100+ comments lets do this people

yikes. record collectors are STILL pretentious assholes.

VG strike me as not great but certainly not terrible. regardless, that is an insane price for a recent release. idiots.

Yes cmon lets make this happen friends. I'll get the ball rolling: I'd hit it.

I saw the lead vivian girl walking in circles at the Yard.

wow thats one beautiful stratocaster

that's a weird squier strat/tele hybrid...with a humbucker at the bridge? damn, that axe must've cost almost $200.00 from musiciansfriend

i'm with you guys, i know we can pull this one off. damnit if it takes all night, we can do it.

that said, WTF people. the vivian girls, again?! fercryinoutloud, the only time i would ever listen to this band is if henry joseph darger himself rises from the grave to announce the show.

you know the drill boys of billyburg...get your bandana necklaces on and keys dangling from your belt loops, it's bedford avenue time.

hey vivian, wanna strum my squire strat/tele hybrid

It's simple math, really. Allow me, if you all will, to break it on down:

tattoos + cute = vivian girls

you with me? good.

vivian girls + deserved hype = false statement

no frankie at the mhow show?

Which one is vivian?

>>wow thats one beautiful stratocaster

no no no! come on people, for fuck's sake haven't we been there before?! do your homework. shoot, i'm disappointed with you for that wisecrack.

johnny radiohead plays a tele.

dug 'i'm always in a pissy mood' martsch plays a strat

v girl plays some fucked up hybrid of a cheap knockoff fender.

This song does not rock!

They got a new drummer (I think her name's Ellie). It's the first time they played lived with her.

i too, concur, with which, to hit it, but just the chick with the weird squier tele/strat hybrid. that thing gets me going.

WILL BERMAN won that eBay auction. He got the money by picking pockets whilst performing at McCarren Park Pool on Sunday.

$73.08???? do you get just one of them for that price, or all three??? or is it three throws with just one of em?? do you get to pick? and can you mix and match??

they don't have a new drummer - frankie is obviously still in the band (but absent from whatever show those pics are from)...

vivian girls rule kids. get on it.

"that's a weird squier strat/tele hybrid...with a humbucker at the bridge? damn, that axe must've cost almost $200.00 from musiciansfriend"

that's one of the better comments i've seen on here in some time. nice job.

frankie is no longer with the vivian girls?

hmm..

why pay 80 dollars for shit?

i'm still baffled by the popularity of this band. i saw them play at silent barn maybe six months ago and they couldn't play their instruments worth a damn. just awful.

have any of you dateless shittalking fucks ever even listened to this album?

every song's a single. it's really catchy and moody and it's got a new sound. People all over the world are psyched on it, that's why the record is worth so much on ebay. These are people who have no idea what they look like.

maybe 6 months ago they weren't up to speed live but now they are tight and solid.

regardless, it's a little early in this band's existence to hate them for being successful, they aren't even successful yet. they're an opening band! give them at least a year fuckheads!

i saw them at death by audio open for team robespierre at the record release party. they were fun to watch, but as far as sound they made TR sound like radiohead.

who is there publicist?

in the meantime, i'm blaming calvin johnson.

see em now then. they are tight and fiery these days

why are people so condemning of this band for having "undue" popularity? they're not popular yet.

look at that tour. they're playing little places and diy squat venues. you guys are getting your jealous little panties in a bunch about undue attention that doesn't exist.

This band is rad in my opinion, you don't have to agree, but it's not like they're on MTV or the radio or headlining Terminal 5. When they are, then you can go shitting your pants saying they maybe blew up too fast.

But BV is the new MTV!

Well Radiohead sucks, so I guess they sounded pretty good.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I don't see arguments about whether you'd "throw it in" bands that are all male.

Also, you're comparing them to polished indie-rock bands, when they are obviously going for a more raw sound, kinda Shop Assistants, Black Tambourine, The Clean, etc. They're on In The Red records after all,
home of Cheap Time and former home of Black Lips, Jay Reatard and King Khan/BBQ Show.

If you don't like those bands, you probably won't like Vivian Girls. And that's ok. They're a punk band with a bit of moodiness and girl-group harmonies.

