Stepping aside from her current projects, Katy Goodman releases a second album that expresses the sunnier pop sound that is more La Sera and less Vivian Girls.

By Trevor Meyer La Sera will release her new LP, Sees The Light , March 24th. "Please Be My Third Eye" is a guitar-driven ensemble of punk, fuzz, pop, and garage. Laden with a purposeful melody throughout, "Please Be My Third Eye" stands out among the masses of the surging indie/shoegaze/fuzzpop circus. La Sera is playing at the Echo in LA, Jan 12, so make sure to catch her live. La Sera - Please Be My Third Eye [...]

When you strike gold on one mountain, you don't go digging somewhere else. Katy Goodman proves there's gold in them there surf pop, and she's bringing it back to us in the form of her solo project La Sera (you may previously have heard her dreamy vocals as part of Vivian Girls and All Saints Day). If two and a half minutes of sunshine isn't enough, you can be sure there's more to come when her LP Sees the Light drops in March. MP3: La Sera - [...]

MP3: La Sera - Devils Hearts Grow Gold New single from La Sera (Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls/All Saints Day) titled "Devils Hearts Grow Gold" with amazing/ugly art above, coming out on the 18th. It appears on the February 15th released self titled full length, the B side "Dedicated to the One I Love" does not. Single and LP are released through Hardly Art .

De no haber sido por este video [y el Día de Muertos], quizá la de Vivian Girls y All Saints Day , Katy Goodman , habría pasado desapercibida como solista acá en la editorial. Sin duda, pues la proliferación de todas estas bandas norteamericanas que suenan igual -salvo algunas excepciones por ahí, como este video-, han conseguido saturar la oferta indie de sonidos glee en plan "Grease" con el supuesto argumento hipster de que más bien son alusiones a las enseñanzas del buen -maniático- Phil Spector y/o el legado de la escuela [...]

I just came across this song in my iTunes last night at around 4:55am. Some of you may be asking yourselves, "Why were you up so late, Swap?" to which I would remind you that being Batman is no walk in the park…. late nights are as common as bruises, cuts, scrapes, and the satisfying feeling of delivering my own brand of Bat-Justice. So like I was saying, after I got home, I took a shower to wash off the blood of a few criminal masterminds, settled down and played "Never Come Around" by La Sera, [...]

katy goodman is the bassist for vivian girls and all saints day , but also has this solo project that goes by the name of la sera . she has also gone the route of fellow bandmates and ditched the lo-fi production of vivian girls for some higher quality sounds on this project. her first single, 'never come around,' is set for a release on november 16 on hardly art records ( pre-order ) with a full-length expected in 2011. the new single is available below, as is a track from all [...]

mp3: La Sera - Never Come Around La Sera is the new project from Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman, also known for another recent side project All Saints Day. The new single "Never Come Around" is a preview of a forthcoming full-length, due early 2011. "Never Come Around" finds Goodman delving deeper into a Phil Spector-infused dream-pop sound. La Sera will debut their live set at CMJ later this month. Itinerary below. Collectors can pre-order the "Never Come Around" 73 at Hardly Art . [...]

La Sera is the new solo project of Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls / All Saints Day fame. Her first single " Never Come Around " is a crystal clear, hi-fi Spector-esque throwback that is more girl-group/less punk than any of her previous efforts, and her lovely vocals shine brighter than ever. The Never Come Around 73 is out November 16 on Hardly Art , and this one will also appear on La Sera's debut full-length, due out sometime in 2011: mp3: [...]
Vivian Girls never drifted far from the music scene between their self-titled debut and their less-hyped followup, Everything Falls Apart. This tradition continues to hold true now as the time-frame of their third album is announced. Besides seeming to always be on tour, the indie-punks all have their hands in enough other projects to start their own label, but more on their label situation in a minute. Extra-Vivian activities, in fact, claimed a casualty in drummer Ali Koehler, who now claims Best Coast as her sole gig. But still, with lead singer Cassie Ramone [...]

MP3: All Saints Day - Only Time Will Tell All Saints Day (feat. Katy from Vivian Girls) finally have a physical release coming out! Art Fag has created a 7 inch for the band, limited to 500 copies on black. Order yours now, mine shipped out asap which is rad if you're as impatient about waiting for mail as I am. While you're waiting, enjoy the b-side from the single dudes.
Short post today. I don't know that much about All Saints Day besides it's the side project of Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman and Cat Power's Gregg Foreman. That's a lot of indie credibility. I just post songs I like and I like You Can't Be Alone . You get the point. Have a good day, everyone! All Saints Day - You Can't Be Alone // Box.net // Mediafire
We were on vacation this past week, hence the sporadic posts. Here's a belated Tuesday edition of our Sunday Sampler to help keep your iPod rotation fresh. Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler will offer a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes. [...]
Big Troubles New Jersey Ian Drennan & Alex Craig We are currently awaiting the release of our first LP, titled "Worry," on Olde English Spelling Bee. We've been playing very frequently in the Brooklyn, NYC area with a lot of great bands, such as Real Estate, Ducktails (Whom we are touring with at the end of July), and No Demons Here. We've been spending a lot of [...]

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Here is our regular monthly round up of 25 of the best tracks posted on Mad Mackerel in the past month, and three new gems too. That's a more than decent mixtape sorted even if we were crap in the World Cup! The Futurebirds – Battle For Rome mp3 Glorious, up-tempo alt-country gem that recalls Neil Young at his finest Puro Instinct – California Shakedown mp3 Dreamily seductive slice of icy pop Burnt Ones – [...]
The holiday season is upon us, so perhaps "shorts" would have been a more fitting title for today's post? Going to Jutland on Monday for 5 days, so don't check for any updates next week; consider this a service message for the three of you, who occasionally drop by to see if anything is happening! What a pathetic effort by the Danish side against Japan yesterday. Everyone (in Denmark at least) were excited 8 months ago when Denmark qualified for the [...]
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Yesterday was pure torture, as I was tired beyond belief. Had far too much to drink and went to bed far too late Saturday evening, so yesterday my age once again showed its ugly face. The partying and drinking wasn't a direct result of Denmark 's trashing of Cameroun at the World Cup (would like to think of it as "trashing", though a "fortunate win" is the somewhat more accurate way to describe it), but simply because I spent a real fun evening with great company. And we all know how [...]