Stereogum — The indie rock subgenre known as "noise-pop," which distorts candy-sweet melodies with blown-out guitars and echo, had something of a renaissance in the late 2000s. Vivian Girls, the rough-hewn debut by the currently inactive Brooklyn band of the sam... more info
Rock Sound — This is important.
Jennifer Clavin of Bleached has launched a new zine, Can You Deal? - featuring contributions from Paramore's Hayley Williams, Tegan Quin of Tegan And Sara and loads more.
The name comes from the question "It's 2017, Can... more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — 2016 was a busy one for both La Sera and Springtime Carnivore. As La Sera, former Vivian Girls member Katy Goodman released a new album called Music for Listening to Music To (via Polyvinyl Records), and then a new EP titled Queens. As Springtime Car... more info
Powerpopulist — Continuing our Polyvinyl celebration, here are some more excelentes we found via their Bandcamp page. We're going back a decade or more here.
What To Do With Everything by Polyvinyl Records
Facebook Headlights Bandcamp
What To Do Wit... more info
Stereogum — Last year, the Vivian Girls broke up, and former member Cassie Ramone released The Time Has Come, her first-ever solo album. Next month, she’ll follow that up in a fairly surprising way. She’ll release Christmas In Reno, a new album of her versio... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — photo: La Sera at Baby's All Right in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Former Vivian Girls bassist Katy Goodman announced the release of her fourth La Sera LP, Music for Listening to Music To, which will be out next March... more info
Stereogum — Upset is something of a supergroup at this point. Previously, vocalist/guitarist Ali Koehler played drums in Vivian Girls and Best Coast, and Upset’s current drummer, Patty Schemel, was formerly Hole’s percussionist. Bass player Rachel Gagliardi ... more info
Stereogum — Katy Goodman, formerly known as Vivian Girls bassist Kickball Katy, now records as La Sera. She also does other things, and right now one of those things is learning to code. Fast Company reports that Goodman is currently using her downtime to study ... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Way before TV On the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vivian Girls, Grizzly Bear, DIIV, Parquet Courts, A Place to Bury Strangers and the So So Glos... before the Lordz of Brooklyn, Type O Negative, Life of Agony and Biohazard... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Vivian Girls at their last show (more by PSquared) As previously mentioned, Cassette Store Day is returning this year on September 27, and since we last spoke, the first round of releases has been announced. There will be cassettes from... more info
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