From the San Francisco bay area, Varsity Drag formed with a mutual love of The Beach Boys and Fountains Of Wayne. Their numbers include Ben Deily, who some may recognise as a founding member of The ...

Ben Deily wrote Varsity Drag’s “Billy Ruane” through the haze of nostalgia and distance. Living­ in San Francisco at the turn of this century, the Lemonheads co-founder missed the Boston scene and ...

Man, I do love an old-fashioned split record. Boston’s Varsity Drag and France’s Chestnut Road (in spirit, if not body) drop a great one at a Great Scott release party on Tuesday. Varsity Drag ...

Get a glimpse at a dance fad from decades ago, the Varsity Drag, at a screening of “Good News” on Monday. Charles Walters’ 1947 musical, set in the 1920s, stars June Allyson, right, as Connie, a sweet ...

There’s a sort of upbeat abandon in Varsity Drag’s music, a sense that, despite the tight arrangements and vocals, any given song is being attacked with glee. That joyousness is apparent on songs such ...