It's also worth mentioning that I have seen zero evidence of the girls "hyping" themselves. They're kids and they have fun and play shows, so what? Their MySpace doesn't have links to articles about them or anything that every other shitty band does.

faux indie cred, going once, going twice,...

sold for 73 bucks to the hippest hipster in hipsterville!!!

are those limited edition ray bans?!?!?!

aww, come on, calvin is a good guy. i love this comment, "they don't have a new drummer - frankie is obviously still in the band (but absent from whatever show those pics are from)..."

haha. and why the hell is that such an "obvious" observation? is this frankie chick, the one who pulls, or used to, espresso at the cafe in a greenpoint, some amazing drummer and we should instantly recognize her style? give me a break. come on, dude. this band will be big until the next set a brooklyn chicklets with tattoos and armed with instruments they can hold with proper wrist-cocking-action comes along and all the kids like them better.

boo hoo.

32nd you BITCHES! we got a long way to go to reach 100+ so get moving!

People are talking about this band because they are good. there isn't anyone out there pushing them out of anything but love (yet).

Why would it upset you people that this band is getting a little attention?

Who are you to say it's just because they're girls with tattoos. Eat my dick. I'm a gay man who couldn't give a fuck how hot or not these women are, but I think their record is killer and their live show is solid and powerful and getting tighter every show.

I'm the last guy to claim sexism but constantly writing these women off as just "popular because they're girls" is bullshit.

This band writes good songs, they are popular because they are a good band!

I'd hit it but I can't get it up. Maybe if I "hit" it I can get it up!

6:25. if you want a 2 dimensional hipster band making trendy music, then go listen to MGMT.

Vivian Girls are hardly that.

BTW, it's not hipsters who collect rare vinyl. Vinyl collectors are almost universally reclusive males, and usually old dudes.

I don't think you know your demographics, buddy.

Is the $73 an investment? Is this guy planning on sitting on the single, predicting the band will blow up and he'll put it back on Ebay? Enlighten me, I don't understand record 'collecting'.

See, there's goes 'DUM da dum da da DUM DUM' and mine goes 'DA Dum da dum da da DUM DUM'.

it's too bad that none of you people who thinks it's hilarious fun to shit talk these young women to death will EVER do anything that inspires the same amount of attention or acclaim as Vivian Girls have... and they're barely well-known at all.

Maybe if you ever achieved squat in the public eye, you'd realize how fucked it is that strangers who haven't even heard your music or seen your band play think it's a funny game to try to take you down a notch.

Here's a newsflash, there's no notch to take this band down, because they are not famous! It's one thing to put overplayed, overhyped celebrities through the cheese grater of shit talk and hate, but this band has seen none of the perks of fame, no money, no vip perks, no nothing.

So all you're doing is amusing each other by zinging these three girls, and probably hurting their feelings immeasurably. Maybe you should have a crew of know nothings to criticize every step you make? I doubt you little pussies could take your own medicine.

oh pratt kids...

if you're playing squats and someone is paying upwards of $75 dollars on ebay while a bunch of people are arguing about you on brooklynvegan.... then clearly there is some hype at play.

not the strokes headlining their first ever show at hammerstein hype, but it's still hype.

People by first pressings of modern bands all the time for $100+.

Just search completed listings for Animal Collective, Blank Dogs, etc.

The price will go down when the In The Red reissue is out, then it will go up if they stick around long enough to do 3 or 4 records.

Good band! Cute girls!

hype would imply something phony, like publicists and record company a&r dudes doing viral marketing or something. none of those are at work here.

actual enthusiasm and interest in a band by people who genuinely like their music is not "hype".

Why not hype something you like?

"Hey I like this, best to shut up about it."

Anyway, yeah, look at their tour schedule:

Zoolegger's in Lafayette, The Cave in NC, Rickety House in Pittsburgh, Nerve Center in Baltimore....

Yeah, total HYPE working for them there.

Oh yeah, this band is really, really good.

7:27's post doesn't make any sense at all.

wanna translate from the junky patois for us?

this band is fucking rad. screw you guys who think it's all just because they're girls.

their songs are all singles!

"7:27's post doesn't make any sense at all.

wanna translate from the junky patois for us?"

Sure, asshole, let me give it a shot:

You are a douchebag.

Did that help?

I made 7:34 angry!

