Sad news from San Francisco–Christopher Owens has announced that he is leaving Girls, one of our favorites.  In addition to putting out two phenomenal albums, Girls put on one of the most enjoyable sets we’ve seen at a club when they tore the roof off of Muddy Waters in December 2009.  We hope all is well with Owens, who has a particularly storied past, and that he re-appears soon.  We can’t think of a more appropriate soundtrack to this news than the band’s song, Hellhole Ratrace, which remains one of our favorite songs of all time.  Bon chance Christopher.