[Photos and capsule reviews of selected sets from the Main Street Stage at Saturday’s FYF Fest:] Refused, M83, Sleigh Bells, Warpaint, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Chairlift, Two Gallants, Moonface, the Soft Pack, White Arrows ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo More photos and reviews after the jump:
‣ Filter’s Culture Collide festival winds up today with the Toyota Antics Block Party, an free afternoon/evening affair that features music on two outdoors stages (on Reservoir Street in Echo Park, between Sunset and Alvarado) and one indoor (at Taix). Brazil’s CSS and NYC’s Gang Gang Dance headline the two outdoor stages, which also feature […]
‣ Filter’s Culture Collide festival continues at various locales in Echo Park (be sure to check at one of the info tables for set time/venue changes), and today’s menu of imported music is highlighted by Brazil’s CSS, Canada’s Young Liars, the U.K.’s Harvey and Isobel Campbell, the Netherlands’ Death Letters and Australia’s Cameras (that’s their […]
Brooklyn-based band the Pains of Being Pure At Heart have mastered moodiness as well as any band from the old Sarah Records catalog. However, even they can’t seem to dodge the appeal of summer videos. The video for their latest single, “The Body,” has the musicians flash back to their happy and carefree childhoods while […]
Who: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Recommending their recommendations. I’ll Remember This Until: The next time somebody tells me nice guys finish last. Kip Berman and gang are the kids you’d happily invite over for dinner, so mannered and polite are these New Yorkers. […]
If there were any concerns about the Pains of Being Pure At Heart’s forthcoming sophomore effort, the Brooklyn indie-pop band has dismissed worries with new singles, such as “Belong” and “Heart In Your Heartbreak,” which tote the same appeal of their debut. For fans of the Field Mice, the Cure and the Smiths, the new […]
[Rounding up the weekend while waiting to hear Best Coast talk about cats on “Morning Becomes Eclectic” at 11:15:] Top 5 shows compiled while stewing over why Stars and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart aren’t playing their L.A. concert together: ‣ There some pretty amateurish choreography in the gleeful video for Mayer Hawthorne’s […]
Stereogum, which premiered the video for the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart single, “Say No to Love,” described it as “just your average sunny twee-pop afternoon.” Couldn’t have said it better. It brightened mine, and maybe it will yours too. The single is out on Slumberland.
True but possibly tangential anecdote: Night before last outside Spaceland I was revisiting a conversation with a friend about how 1992 remains my favorite year in music. It was a great time for my three favorite food groups – rock, power-pop and shoegaze – and no albums from any other year get dusted off more […]
[Double-barreled birthday wishes go out Saturday to Tegan and Sara. It’s Jarvis Cocker’s birthday too. Now for your busy weekend, starting with two festivals:] Head east: The third annual Clean Air Clear Stars festival goes off at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, with a heaping helping of excellent psych-rock tonight, Saturday and Sunday. Support global […]
