The Archives

02.18.10

|MP3: Happy Birthday – “Girls FM”| Music | (0)
King Tuff's album "Was Dead" was one of my favorites from last year, and one that not enough people were talking about. Luckily it seems like a lot of people that missed out on his music will get exposed to it via his new band Happy Birthday. "Girls FM" is the first song that they've released, but it's set to come out on their debut LP which will be released via Sub Pop on March 16th. The interplay of the male and female vocals adds a lot to the stoned 70's vibe his music has always produced. I have a ...

Tagged: "girls FM", happy birthday, king tuff, mp3, sub pop
01.29.10

|MP3: Vivian Girls – He’s Gone (Chantels Cover)| Music | (0)
While we anxiously wait for a new LP from Vivian Girls, the band is preparing to release a new 7" single on the record label that they run, Wild World Records. The single will feature a new song called "My Love Will Follow Me" on the a-side and will feature a cover of "He's Gone" on the flip. The song is a classic by The Chantels, who were the original girl group. The cover makes a lot of sense then since Vivian Girls take a lot of stylistic nods from that era, though the band doesn't quite have the vocal ...

Tagged: "he's gone", cover, king tuff, mp3, the chantels, vivian girls