U.S. Girls 13 tracks

Salad Days Music — In an unprecedented move I have changed last week’s “pick of the week” from Beach House’s Teen Dream to Los Campesinos!’s Romance Is Boring. I’ve had an opportunity to really listen to Romance Is Boring the last week and I think it is a tremendo... read more »

Some Velvet Blog — In SVB's ongoing SXSW Best Bets series, we take time out to celebrate the genius of the Illadelph music scene, one that's floruished in brilliance over the last couple years. Here's a sampling from some of my hometown Philly folks who'll be town a... read more »

raven sings the blues — Megan Remy's alter ego, U.S. Girls, rattles along with a sublime mechanic clatter and minimalist spirit. Her original compositions are sparse tug-o-wars between hollow drums and her strained vocals with little patience for production. Dark corner... read more »

stereogum — Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This insta... read more »

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — WFMU presents Selected Sounds from the Free Music Archive Vol. 2. Coated in a cool wintry blue, this second volume features an all-new set of sounds from Silver Jews, Vivian Girls, The Ex+Getatchew Mekuria, Old Time Relijun, Indian Jewelry and m... read more »

rose quartz — U.S. Girls - I BradleyU.S. Girls - Kelly In The Other Room, Me In My RoomHere's a new jam from the new U.S. Girls CD-R. I did a phone interview with Megan Remy, the Chicago/Portland-based musician behind this great scuffed up sort of diva stuff fo... read more »

rose quartz — U.S. Girls - Don't Understand That ManU.S. Girls - R.I.P. KSNI guess living the American Dream these days is all about debasing it but I've never lived in America so it's hard to say, it just always seemed like the typical notions of living those ... read more »

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Filling in for Hatch this week, I had the thrilling opportunity to present a live set of music from the Chicago entity known as U.S. Girls, which is actually one U.S. girl, named Megan Remy.  Packing nothing more than a reel-to-reel tape deck, ... read more »

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Filling in for Hatch this week, I had the thrilling opportunity to present a live set of music from the Chicago entity known as U.S. Girls, which is actually one U.S. girl, named Megan Remy.  Packing nothing more than a reel-to-reel tape deck, ... read more »

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Filling in for Hatch this week, I had the thrilling opportunity to present a live set of music from the Chicago entity known as U.S. Girls, which is actually one U.S. girl, named Megan Remy.  Packing nothing more than a reel-to-reel tape deck, ... read more »

20 jazz funk greats — And the dam broke with a mighty crack, and the water precipitated free like crazy horses, and a thousand birds took flight covering the land with shadows, and a sound as if the gasp of a thousand hearts had melded into one, or as if God had gasped... read more »