Christopher Owens

Those still mourning the split of San Francisco’s psych-tinged indie-rock duo Girls, wipe away those tears: Frontman Christopher Owens's solo career, informed equally by country, soul, psychedelia and vintage rock & roll, seems to have stuck. Here he's playing NYC behind his third post-Girls LP, Chrissybaby Forever, which strips away some of the artifice from his bittersweet-pop pastiche.