A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

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Maxwell's

1039 Washington St
New York NJ 07030
201-653-1703
all ages $12
  • Mon Nov 2 8 pm,
    Girls and Real Estate at Maxwell's

    Girls is a San Francisco band with a compelling back-story—singer Christopher Owens grew up in the Children Of God, a scary cult that’s worth staying as far away from as possible—and a debut album that’s inspired as much by rock obsessives like Elvis Costello as it is by early rock itself: Buddy Holly, to be sure, but also early albums from acts like The Beach Boys and The Beatles. Album is the Girls album’s name, and like the title, there’s a sense of transparency that bleeds through these songs. Anchoring the proceedings is Owens’ voice, a sonorous thing that’s as vulnerable as it is assertive.

    Maxwell's 1039 Washington St, New York, NJ

Girls is a San Francisco band with a compelling back-story—singer Christopher Owens grew up in the Children Of God, a scary cult that’s worth staying as far away from as possible—and a debut album that’s inspired as much by rock obsessives like Elvis Costello as it is by early rock itself: Buddy Holly, to be sure, but also early albums from acts like The Beach Boys and The Beatles. Album is the Girls album’s name, and like the title, there’s a sense of transparency that bleeds through these songs. Anchoring the proceedings is Owens’ voice, a sonorous thing that’s as vulnerable as it is assertive.

Updated 10/27/2009

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