
Remember when Black Mountain released that song "No Satisfaction" a few years ago? You went in expecting to hear a crappy, overplayed cover, and then discovered that it was actually an original—and a pretty good one at that. Girls just released a new video for their tune "Lust for Life" and, as you've probably guessed from my preamble, it's not an Iggy Pop cover. Its melody is sweet enough to be a (pre- Pet Sounds ) Beach Boys song, although the lo-fi jangle, out-of-key melodica and slurred vocals make it sound [...]

-Well in one of those weird coincidences, out of all the songs posted here over the past few weeks, the ones I've most enjoyed were Girls by Se7en and the song Lust for Life by the band Girls. Girls girls girls! Here's a fanmade vid for the song in question by Girls and below that, a different Girls track via Culture Bully . Thanks to them. Girls: Hellhole Ratrace .mp3 [...]
Feb 15, 2009, 2:34am
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I've been lucky enough to catch SF's Girls twice in NY and I must testify that they're a sound for sore ears; with consistent tunes that haven't let me down and an adorably compelling demeanor I'm pretty excited to catch the gang as many times as I can at SXSW this year. Check out the video for "Lust for Life" below, and no, it's not an Iggy Pop cover. Sorry about all of the music video posts today, I'll try and tone it down tomorrow. Los Angeles, Girls are playing the Silverlake Lounge on February 26. [...]
A strange video of the latest single from Girls. The song does not get started till about 1:45 in just a heads up.