Stereogum — According to their MySpace, Babies is the project of Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone, Woods bassist Kevin Morby, Bossy drummer Justin Sullivan, and Stupid Party's Nathanael Stark on bass. All that said, it'll largely be the songwriting project of Morby, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Vivian Girls - When I'm Gone (MP3) photos by Joseph Xu, words by Andrew Frisicano 7:07 p.m.: The Vivian Girls put out one of my favorite albums of 2008, and their brief but hard-hitting set [at the Pitchfork Festival]... more info

Stereogum — Over the past couple of weeks we've heard a few samples of Vivian Girls' forthcoming Everything Goes Wrong. At the beginning of the summer, they did an unplugged performance of one of those new tracks " more info

My Old Kentucky — The upcoming album from Sea Wolf, White Water, White Bloom will be released September 22nd through Dangerbird Records. The band made a new song available for free download last week...MP3 : Sea Wolf - Stanislaus Reminder : October 3rd in Indianapoli... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Anna Scialli Jazz Hand Job & These Are Powers Fans trekked through the rain and packed the cafeteria of the Whitney Museum of American Art on Friday (7/31) to catch Vivian Girls and These Are Powers... more info

XLR8R — As Blank Dogs, Mike Sniper has spent the past couple of years shelling out one scrap of lo-fi crust and psych filth after the next for banners such as Sacred Bones, Sweet Rot, Woodsist, and his own Captured Tracks imprint. His latest for the In the R... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — This track went on my Summer mix-tape 2.0 last week.  Say what you will about Vivian Girls live show, but for fans of lo-fi pop channeling a bedroom version of the Shangri-Las, last years S/T debut delivered.  No frills, simple and concise. The... more info

The Music Fix — Feature: Well OK, technically just the one Vivian Girl. more info

Fittingly for a group inspired by the Shangri-Las, the Vivian Girls are emerging as the leaders of the indie pack. more info

Stereogum — Coachella is already the most fashionable of the summer festivals by virtue of its proximity to Los Angeles, so this year the NYT ran with the glam, taking a bagful of high fashion garments and draping them on a bunch of rock stars for a fun littl... more info