"So all you're doing is amusing each other by zinging these three girls, and probably hurting their feelings immeasurably."

Assuming for the sake of argument that they read BV comments, I'll give them some credit and assume that they're confident enough not to let some anonymous assholes get to them.

If their feelings *are* hurt by the comments here, I expect that they'll feel a lot more hurt by the actions of assholes in the live music biz whom they'll meet in the course of their career.

i would like to sex the pretty ones

7:49. you have no idea. these girls are regular people, women you'd see at shows, not celebrities. they do not deserve to be disrespected like this. they're not trying to be Britney Spears, or even the White Stripes. They are a little band, can you imagine how fucking awful it must feel to have a bunch of assholes saying you're ugly and talentless on a message board with a readership in the tens of thousands?

if you doubt that number, check here:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/brooklynvegan.com

"Tell The World"
"Wild Eyes"
"Such a Joke"
"No"
"Never See Me Again"
"I Believe In Nothing"
"Where do You Run To"

Are all KILLERS.

Not that the other songs are slouches, but the above songs literally get stuck in my head when I'm walking down the street, out of nowhere.

So, yeah, good songwriters. I could give a shit what they look like (even though they look great.)

I can't wait to hear whatever they do next, even if it's more of the same.

GREAT.

>See, there's goes 'DUM da dum da da DUM DUM' and mine goes 'DA Dum da dum da da DUM DUM'.

best
post
ever

Good band + cute as hell + touring a lot = deserved "hype." in my opinion.

They realize they're gonna be overly criticized because they're girls.

take a look at the pre-interview thing here:

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1646075993&channel=1544434214

7:17/8:45, I'm not saying they deserve such comments, I'm just doubting that they (or anyone, for that matter) takes seriously the assholes who comment here.

you're wrong. they may not "take seriously the assholes who comment here" but it's not like insults don't get under young bands' skin.

Especially when they're directed at women and especially when they're about their looks and their playing ability. You and I know that half of these assholes haven't even heard or seen the band, but do you think your mind absorbs it all that rationally when you're just a young artist getting attention for the first time?

I don't think you have any idea what it's like. How thick skinned do you expect them to be?

vivian girls are the best new band in brooklyn

who gives a shit if someone can play their instrument? you think half the people you dumbfucks worship have any chops worth bragging about?

you all sound like the sad heshers in the marching band at my high school, or that asshole in the zebra suit in heavy metal parking lot.

"that punk shit is from mars, man."

what a joke.

"How thick skinned do you expect them to be?"

As thick-skinned as the typical mature New Yorker.

dude, you have never experienced unrelenting shittalk if you think it's easy to ignore.

that shit gets under your skin and you don't whether you're good or terrible anymore.

I have seen fuck with older and wiser individuals than the Vivian Girls.

You're starting to creep me out. Do you fancy the Vivian Girls damsels in distress and yourself their knight in shining armor?

You know I'd hit it!!!!

10:28 go fuck yourself. you asked me to explain and I did. You know damn well that saying rude things about people is shitty but you got all high and mighty and claiming that if they were "mature" it shouldn't be so shitty for them. eat me. excuse the shit out of me for having to go into mundane detail in order to defend the concept that being mean is, you know MEAN.

hey, at least the new drummer is wearing a me first & the gimme gimmes shirt underneath her vest.

I hope you mean that genuinely about the Me First shirt. Even though I haven't listened to them since I was in middle school, I've still got a ton of love for them. Anyone who hates on them has no heart.

me first are the greatest. their version of uptown girl always makes me smile.

i'd really, really like to have sex with the red-headed one. no, i wouldn't have the courage to tell her that in her face. but i'd really like to do it, so bite me.

>This song does not rock!

89!

hey, im the red headed one, post a picture, lets chat

hype isn't just an industry thing....but don't be naive, this isn't a band that deserves this much attention. there songs aren't all "killer" or "singles". that's lunacy, and no self respecting music fan with an actual record collection would ever say such things unless they were trying to you know...hype something up and get others excited about it.

by the way, isn't kickball katy a notorious internet shit talker herself? or is there more then one? so that said, one of them really might be reading this.

Vivian girls with no Frankie = major suckage.

Band of the week. But i'd hit it.

