La Sera, Videotape, Chaperone

flavorpill on La Sera, Videotape, Chaperone @ Township

“La Sera is the side project of Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman, and it draws on the same classic Ramones vs. girl group influences as her "other" band. If such things are your bag, we have a feeling you'll find a lot to like in her latest album, Sees the Light (Hardly Art, 2012). Check out the video for "Please Be My Third Eye," directed by Vice Cooler (aka Hawnay Troof), who's rather overdue a new album himself.” Tom Hawking, Flavorpill more at flavorpill.com

Oh My Rockness on La Sera, Videotape, Chaperone @ Township

Chicago Reader on La Sera, Videotape, Chaperone @ Township

Too magnetic and fun to forever play the sidekick in the Vivian Girls, Katy Goodman (enough already with "Kickball Katy," all right?) moved to center stage when she took the plunge and went solo as La Sera—a move that also seemed like a sign that the buzz around Brooklyn's favorite female purveyors of reverb-drenched garage had begun to subside. more at chicagoreader.com

The Onion A.V. Club on La Sera, Videotape, Chaperone @ Township

The Vivian Girls are openly indebted to ’80s punk and riot grrl acts like Bikini Kill, but their single “My Love Will Follow Me” takes its inspiration from early ’60s girl-groups helmed by Phil Spector. more at avclub.com