If Gossip Girl is the TV show you watch if you want to see rich New Yorkers be horrible to one another, then the Virgins are the band you listen to for much the same thing. Young, good-looking, and often shirtless, they wear generally leather jackets, but they couldn't be less indie. Instead of a Strokesy kind of guitar record, their debut is something more risky, but a little more original. Part disco, part Rolling Stones circa Black And Blue, songs like their Rich Girls single evoke some terrifically cruel and jaded 1976, and do so rather well. While other bands scramble in economy, the Virgins are taking their seats in first class.
• Digital, Brighton, Tue; Thekla, Bristol, Wed; Ruby Lounge, Manchester, Thu; Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri
