Don’t know what to do the day after the election?
November 3rd, 2008 by myles
tonight (7/5/08)! Girls @ hotel utah
July 5th, 2008 by Jeremy SmearsOh, maybe you didn’t see it on pitchfork, gorilla vs bear or rcrdlbl but Girls have a seven inch coming out on True Panther Sounds
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.
Girls First Video - “Morning Light”
May 23rd, 2008 by LuxHere 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…
Also, check out the SF Bay Guardian write up they got for the show at the Rickshaw Stop with Port O’Brian it was amazing
Mushrooms International: The Passionistas, Holy Shit, Girls
March 8th, 2008 by Jeremy Smears
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.
If you missed it, don’t worry! They’re playing again at the third night of Mushrooms International:
8PM Sat, March 8, 2008
Kimo’s Bar
1351 Polk St
Holy Shit (LA, featuring Ariel Pink and Matt Fishbeck)
Girls (SF)
The Passionistas
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.
And a passionistas video for good measure:
Big Weekend #3: girls girls girls
February 15th, 2008 by Jeremy SmearsFirst 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$
Such a fanboy
February 2nd, 2008 by myles
If you were in the Castro last week it was very obvious that somebody was filming a movie. If you asked around, people seemed a little confused and slightly annoyed that there weren’t any parking spots. Instead there were old timey cars, 70s-looking shop signs and awesome community bulletin boards. That’s right. The Castro looked way cooler.
And when I saw Gus Van Sant in real life, he didn’t look as hot as I was hoping he’d look. He was wearing really practical boots, ugly black jeans and some kind of L.L. Bean parka. So yeah - nothing was going to go down even though he was looking at me. I don’t care if I love his movies, I don’t want to make love to him.
You can still find lots of bulletins if you go down there. I ripped a bunch off the first night they were put up. In other news, Christopher Owens from Girls got a call back to be in a bar scene with Sean Penn. Very cool. I can’t wait to see Milk.
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
January 19th, 2008 by mylesThe Passionistas - Fucking Cold
Thanks Jeremy Smears and Elton Tom for running the blog while I was away. I was in a creative coma for a couple weeks. Expect fun new stuff. I can’t tell you all the exciting news just yet - for now here is a new video I directed for my band, The Passionistas, starring Christopher Owens from Girls.
girls girls girls
January 3rd, 2008 by Jeremy Smears
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!
Speed music goes slow!
December 29th, 2007 by mylesHoly 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.
New band "Girls" continues to be cooler than your band and they aren’t even thinking about it any more.
December 6th, 2007 by Jeremy Smears
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!