I have a shitload of records and I love Vivian Girls.

Jazz, folk, reggae, punk, 60's psych, post-punk, indie, coldwave, all that shit.

So, lotsa records and I like Vivian Girls.

Shit, I guess I have no self-respect!

I have shitloads of boners...

Jazz boners, neo-folk boners, new wave boners...

all that shit.

they have a new drummer and their myspace says her name is Ali, this was her first show

Agyness D was in front of me in line. She said, "Cor blimey, I'm tempted to cut this bloomin' line!" I said, "No, Agyness, that would be wrong." She said, "Bloody 'ell, you're right! The line is for OUR benefit, a rational construct we impose upon the random natural chaos around us in order to bring some justice and order to the universe." Then she wept upon my shoulder. This girl had become a woman, right here in my arms.

12:05 is really fucking cocksure of some incorrect opinions there.

hello 12:05, nice to meet you.

I'm a self respecting music fan with an actual record collection and I think the Vivian Girls have written a spectacular album of almost all "single" quality songs. I have no motivation for telling you this aside from the fact that I really like this band and think you naysayers have your heads up your cynical little hater asses.

I also think you're a special kind of prick for thinking you know what I do or don't like. Thanks for telling me I must be phony because I really like this band. I guess all those people paying $75 to $100 for Vivian Girls' record on eBay are also phonies. Yes, we're all part of an elaborate (and expensive!) ploy to convince people that we like the Vivian Girls, arbitrarily, for no reason.

Because it just couldn't be possible that we just, simply, think that they're GOOD or anything like that. Why, that's lunacy!

“My first show,” Agyness D whispered into my hair. “I could never get arsed to see the Paddingtons and sod Albert’s solo shows. Who I bleedin’ need to see is these Vivivan Girls. Because they play rock & roll the way it bloody well ought to be played, innit? No fashion, no style, just songs and guitars, intense sexual appeal as a natural by-product of the artists’ vision rather than as the primary selling point, though that redheads a lash, isn’t she eh?” She was sobbing now. “I’ve a fiver says the punters go to their shows and hear the songs, and don’t care if Kirsten Dunst is there shagging the ginger out of Razorlight or MGMT.” I kissed the hair out of her eyes. She’d had a long, long night.

Nice bangs.

I haven't seen a band this hyped since Pale_Nimbus came to town!

hey does n e1 know whne the new clapyourhanndssayyeah album comes out

no vivian girl can ever know what it's like to have a raging woodrow wilson... from looking at pictures of the vivian girls

yeah, i have to admit, while i think the hype is completely unmerited...the bangs are effin' hot.

too late everyone JoeB from Paparazzi already hit that!

ok, so for a comment that doesnt involve "their hot/id hit it/ they suck/ they rule / hype/ blah"

I know frankie is playing drums for crystal stilts now, and they will be touring together, but is she still in the vivian girls?
her name is no longer on their myspace page.

that band is gonna suck without frankie

ali is a rad drummer, frankie wasn't keith moon or anything

you speak of frankie like it's fucking keith moon ot something. jesus. two years ago she didn't what the hell a set of drums was so let's put some perspective on this people. just like the jesus & marcy chain switched to a drum machine for their second record, i really don't think it matters who might be behind the kit, sitting or standing. all the band wants is a chick with tatts.

they're the buggles of '08. period.

mmm...red.

guys BV views are down 7% over last three months! wtf are you guys doing about it?! make some better comments please.

9:27

The band will be fine without Frankie, but "just another chick with tats" what are you from 1955 or something? I think all the promo for Cry Baby the musical is getting into your head. Drop the tough guy misogynist shtick.

This band writes good songs. Why do you think they're catching fire way faster and more intensely than the Coathangers did a years ago (who had all the hype machine of Vice behind them, btw, and were more classically model-esque women as well)? It's because they're fucking good.

I would never claim sexism, but what the fuck? You guys won't take this band seriously because they happen to be attractive women.

almost there people.. 90 and counting.. cmon we can do this. not for me.. we're doing this for vivian girls everywhere... i'd hit it.

