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Vivian Girls - Cassie Ramone interview

Vivian Girls - Cassie Ramone interview

'We are weathered women.’

21 Jun 2011

‘It kinda bums me out if a reviewer compares us to anything twee or C86,’ explains Cassie Ramone, frontwoman of Vivian Girls, taking a break from her laundry at home in Brooklyn to talk to The List. ‘Bands like that really weren’t an influence on us at…

La Sera - Sees the Light

La Sera - Sees the Light

A zippier, sharper surf-pop punch on second album from Vivian Girls’ bassist

(3 stars)22 Feb 2012

(Hardly Art) This second album from La Sera, alias Vivian Girls’ bassist and harmonist ‘Kickball’ Katy Goodman, pulls a zippier, sharper surf-pop punch than its dreamy, self-titled predecessor, but it still has heartache, stirring guitars and…

Vivian Girls: Share the Joy

Vivian Girls: Share the Joy

The third long-player from the Brookylinite garage rockers is fun, if a little too self-aware

(3 stars)24 Mar 2011

(Polyvinyl) This third long-player from Brooklyn’s trash-pop girl-group revivalists Vivian Girls bounds with all the reference points we’ve come to expect from the garage-rock trio: nostalgic melodies, cordial harmonies and heavenly dissonance. But…

Dum Dum Girls 2010 UK tour

Dum Dum Girls 2010 UK tour

12 May 2010

Inspired both by the Vaselines’ album Dum-Dum and Iggy Pop’s ‘Dum Dum Boys’, Sub-Poppers Dum Dum Girls know their roots. Fronted by Dee Dee and featuring former Vivian Girl Frankie Rose, their debut album I Will Be is a mix of early punk rock and 60s…

2010 preview: Great expectations

Vivian Girls

7 Jan 2010

The second abum from this trio, ironically named Everything Goes Wrong was described by one music mag as ‘sickeningly good’ when it came out in the autumn. The VGs bring indie pop at its raw and edgy best, but with a moodier feel that cites Nirvana and…

Vivian Girls

Various - Rough Trade Shop: Counter Culture 08

(4 stars)22 Jan 2009

MOST THINGS In today’s, blog-a-minute, ‘download my free songs!’, digital overload age, there is such a thing as too much information. Therefore, it takes people like those at Rough Trade Shop (and of course the discerning critic types at The List…

Exposure - Vivian Girls

Exposure - Vivian Girls

2 Dec 2008

Propelled into our lives on a wave of blog hysteria following a scuzzy masterpiece of a debut, Vivian Girls are possibly the most perfect outfit to come out of New York since The Strokes squeezed into those skinny jeans and stole our hearts all those…

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