The Virgins are an American band formed in 2006 in New York City consisting of Donald Cumming (vocals, guitar), Wade Oates (guitar), and Nick Zarin-Ackerman (bass). They have toured with Jet and opened for Sonic Youth and Patti Smith and played at the All Points West Festival in 2008. They performed at the 2008 SXSW festival, and toured in the United Kingdom with The Pigeon Detectives in November and December 2008. Their music is becoming a hit all around the world when they travelled all the way to Norway to play at the Hove festival in June 2009. The song "Rich Girls" was number 68 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.
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- Official homepage at thevirginsmusic.com
- Wikipedia article on The Virgins
- MySpace at myspace.com/thevirginsnyc
- Online community at facebook.com/thevirgins
- Last.fm page on The Virgins
- MusicBrainz entry on The Virgins
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BBC Reviews 
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The Virgins 2009
Reviewed by Lou Thomas
What they do best is obvious pop-rock melody with occasional concessions to punk-funk.