All my coathangers are white. I'm not racist, don't call me no Johnny Rotten, I'm just sayin', all the instruments for hanging my coats at home, yeah, they're all white. As for VG, one can only guess this time next year all the talk will be on a different set of chicklettes with tattoos that are equally inept at holding/playing their instruments. Fear not my friends, the next flash in the pan will be on the way soon.

95th YOU BITCHES!!! come on, only a few more fuckers!

oh man I cant believe it, didnt Frankie also play the bass guitar in the band? Thats weird how all her pictures are gone and shit and the new girl is in there?

Actually, 9:44, Brooklyn Vegan's overall hits are up 10%, but the unique page views per user are down 7%.

(all of this is according to http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/brooklynvegan.com )

What does that mean? Most likely, it means more people are looking at the site, but fewer people are reading and posting on the threads.

I know (at least anecdotally) that people are getting turned off by the meathead attitude of the comments here and are tuning out of the conversations. They still read the initial posts, but fewer people are using Brooklyn Vegan as a forum.

In other words, you asshole windbags and your "I'd hit it"'s and "What time does Daft Punk Go On"'s and the general know-nothing shittalk fest that dominates all the time are killing this site as a salon for interesting people to talk about interesting things intelligently.

yeah, it's strange. did they get in a fight and frankie was like, i'm taking my sticks and splittin' babe. or what?

Agyness D's tears were turning into hoarse gasps. "What's all this then?" she choked. "Why won't they let me be a Vivian Girl? A proper band, this. You wonder if 'Tell the World' is any cop but all the songs are sorted. They look the business but they're no lot of dolly birds. Their ink is fookin' ace, innit?" She looked me in the eye. "I would even cut a line of tossers to see them at McCarren Pool." It was a test of my moral resolve, and I was unsure if I could bear it. "No, Agyness," I stammered. "No."

there was never talk like this for the Coathangers.

In fact I can't remember this much talk about any band this young, male or female.

geez, maybe they might not be the flash in a pan that you're so sure they are?

say what dude? they are playing McCarren pool? that would be so cool and awesome if they joined Black Lips on stage for a song or two.

although yeah please can we have an explanation why there is a new drummer in the band?

"you speak of frankie like it's fucking keith moon ot something. jesus. two years ago she didn't what the hell a set of drums was so let's put some perspective on this people. just like the jesus & marcy chain switched to a drum machine for their second record, i really don't think it matters who might be behind the kit, sitting or standing. all the band wants is a chick with tatts."

If I think I'm correct in saying this band did not know what a Holy Grail was before Frankie . Also, I'm fairly confident in saying she wrote some of their best songs. Its going to be interesting to see what becomes of the Vivian Girls.

100++++ yea!!!!!! CELEBRATE GOOD TIME COME ON!!!! Happy days are here again la dadadada

I love you all.

but for so many comments this thread has been kinda boring actually.

Keith moon or no Keith moon . Frankie was not just a drummer. That band is not gonna be the same.

to be honest I thought the drummer was the best part of the band. when they played the yard she grabbed the bass guitar and played some john entwistle worthy grooves. she will be missed.

Hmmm. Wow. Guess The Crystal Stilts gets to keep the best part of Vivian Girls.

hey guys i saw the v girls back when they had their original drummer what do you think of that? i also own a copy of the first pressing of their album. it is different fromt he new pressing in that it does not have an in the red logo on it. is that worth 73$ you be the judge

Well Frankie cant make it, things are just too hard
Frankie cant make neough money, Frankie cant buy enough food
And Frankie's getting evicted, oh let's hear it for Frankie
Oh Frankie Frankie
Oh Frankie Frankie

wowowow! I saw crystal stilts last friday that was her? couldnt tell from distance, but the drummer was definitely the best part of that band. the singer has to get better or ship out, my opinion. dude- work on your stage presence and get some voice lessons, for christs sakes!

What happened? Frankie was one of the main songwriters in VGS. She was a very important part of what I enjoyed about that band. Such a shame.

NEW DRUMMER NOT AS CUTE

frankie used to serve me espresso in greenpoint. is that worth $73?

and on a side note...everyone, with a tear in my eye, we're at 100+ now and going strong and it just........sniffle, makes me so proud!

where in greenpoint did Frankie serve espresso?

i really dont get the shitstorm surrounding this band. sorry. the hype is way bigger than their musical output.

