Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
2009 was the year of the lo-fi girl-punk explosion, remember Vivian Girls, PENS, Wet Dog, Liechtenstein, Grass Widow, Dum Dum Girls and Pearl Harbor. Well it’s now rolled over into 2010 and there’s another band to add to that list of scuzzy all-girl groups. Las Robertas hail from San Jose, Costa Rica, perhaps a rather strange place to find a flourishing...
Last week we felt pretty lucky to catch one of three live sets from the new indie "supergroup" The Babies! Consisting of members of Vivian Girls and Woods, The Babies have had one tune on the internet for quite some time now, but seeing them do a full nine song set we kind of fell in love with the band and their pop-punk hooks and off key harmonies. It was a really energetic and fun...
Song of the night: some enjoyably warped/slightly demented lo-fi pop genius from Seattle’s Intelligence. The incredibly infectious "Thank You God For Fixing the Tape Machine" is taken from the group’s upcoming Fake Surfers LP, which is out May 26 on In the Red (home of Vivian Girls, Strange Boys, Black Lips, etc), and has been on heavy rotation around here over the last...
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