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Girls – July Tour Footage
Christopher Owens of Girls kindly just sent over some footage of the band out on the road during their July tour. You’ll find snippets from the band’s set at Pitchfork Festival in Chicago as well as some great World Cup footage from Espana during the European leg of their tour. The soundtrack comes courtesy of London band The Field Mice’s ‘Star Of David’ taken from their 1991 album For Keeps. // more
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Girls @ Scala, Feb 23rd.
Girls won us over hook, line and sinker last year with their heartfelt West Coast pop and occasional but startlingly convincing forays into shoegaze. All was and is accompanied by Christopher Owens’ tales of love, always love. Among those captivated by the band’s debut were the NME who made the band headliners of one of their NME Awards Tour shows despite no actual award. So what would the kids think? Would there be any there?
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Interview: Girls – Christopher Owens
So Girls made our ‘Album’ of 2009 and also played some of our favourite gigs of the year which you can check out in our reviews archive. We were lucky to meet Girls songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Christopher Owens in person during the Swn festival in Cardiff this year and we’re pleased to say he’s a real gent and shares some of our musical tastes which is always a plus! Here’s what Christopher had to say in response to our interview questions. // more
