San Francisco-based band, Girls, came out of nowhere last year when the took over everyone's hearts with their album, Album, but there was a good reason behind that. I'm sure their NSFW videos for "Laura" and "Lust For Life" may have helped boost their popularity, but the best part about Girls (besides the fact that there are no girls in the band) is the way lead vocalist, Christopher Owens, sings. It's gritty, heartfelt, and sometimes you don't know whether to find it endearing or heartbreaking.
The other day, a video of Girls performing Radiohead's "No Surprise" surfaced and thanks to We All Want Someone, we can not only watch it but listen to it as well. Watch the performance below and grab the audio as well!
4/01 Dante vs Zombies @ Redwood Bar 4/02 Andy Clockwise @ The Echoplex 4/02 Breakestra, Fitz and the Tantrums @ NHM of LA 4/03 Kenan Bell, Dot Hacker, White Arrows @ Spaceland 4/05 Walking Sleep (formerly Flying Tourbillon Orchestra) @ The Echo 4/08 Jack Ladder, Pepper Rabbit, Regrest & Brunettes @ 3 Clubs 4/09 Gavin Castleton, Goldenboy, Pebaluna (ft. Lauren Coleman) @ 14Below 4/09 Family Of The Year @ Bootleg Theatre 4/10 Lanterns, Robotanists @ The Garden Party 4/10 Liars, Fol Chen @ El Rey Theatre 4/10 60 Watt Kid @ Synchronicity Space 4/10 Saint Motel, Voxhaul Broadcast, The Pity Party, Mississippi Man @ The Echoplex 4/10 West Indian Girl @ The Roxy 4/10 Adam Green @ Troubadour 4/11 The Living Sisters @ Amoeba Music 4/12 The Monolators @ Pehrspace 4/12 Helen Stellar, The Postelles, The Constellations @ Spaceland 4/12 Crystal Castles @ The Echo 4/13 Retribution Gospel Choir ft. Alan Sparhawk, Funeral Party @ Spaceland 4/14 Them Crooked Vultures @ Club Nokia 4/14 Vampire Weekend, Abe Vigoda @ Fox Theater Pomona 4/14 The Ruby Suns, Toro y Moi @ The Echo 4/15 Autolux @ Detroit Bar 4/15 Pavement @ Fox Theater Pomona 4/15 She & Him, The Chapin Sisters @ The Glass House 4/16 Autolux @ Bootleg Theatre 4/16 Coachella 4/17 Here We Go Magic @ Bootleg Theatre 4/17 Coachella 4/17 Atoms for Peace @ Santa Barbara Bowl 4/17 Delorean, Bachelorette @ The Echoplex 4/18 Coachella 4/18 Dum Dum Girls, Ramona of Nite Jewel, Tan Dollar @ Echo Curio 4/18 Love Grenades @ The Echo 4/18 Male Bonding @ The Smell 4/20 Everest @ Bootleg Theatre 4/20 Mr. Gnome @ Silverlake Lounge 4/22 Japandroids @ The Echoplex 4/22 Princeton @ The Troubadour 4/23 Kid Sister @ The Avalon 4/23 GZA @ Detroit Bar 4/23 Battlehooch, Slang Chickens @ Echo Curio 4/24 Black Prairie (members of The Decemberists) @ Bootleg Theatre 4/24 The Dear Hunter @ The Glass House 4/25 Olentangy John @ Echo Curio 4/25 Rainbow Arabia, Tearist @ Space 15 Twenty 4/25 Blank Dogs @ The Echo 4/25 Aqualung @ Bootleg Theatre 4/26 So Many Wizards, The Fling @ Silverlake Lounge 4/27 Dr. Dog, Deer Tick @ Henry Fonda Theater 4/29 The Antlers @ Detroit Bar 4/29 Rogue Wave @ El Rey Theatre 4/29 Lemon Sun @ The Echo 4/29 Signals @ The Smell 4/29 Jamie Lidell @ The Troubadour 4/29 Dante Vs. Zomebies, Whoa Hunx @ Spaceland 4/30 Nite Jewel @ The Echo 4/30 The Antlers @ The Troubadour
Seraphina is the creator of Wild Tonic. She resides in LA and works as a copywriter in the music industry by day but lives as a music blogger and concert-goer by night. You can find more of her writing at BeatCrave.com which she also helps run as Associate Editor.
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