When Christopher Owens took the stage last night at The Lodge in his adopted hometown of San Francisco, it was clear that this was going to be a serious show. For his first performance since leaving…   Read Story »

Papa is an outfit built around songwriters Daniel Presant and Darren Weiss, a multi-instrumentalist who also served as the drummer for Girls. So it's somewhat fitting that on the day that ex-Girls…   Read Story »

Earlier this year, Girls frontman Christopher Owens shocked and bummed out the entire indie-music universe when he announced that he was leaving the band. But this morning, we get the extremely…   Read Story »

Now that Girls are no more, we probably won't hear any new songs from them anytime soon. But at least we can sometimes hear new-to-us versions of old songs. True Panther founder Dean Bein recently…   Read Story »

I knew nothing about Christopher Owens the first time I heard "Hellhole Ratrace" by Girls. It was better that way. I immediately fell in love with the song, a seven-minute downer pop jam that would…   Read Story »

Last we heard from Girls' Christopher Owens, he was talking to us about Spain's national soccer team and and the Euro2012 tournament. Today, the Girls' lead singer and songwriter hit Twitter with…   Read Story »

It sputtered a bit out of the gate -- though that widespread sentiment might be the result of the impossibly enormous expectations placed on Lena Dunham's debut television series -- Girls seemingly…   Read Story »

In the last couple of weeks, I noticed that Girls' Christopher Owens had been closely monitoring the ongoing European soccer championships, and tweeting a lot about it with a savvy perspective that…   Read Story »

With their first Coachella 2012 performances a not-quite-distant memory, over the weekend some artists engaged in live collaborations to make for unique experiences in their second fest go-around.…   Read Story »

Last night, Girls were the musical guests on Conan, playing "Love Like A River," one of many standouts from Stereogum's favorite album of last year, while wearing their finest thrift-store clothes.…   Read Story »