NEW DRUMMER FAT

Another day, another controversy. ao, is someone gonna get to the bottom of this "Frankie-gate", or are we gonna circle jerk this topic all day?

FRANKIE SAY RELAX

What time does Daft Punk hit it?

Didn't Frankie write like one song?
Plus, the chick couldn't play

Unbelievable 10:34. we have reached new lows.

Frankie was a main songwiter. I think that band might fail without her telling them what to do.

None them can play . But who cares.

this is just like when Pete Best got kicked out of the Beatles...

the comments section here has become so meta it's ridiculous. i can't even see where the fourth wall used to be.

Frankie wrote 2 songs total for Vivian Girls. She was not the main songwriter.

I think she just wanted to play with Crystal Stilts a lot and it's not easy to be in two bands simultaneously that are both blowing up.

Frankie wrote anything that was good on that album. BAND WILL SUCK without her.

I think Frankie wanted to be in Crystal Stilts morethan The Vivian Girls. I think she still works at that coffeeshop in Greenpoint.

the espresso place in greenpoint will suck without her! was it read on bedford ave? because that kind of sucked already! no wi-fi! how are we supposed to drink espresso and read about frankie!

ok hold on there, people in the know, that was not Frankie on the drums at south stree seaport last friday, was it? she joined this week?

Swarthmore College? What're they, going to play the score from "Dungeons and Dragons"?

Thurston Moore served me espresso at the Starbucks on Manhattan Avenue, but it wasn't the same without Frankie,

you guys are all running down there to put the application in? dont worry I dont think Frankie is quitting that job anytime soon.

I saw her there on wed. dont think she quit.

silent barn, silent tears, silent pain, because frankie’s not here. market hotel, private hell, espresso’s cold, muffin mold

ok dude, I'd like to call you out: you think it's funny to rile people up and get them to defend this or that about the band. You just want a lively argument and lots of comments and don't mean half of what you say.

But you know what? you're a huge prick and an even bigger pussy.

You are posting cruel, vile things about a bunch of 20 year old kids. Calling women fat, not pretty, saying that the band can't play, exaggerating every detail you can think of, just to get a response. What you are doing is totally weaselly and childish.

You think it's HILARIOUS to insult this band and get their defenders riled up. You just want entertainment. Has it occurred to you that the members of this band (who're hardly rich or famous or rockstars) will read the fucked up shit you're throwing out here just to get a rise?

You will never know what it's like to have a bunch of fat, limp dick internet nerds attack you, meta or otherwise, because you will never produce anything that becomes an iota as popular as the Vivian Girls have, and they've hardly been heard by anyone at all.

And anyway, you, coward that you are, could never weather this kind of critical shitstorm. And on top of that, you could NEVER say this to these girls in person, to their faces. You haven't got the balls and these ladies would tear you a new asshole in a minute.

Why don't you post a link to your myspace so we can know the face of this big man is who thinks it's funny to insult other people anonymously?

Frankie baby? where have you gone?

Frankie was smart to leave. If my band had this much shitty ,cruel ,hype written I would leave to.

frankie was the weakest link in that band. she messed up her beats all the time

where do you run to is a catchy song, but only in that by rote phil spector sort of way.

the songs cassie writes are a lot more interesting, lyrically and musically.

tell the world and never see me again are their best, most angsty songs.

frankie's songs were kinda flat and ordinary by comparison. they'll be tighter and angrier without her.

"a salon for interesting people to talk about interesting things intelligently."

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa....

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahahahahaha.......etc.

amen to 11:20, but I don't think she "left" as much as was asked to leave

Ever heard Bossy? worst band ever. I rest my case. Thats where V girls is headed.

this thing used to have a lot more interesting and smart comments than what you see today.

11:24 is too young to remember.

I'm pegging him at about 14.

Frankie was really unhappy in that band . Think they wanted someone more committed. I thinks shes happy in crystal stilts. I do think she is a gifted song writer however, and her leaving the Vivians will make a dramatic change in the band .

did you guys see Jonathan Kane's February yesterday? now that was a tight rock show. these girls got to practice more and get tight like that. also Peg Simone, who played this show with Kane, wow! amazing guitarist and very very smoking hot. http://www.myspace.com/pegsimone