WOMEN? GIRLS!
women are nice, women are fine, women are good... but you gotsta get some'o'that young meat! girls just wanna have fun and all that.
Women made a pretty good self-titled album in the year past and secured themselves a spot in plenty of year end lists. contrary to biological patterns, however, next year will evolve into a Girls year! i must admit i threw them away at first (not talking about my personal life here, still the band) in the spring of 2008, but that was on the account of hearing Molten Light which kind of made me vomit as to how badly and directly and without any shame it was stolen and copied from Sonic Youth's Mote. i turned it off after a minute and skipped them ever since. yesterday brought about a change when i read Chris from Gorilla Vs Bear's post about 2009 and how he was looking forward to the, apparently self-titled, Girls debut album. well, after another inspection i am converted! I AM SAVED! PRAISE JESUS-AH! i especially like how they use synths, it sounds very Vangelis to me and that's intended as a huge compliment. it could remind you of Elvis Costello in the way the vocals are delivered, hints of Ariel Pink and the softer (acoustic) guitar-oriented songs on Oracular Spectacular without the compression to make another 2008-2009 cross-reference, but i seriously doubt they'll reach the same popularity peaks as MGMT. actually they just won't, but which is fine with me because i'd rather have they didn't anyhow so i can see them at Oscillations or the Rotonde of the Botanique or Scheld'Apen. check out their stuff and keep your eyes and ears open for that debut on True Panther Sounds (of Lemonade fame).
i'm not particularly a fan of the videos they've made so far, but this one for older (my guess) track God Damned is really enjoyable. it sounds more Ariel Pink'ish than their other songs. the video:
some other girls i got into in 2008 were Vivian, Parenthetical and US.
i missed Parenthetical Girls with Deerhoof in antwerp and then again in gent by themselves, but incorporating them into my favourite music videos list of 2008 should count for something. Parenthetical Girls reside on the roster of german imprint Tomlab which in itself is a sort of quality branding for indie and electropop.
Vivian Girls i saw in may in NYC at the Silent Barn, they played right after Abe Vigoda who i liked better, speaking in terms of live performance at least. Vivian Girls is for people who like their 60's girl groups mixed with a smidge of 80's no wave. it's all pop music to me, but anyway, they will be touring europe soon and pass through Trix in antwerp on the 9th of february.
US Girls i haven't seen yet, but will most certainly do so on the 30th of january when they (she?) will be performing at Scheld'apen in antwerp. think noise, think reverb, but the woman can actually sing really well as opposed to other bands that seek refuge in aforementioned treats to hide possible flaws. some weight to this claim can most easily be found in Don't Understand That Man. for diggers of Wavves, this more extreme version of Nite Jewel.
go check out those girls!
Women made a pretty good self-titled album in the year past and secured themselves a spot in plenty of year end lists. contrary to biological patterns, however, next year will evolve into a Girls year! i must admit i threw them away at first (not talking about my personal life here, still the band) in the spring of 2008, but that was on the account of hearing Molten Light which kind of made me vomit as to how badly and directly and without any shame it was stolen and copied from Sonic Youth's Mote. i turned it off after a minute and skipped them ever since. yesterday brought about a change when i read Chris from Gorilla Vs Bear's post about 2009 and how he was looking forward to the, apparently self-titled, Girls debut album. well, after another inspection i am converted! I AM SAVED! PRAISE JESUS-AH! i especially like how they use synths, it sounds very Vangelis to me and that's intended as a huge compliment. it could remind you of Elvis Costello in the way the vocals are delivered, hints of Ariel Pink and the softer (acoustic) guitar-oriented songs on Oracular Spectacular without the compression to make another 2008-2009 cross-reference, but i seriously doubt they'll reach the same popularity peaks as MGMT. actually they just won't, but which is fine with me because i'd rather have they didn't anyhow so i can see them at Oscillations or the Rotonde of the Botanique or Scheld'Apen. check out their stuff and keep your eyes and ears open for that debut on True Panther Sounds (of Lemonade fame).
i'm not particularly a fan of the videos they've made so far, but this one for older (my guess) track God Damned is really enjoyable. it sounds more Ariel Pink'ish than their other songs. the video:
some other girls i got into in 2008 were Vivian, Parenthetical and US.
i missed Parenthetical Girls with Deerhoof in antwerp and then again in gent by themselves, but incorporating them into my favourite music videos list of 2008 should count for something. Parenthetical Girls reside on the roster of german imprint Tomlab which in itself is a sort of quality branding for indie and electropop.
Vivian Girls i saw in may in NYC at the Silent Barn, they played right after Abe Vigoda who i liked better, speaking in terms of live performance at least. Vivian Girls is for people who like their 60's girl groups mixed with a smidge of 80's no wave. it's all pop music to me, but anyway, they will be touring europe soon and pass through Trix in antwerp on the 9th of february.
US Girls i haven't seen yet, but will most certainly do so on the 30th of january when they (she?) will be performing at Scheld'apen in antwerp. think noise, think reverb, but the woman can actually sing really well as opposed to other bands that seek refuge in aforementioned treats to hide possible flaws. some weight to this claim can most easily be found in Don't Understand That Man. for diggers of Wavves, this more extreme version of Nite Jewel.
go check out those girls!
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