Video: Vivian Girls | NYC @ Death by Audio | 25 Aug 2009

Brooklyn's Vivian Girls bangs out their rockin' pop tonight at Modified Arts in downtown Phoenix. Their MySpace page mentions three influences - The Wipers , The Shangri-Las and Nirvana - which sounds absolutely spot on to me. I also hear some X in the vocal interplay as well (minus the John Doe factor). A little surprising that they're not in NYC during next week's big CMJ Music fest , but the tour will keep the Vivian Girls busy until the end of the month. Here's a [...]

photos by Leia Jospe "Hey everyone! We just started the first leg of our crazy nine week tour (which ends in NYC on Halloween). These next few weeks we will be joined by our brothers , the Beets, on what we've named the Nightmare of Sound tour. [Tuesday] night was our kickoff show in Brooklyn at Death by Audio. Cassie made new shirts for this tour. We have our Moped Girls 7"s, WFMU LPs, The World's Lousy comps, tote bags, pins, and [...]

This most certainly won't be our last reference to the Vivian Girls' show two days ago at Death by Audio or their upcoming sophomore release, Everything Goes Wrong. Nor will it be the last time ... Continue reading "Watch Some Live Footage of the Vivian Girls Show Tuesday at Death By Audio" >