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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tonight Tonight in Music: Girls
Posted by Eric Grandy on Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:00 AM
From Up & Coming (video NSFW):
Girls, Dominant Legs(Neumos) You really can't fuck with San Francisco band Girls' bio: Born and raised in the Children of God cult—which forced his mother into prostitution and allowed his brother to die because they didn't believe in medicine—Christopher Owens was given his first guitar by former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and fellow cult member Jeremy Spencer, learned to play by busking, ran away from the cult to Texas punk gutters at 16, landed a wealthy benefactor, then returned to SF to start this band. Blah blah blah—so, how's the music? Good. And fucked-up. And kind of all over the place. Owens sings with a wounded but biting croon reminiscent of a young Elvis Costello, and his songs range from seriously needy plaints to fuzzed-out, carefree surf pop, all treated with softly psychedelic production. Oh, hey, did we mention the super-NSFW video (two words: penis microphone!) that they made for their irresistibly catchy song "Lust for Life" (no relation)? Yeah, well... ERIC GRANDY
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