Pages tagged “vivian girls”

Vivian Girls: Love, Actually

By Austin L. Ray on 11:30 AM on September 24, 2009

"Everyone can relate to a love song, no matter how personal it is to the writer,” says Cassie Ramone... read more

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Vivian Girls: Everything Goes Wrong

By Brian Howe on 9:00 AM on September 22, 2009

How to be a Vivian Girl in four simple steps... read more

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2009: Do You Realize??

By Gavin Paul on 3:07 AM on July 21, 2009

Wayne Coyne and his bubble, albeit always entertaining, was the outlier of Pitchfork’s pushing stride of excellence. First of all, Lollapalooza just pulled that card a few years back. Second, a 10 p.m. curfew for an was doomed to be unsatisfying. Whatever. Forgiven. The bar on festivals has been raised, before anyone could even get in to Union Park at 1 p.m.... read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus

Thee Oh Sees, Vivian Girls, More Play Two-Day Brooklyn Fest

By Gray Chapman on 4:05 PM on June 11, 2009

As though we hadn't brought you enough festival news in recent weeks (and as if Brooklyn doesn't already have its fair share of cool summer musical offerings), here's one more: Indie labels Woodsist and Captured Tracks are hosting a two-day throwdown with special guests Crystal Stilts, Thee Oh Sees, the Vivian Girls and many more.... read more

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Vivian Girls Announce Release Date For New Album

By Walton Murphy on 11:41 AM on June 3, 2009

Those Vivian Girls sure have stayed busy since we last checked up on them. Last October, the gals were snatched up by fantastic garage-rock imprint In the Red, who released their self-titled debut after its original issue was gobbled up by fans (copies were bought on eBay for $100).... read more

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Coachella 2009, Sunday: My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Vivian Girls, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more

By Travis Woods on 5:05 PM on April 20, 2009

Come along with Paste as we look back on some of the more notable sets from Day Three of Coachella 2009...... read more

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SXSW 2009: Day One Photos ft. Decemberists, Echo and the Bunnymen, Vivian Girls, Avett Brothers and more

By Austin L. Ray on 11:21 AM on March 24, 2009

Photos taken by Mike White (Echo, Vivians, Stern, Lewis), Jonathan Jackson (Decemberists, Avetts), Amber Roussel (Vincent, Grates, Aqualung) and Eric Ryan Anderson (Manchester) at SXSW... read more

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Four 2008 Albums that Sound Even Better in 2009

By Austin L. Ray on 7:00 AM on February 7, 2009

In addition to getting psyched for the new year, now is the inevitable time where I look back on the preceding year and either a) remember how much I loved certain albums or b) catch up on albums everyone else was talking about that I didn't find as much time as I would have liked to listen to. That sentence was kind of terrible, but the albums below definitely are not. A couple fall into the a) category, and a couple in the b). But I'll let the song from each do the talking. Enjoy!... read more

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Vivian Girls announce tour

By Rachel Dovey on 3:54 PM on February 6, 2009

Last fall, we gave a reverberating shout-out to Brooklyn's Vivian Girls, calling the band's exuberance "a compelling battle-cry for the disappearing art of rock ‘n' roll pith."... read more

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