Vivian Girls News and Photos

Backtrack: Woods At Rear House

Wed, May 22 2013 7:03pm - Source: Stereogum

Jobs were passed down generationally between strangers.

Katy from Vivian Girls/La Sera forms new group, Books of Love (watch a video)

Thu, May 16 2013 8:28pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Not content with just two bands, Vivian Girls/La Sera singer Katy Goodman has formed Books of Lov e with Hush Sound's Greta Morgan.

TVD Recommends: The Feelies at the 9:30 Club, 3/27

Tue, March 26 2013 6:27pm - Source: The Vinyl District

They'll be at the 9:30 Club this Wednesday, March 27, presented by Dogfish Head Brewery.

Vivian Girls, Widowspeak, Eternal Summers & Heliotropes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Live Show Review!

Mon, February 18 2013 1:12pm - Source: VIVA INDIE ROCK

On Friday, Music Hall of Williamsburg hosted a stellar set of indie rock with legendary local icons Vivian Girls (their first NY show since 2011!) and Widowspeak , along with the up-and-coming Brooklyn bands Eternal Summers and Heliotropes.

Kayley Kravitz: Might as Well Be Shoegazing

Wed, February 06 2013 3:49pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

On Saturday night, the music world was shocked when the follow up to My Bloody Valentine's 1991 release Loveless dropped.

Live Video: The Babies

Mon, February 04 2013 5:15am - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

The Babies , Brooklyn indie rock collaboration between Kevin Morby of Woods and Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls , stopped by KEXP three weeks after the release of their new album Our House on the Hill to give us a taste of the live adaptation of the record.

This Week's Best Album Streams: 17th January 2013

Thu, January 17 2013 12:15pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

Y'know, I could write about pretty much whatever I want in here?

Song of the Day: The Babies - Get Lost

Thu, January 10 2013 2:11pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription.

The Best LPs of 2012 Countdown: 10 to 1

Tue, January 01 2013 9:11pm - Source: FensePost

Finally, I present to you my top 10 records of 2012.

Tug Baker’s Top Albums of 2012

Mon, December 31 2012 7:41pm - Source: Drawer B

I don't think Tug Baker has an enemy in this world.

Best Albums of 2012: #40 to #31

Thu, December 06 2012 1:49am - Source: Obscure Sound

Anglo-Scottish group Sweet Sweet Lies frequently mix tales of romantic cruelty and despair over lively and jovial melodies, producing the sort of old-timey folk you'd expect to hear in a seafarer's pub.

The Babies: Our House on the Hill

Thu, November 15 2012 6:29am - Source: Pitchfork Media

My first inkling that Our House on the Hill would find the Babies offering something of a middle-ground between country music and their debut 's kinetic garage rock came in January, at Downtown Manhattan's storied Clocktower Gallery.

Southern Comfort.

Tue, November 13 2012 11:36pm - Source: Stereo Sanctity

Unsuccessful as my activities as a music blogger may have been over years, they have nonetheless resulted in me receiving upwards of half a dozen emails each day from misguided indie bands and 'producers', all seemingly in search of a career, all, with grinding inevitability, trying to persuade me to listen to a REMIX.

Album Review: Titus Andronicus – Local Business

Mon, October 22 2012 12:12pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Titus Andronicus the studious recording project and Titus Andronicus the raucous touring machine are no longer two distinct beings; there is only Titus Andronicus, rock and roll band."

Sŵn Festival: Saturday’s Best

Sun, October 21 2012 1:10pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

With ears ringing from a day of incredible music and heads throbbing from an evening of dancing to Jen Long's always amazing silent-disco DJ set, Simon Tyers and Lauren Down report back on the highlights from day 3 of Sŵn Festival.

Getting Physical

Wed, July 25 2012 11:31pm - Source: The Portland Mercury

"I HAVE my degree in physics and a masters in education," says "Kickball" Katy Goodman.

Phono del Sol Preview: La Sera, a different side of Vivian Girls’ Katy Goodman

Wed, July 18 2012 2:46pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

Do your eyes light up at the sound of crooner Alexis Krauss on Sleigh Bells ' "Infinity Guitars," or the smooth sadness of Bethany Cosentino on Best Coast 's "Boyfriend"?

NXNE (June 13-14, 2012)

Fri, July 13 2012 4:23am - Source: For the 'records'

I went a little less hardcore during NXNE this year and yet I'm still late on posting about it.

Tonight: The Babies return to SF with Pamela and Love Devotion, 7/11/12

Wed, July 11 2012 6:43pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

The Babies is the side project of both Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls and Kevin Morby of Woods (with help from friends Brian Schleyer and Justin Sullivan).

Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse

Tue, July 10 2012 7:02am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

To be a lo-fi garage rock band in 2012 is to feel like you're on the wrong side of history.

Wussy - Buckeye

Mon, July 02 2012 8:45am - Source: The Four Oh Five

"Best of" albums are a celebration of years of hard work, best left to the veterans of the music business.

