The Babies, the indie supergroup comprised of Vivian Girls‘ Cassie Ramone, Woods‘ Kevin Morby, and Bossy’s Justin Sullivan, is apparently hard at work on at least a few tracks: two songs have been posted to the band’s newly created MySpace page. “Meet Me in the City” and “All Things Come to Pass” have the same sort of guitar-based, lo-fi rock sensibility that pervades each member’s original bands; hopefully they’ll have more stuff up soon.
Yep, that’s right: The Vivian Girls are hittin’ the road. Check out their dates below with King Khan and BBQ Show, F****D Up, Women, and These are Powers as well as their “Nightmare Of Sound Tour” with The Beets.
07.09 Mexico City, MX @ El Almacen w/King Khan & BBQ Show
07.16 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theater w/ F****D Up, Women
07.19 Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
07.31 New York, NY @ Whitney Museum w/ These Are Powers
“The Nightmare Of Sound Tour” with The Beets
08.25 New York, NY @ Death By Audio
08.26 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
08.27 Pittsburgh, PA @ Andy Warhol Museum
08.28 Columbus, OH @ Summit
08.30 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
08.31 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
09.01 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
09.04 Missoula, MT @ Union Hall
09.06 Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival
09.07 Portland, OR @ TBA
09.09 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop (CD Release Show)
09.11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
San Francisco stoner pop duo Girls rumbled through New York over the weekend, playing a handful of shows and gathering some more buzz as the wait to their forthcoming self-titled debut LP gets increasingly wee. A couple weeks ago we found a great clip of them covering Cass McCombs’s new classic “Dreams Come True Girl” and today, it’s Vivian Girls’ “Wild Eyes.”
[Vivian Girls at SxSW]
The only thing hotter than girls who play music are girls who ride mopeds. So while we try to figure out if the Vivian Girls single is referring to the mini-motorcycles or about girls that are mopey, you watch their new high-res, lo-concept video. You can also read our On The Cover feature with them from last September.
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Almost Ready has released the eighth volume its The World Is Lousy With Ideas vinyl compilations, this time featuring Times New Viking, Intelligence, Vivian Girls and Blank Dogs, among others, and some fairly titillating potential album art.
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