So check this out, even though I know you’ll all be at Thee Parkside for Club Feral with Hard Place, maybe you really want to get quantum and be at the Hotel Utah as well for the Girls seven inch release party with Softboiled Eggies (word on the street is that these guys are a real, unlike some other LA acts we’ve mentioned on this blog!!) and Primo. The trick is to not be observed and its possible you were at both — we’ll tell everybody you were.
Here is the first video from San Francisco superstars Girls. The video is for their song “Morning Light”. I was going to talk about who directed it and who’s in it, but you can go to Cobain In A Coma for that info. Just watch the video…
Oh, yeah It was filmed at laura’s house, very fancy!
So, I never did get around to writing about the girls show a few weeks back. It was the feel good show of the winter. So many young kids (ok, girls) who knew the songs on the myspace by heart. They could barely contain their excitement that these songs were going to be performed live, close enough to touch, which is so much closer than the internet can get you. I normally hate it when people sing along at shows but this was endearing. Really. And the band was so excited to play. Summertime fuzzy pop magic.
Also, here’s some video Myles took of Holy Shit when they were in town to send dead eye off on his toothless new life in appalachia. This is a spaced out bongo jam with bad drugs written all over it — just dead eye’s style.
First Person Magazine has finally gone and done what I’ve been asking for. Girls, the new and uncommonly great San Francisco band, are finally playing a show! They’re for real, its not a hoax, and word on the street is the band sounds awesome. I don’t know who these FP Magazine people are but somebody should thank them!
Also playing are Yes Please, Raccoons, and Soft Hug. I checked the word on the street and nobody knows who these bands are but Yes Please are on at 9 PM sharp, so get there on time if you’re curious. We’re curious! Actually, we probably need to run an errand over at Chrome so maybe we won’t see Yes Please. But we’re firm believers in doing everything so we’re going to try!
This is going to be super fun. You really should come. Saturday Feb 16th Cafe du Nord 2174 Market St 9 PM 10$
You know, in case the myspace bulletins aren’t catching your attention or you aren’t one of the thousands of hits on these songs, Girls have a new song. I bring the breaking news — or I need to find somebody new to write about. The new song is pretty good — “God Damned” is more in line with the last three songs they put up and less to do with that little pop gem they dropped right out of the gate. Get the kids hooked on something sweet and then switch it. Actually, I didn’t love the song they posted before this one, so I didn’t post it here, but its grown on me so check out “Hellhole Ratrace” too. Quality!
Word on the street is these dudes might be playing a show soon, which would be cool. Hopefully it won’t be some super secret apartment party!
Holy Shit - PART TWO - live @ the Eagle, San Francisco, 12/27/07
So if you weren’t at the Holy Shit show, you totally missed out. Luckily WFISF has a video camera now, so you don’t have to miss out completely. So Holy Shit are a band from LA that make this really stubborn psychedelic music. They play V back to I a lot… sort of like David Bowie’s Heroes or Modern English’s Melt with You. That chord progression always sounds awesome. So check them out if you’re not already familiar. The band features Christopher “Crissy Baby” Owens from one of our favorite bands Girls.
Check it out, a new Girls song called “Summertime”. Myles was right, it does rule. Where as the last song was an undeniably catchy pop ditty, this new one is more rock with some nice psychedelic floursihes. Its like if spacemen 3 were from California and their drugs were laced with amphetamines.
Damn fellas, somebody I know with a record label is thinking seven inch!
Check out the debut Girls song “Lust for life.” I think it’s better than the Iggy Pop song of the same name. You can listen to it over and over. It reminds me of that Adolescents song “Kids Of The Black Hole” for some reason, don’t ask me why, but with even better nonsensical lyrics.
And there is more where this came from! I’ve heard the follow up single… and it rules.