Amanda Palmer & Tim Heidecker guest at Kurt Braunohler's 'Night of the Living'; Jherek Bischoff opening for Amanda

Tue, June 19 2012 4:20pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Kurt Braunohler 's live talk show, Night of the Living , will next take place at Littlefield in Brooklyn on June 29 with Tim Heidecker (of Tim and Eric), musical guest Amanda Palmer (of The Dresden Dolls), and a live BUNK screening.

Black Tambourine: OneTwoThreeFour

Fri, June 08 2012 10:32am - Source: Prefix Magazine

Every copy of Black Tambourine 's OneTwoThreeFour should come with a disclaimer, a big Surgeon General's sticker alerting listeners to exactly what they're getting into.

Grass Widow: Internal Logic

Wed, May 30 2012 10:13am - Source: Prefix Magazine

Though Grass Widow -- comprised Hannah Lew, Raven Mahon, and Lillian Maring -- have left Kill Rock Stars for their own label, HTR, Internal Logic shows us that little variation has risen out of independence.

Premiere: Listen the debut EP from Popical Island’s new Galway band Dott

Thu, May 03 2012 2:45pm - Source: Nialler 9

After debuting themselves to the world in January, Galway garage band Dott have shacked up with Popical Island on their debut EP release.

“Don’t start a band. It will ruin your life” : The Line of Best Fit meets Bleeding Knees Club

Wed, April 25 2012 11:05am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

From the sun-drenched Australian Gold Coast, home to tween punk musical 'sensations' Operation Please and, on the upside, miles and miles of beautiful coastline and eminently surf-worthy waves along with a frantic booze-fuelled nightlife, come a pair of guys in the full flush of youth with a healthy disregard for careerism, (Alex Wall, the drummer, says "I look at people at who are like 25 and are still in bands and just reckon they're losers. I think I might quit when I'm 25 and get on with my life.") and a bristly, sneering attitude tempered by their good humour, love of 'partying' and a genuine, if incongruous, love of Rhianna.

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The (Sort of) Old Testament — Black Tambourine

Mon, April 23 2012 9:23am - Source: Passion of the Weiss

At the height of their popularity, The Shins titled a noisy 56-second song after Pam Berry.

La Sera: Sees the Light

Tue, April 17 2012 5:13am - Source: Pitchfork Media

It's impossible to imagine Vivian Girls without "Kickball" Katy Goodman.

Space Age // The 405 meets Frankie Rose

Fri, April 13 2012 3:09pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

You may recognise this Brooklyn brunette as the drummer from noise pop bands, The Dum Dum Girls and Vivian Girls.

Frankie Rose: 'Know Me' Was Inspired by Hurricane Scare

Fri, April 06 2012 7:57pm - Source: Spinner

Frankie Rose' s single "Know Me," from her new album Interstellar , was born out of some unusual circumstances.

This Weekend: Breathe Carolina, Billy the Kid, Frankie Rose

Fri, April 06 2012 2:51am - Source: Circles of Concrete

Just a few shows to see this weekend.

Introducing // PINS

Thu, April 05 2012 11:24am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

There is a tangible sense of expectancy in the air.

Spill! Interview: Going 'Interstellar' with Miss Frankie Rose

Sun, April 01 2012 10:56pm - Source: girl about town

Many of you will recognize Frankie for the work that she has done with her previous incarnation Frankie Rose & The Outs, or possibly from her drumming previously with the groups' Dum Dum Girls, Crystal Stilts, and Vivian Girls.

La Sera

Fri, March 30 2012 5:50pm - Source: Jonk Music

Reminiscent of music made in garage bands throughout the '90s, "Break My Heart" by La Sera — the new project from Katy Goodman (Vivian Girls, All Saints Day) — comes off as a break-up song that, while not exactly heartfelt, is something pretty darn close.

La Sera - Sees The Light

Wed, March 28 2012 7:04am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Katy Goodman's second offering as La Sera (Italian for 'the evening') occupies a decidedly nocturnal space.

Out This Week 3/27

Tue, March 27 2012 10:04pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Our in-studio guests today, THEESatisfaction , debut awE naturalE this week.

Frankie Rose - Interstellar

Mon, March 26 2012 12:39pm - Source: The Quietus

Having lived through the Madchester era as a teenager, I can recall the rush of excitement as momentum gathered, a sound coalesced and a defining period – for better and worse - in pop culture unfurled before my eyes and ears.

Playlist: Best Of 100 Playlists

Thu, March 22 2012 10:26am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

I remember making out with a girl in school whilst learning the piano to this.

La Sera: Sees the Light

Wed, March 21 2012 10:07am - Source: Prefix Magazine

I'm almost positive "Kickball Katy" Goodman is an innocent.

Mixtape & Review: Highlights from the 2012 South by Southwest Music Festival (Podcast #275)

Tue, March 20 2012 8:45pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

Last Saturday, on our final evening at South by Southwest 2012 , Christian and I were walking back to our East Austin rental house, and I found myself in something of a funk, complaining about reaching my saturation point with live music.

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