Coachella) the set times for this weekend:
Spaceland (with Ticketweb, the Echo, Myspace and more) have just announced a three-stage Wednesday day party for SXSW that includes some of our favorite bands—especially Garotas Suecas, who we hope will come to L.A. very soon! Flyer and line-up below.
scott schultz
Download: A Certain Ratio “Shack Up”
Part Time Punks‘ Mike Stock texts us that A Certain Ratio have confirmed to headline the Part Time Punks fest on Sun., Nov. 16! They will be joining an already really impressive line-up and pushing it toward the legendary! If you don’t know them, they were one of Manchester’s best [...]
