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Vivian Girls Streaming Free New York Show Tonight

The Vivian Girls are set to play a free show at Gansevoort Plaza in New York this evening at 7:45 p.m. EST. The trio is playing a showcase for Kate Spade, who will stream the show live through their Facebook page.   read more

Listen to Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman Cover The Smiths

Earlier this week, American Laundromat Records released Please Please Please: A Tribute To The Smiths, an awesome cover-compilation we talked about when it was announced back in March. Recently, Stereogum premiered one of the tracks on the album, Katy Goodman's (bassist of indie rockers Vivian Girls) cover of "What She Said", which originally appeared on the 1985 album Meat Is Murder.  read more

Best Coast Replaces Drummer Ali Koehler

Drummer Ali Koehler, formerly of the Vivian Girls, is now formerly of Best Coast. Koehler was fired from the band, announcing in a tweet that "Cat's outta the bag, I'm not in Best Coast anymore.", followed by a “Not my choice, sorry if you’re disappointed.” As to why she was let go, no official word has surfaced yet, and Koehler herself tweeted in response to fans' questions "your guess is as good as mine".  read more

Catching Up With Vivian Girls

With their 2007 self-titled debut, Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls carved out their own brand of scuzzy, ’60s-style garage rock that garnered them equal parts praise and disdain from critics.  read more

This Week's New Album Releases (4/12/11)

Each week we highlight notable albums we care about. Today’s dozen releases include great offerings from TV On the Radio and Alison Krauss and a disappointing effort from Vivian Girls....  read more

Vivian Girls: Share The Joy

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Black Lips, Vivian Girls, Ty Segall Rock Inaugural Bruise Cruise

The first official act of the Bruise Cruise happened when cruise director Ian Svenonius (Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, Chain and The Gang) took the stage in an immaculate sherbet-orange suit to open the festivities by invoking the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour. “Never before had a rock band taken its fans on such a journey,” he announced dramatically. "Until now.” Then, while 3,000 miles away from his hometown of San Francisco, which was preparing for its first snowfall in 35 years, Ty Segall stepped onstage and tore into his first song. Before his set concluded, the Bruise Cruise had seen...  read more

The Black Lips Release New Single, Video

While you were sitting at home last weekend playing with your Pogs and Tamagotchis (We’ve been meaning to tell you that your hobbies are pretty outdated, by the way.), The Black Lips were busy headlining the Bruise Cruise three day, 400-person high-seas trip to the Bahamas and back. But at least the Lips were thoughtful enough to bring home a souvenir in the form of a video for their new song, “Go Out and Get It!”...  read more

The Wedding Present, Built to Spill, Vivian Girls Members Pay Tribute to The Smiths

American Laundromat Records just announced plans to release Please, Please Please, a Smiths tribute record that stands as the latest in a long line of post-Smiths commemorative releases. The album, which will come out sometime in 2011, features newly recorded covers by artists including The Wedding Present, Greg Laswell, Doug Martsch (Built To Spill), William Fitzsimmons, Trespassers William, The Rest, The Leisure Society, Joy Zipper, Katy Goodman (La Sera, Vivian Girls), Tanya Donelly and more....  read more

Vivian Girls Offer Pre-Order Download in Wake of Album Leak

In the wake of their upcoming record, Share The Joy, recently getting leaked, lo-fi rockers Vivian Girls have responded by offering a digital download of the album for anyone who pre-orders the April 12 release....  read more