mehan jayasuriya

On Tuesday night, I headed over to the Black Cat to see Girls and Real Estate, two bands that have been getting much love from experts in the field of hypertext as of late. Real Estate exceeded my expectations in just about every way; Girls, not so much. David Malitz over at the Washington Post really savaged the latter (sample burn: “Girls played an hour-long set that was amateur in quality and execution and not even engaging enough to qualify as boring”) and while I agree with the general sentiment of his scathing review, I honestly didn’t think that they were all that bad—though their live show could clearly use some more time in the oven. My full review and photos can be found at PopMatters.