Last Blog On Earth (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Christopher Owens and his band Girls are on every critic’s shortlist for debut of the year for his first release, Album. And the single “Lust For Life” (no relation to the classic Iggy Pop tune) may be one of the best slacker anthems of the past ten years with Owens–in a voice that resembles Daniel [...]
Last Blog On Earth (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
PLAN A: Girls, The Morning Benders @ The Loft. Despite having what has to be the most un-Google-able band name and album title (Album) ever, San Francisco’s Girls have made every critic’s shortlist (mine included) for debut of the year. Sounding like a pre-pubescent Elvis Costello with Asperger’s Syndrome, frontman Christopher Owens channels his tumultuous life [...]...
Atlanta Falcons (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Rookie cornerback Christopher Owens and the Falcons secondary is in for a test from Donovan McNabb and an Eagles offense that, though without weapons, still has potential. More in the Scouting Report.
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Bay Area buzz band Girls are sure to top many critics’ Top Ten of 2009 lists, at least if the massive amounts of excellent review is an indication) (they broke the 9.0 barrier on Pitchfork). Not only that, there’s quite a story behind vocalist Christopher Owens, you can read about that elsewhere, and well… everyone [...]
