New Music Monday

Cleaning out my inbox today and decided to post some great music for you. Some of it isn't brand new, but still worthy of your ears. Enjoy!

Acrylics - All of the Fire
The Antlers - Two
Devon Williams - Sufferer
Imaad Wasif - Priestess
Loney Dear - Airport Surroundings
The Mary Onettes - Puzzles
Music Go Music - Warm in the Shadows
Neon Indian - Terminally Chill
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than the Stars
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than the Stars (Others in Conversation remix)
Real Estate - Beachcomber
Sufjan Stevens - Movement VI—Isorhythmic Night Dance with Interchanges

SXSW - Day 1 Wavves, Vivian Girls, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and more

-Wavves

The first official day of SXSW was loaded with wonderful performances all over the place. I spent the daylight hours at the Forcefield/Terrorbird blow out at Red 7 and caught a really brief, but awesome set by Wavves. Backed with just a drummer, he lived up to the hype machine surrounding his new album. I was also really taken with his jovial stage presence and his frequent use of the word "psych".



The band Lake were a new discovery for me. Their adorable indie pop was perfectly suited to the early time slot on the outdoor stage. I also really enjoyed the Swiss electronic duo Larytta, as well as Shout Out Out Out Out, and Rainbow Arabia.

-Vivian Girls

A pair of Brooklyn darlings closed out the outdoor stage - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, followed by Vivian Girls. Both bands sounded really great live, particularly Pains..., who kicked off their set with the potent 1-2-punch of "This Love is Fucking Right" and "Young Adult Friction".

The Thermals really blew my mind. I'm not very familiar with their catalog of music, but their set was ferocious and captivating - short punk songs that nearly smashed into each other. I loved it!

Loney Dear and Fol Chen also played and sounded good, but their music isn't really my cup of tea.

-The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Beach House closed out the indoor stage, but it got so hot and crowded I only lasted about half a song. Their moody, dreamgaze sound would have put me into a heat coma and then bad things could have happened. Better safe than sorry!

New CRYSTAL STILTS, PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Singles

Crystal Stilts will release the new 7" "Love is a Wave" on March 31st, backed with the new track "Sugar Baby".

Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave (mp3)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart also have a new single. The incredibly catchy "Young Adult Friction" also comes out March 31st, backed with the track "Ramona".

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction (mp3)

Both Brooklyn bands will be playing a number of dates at SXSW next week. Expect to hear much more about them then.

PItchfork Music Festival - Preliminary Lineup

The fourth annual Pitchfork Music Festival goes down July 17-19 at Chicago's Union Park. Tickets go on sale March 13th. This year marks a small change in format, as Friday night's performances will be "Write the Night: Set Lists by Request". When you purchase your ticket you'll be given a link to vote for which songs you'd like to hear the band's play. The idea of an all-request Yo La Tengo show makes me giddy.

Here is the initial lineup, with many more to be announced soon.

Friday - "Write the Night: Set Lists by Request"
Built to Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise

Saturday
The National
Pharoahe Monch
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Sunday
Grizzly Bear
The Walkmen
Vivian Girls

Slumberland Records THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, CRYSTAL STILTS

-photo by Annie Powers

This is sort of a repost, but I'm so into the new album from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart I felt compelled to give it another shout. The self-titled debut is available now on Slumberland Records. I'm especially loving the album track "Young Adult Friction". The band has that lo-fi nostalgic pop sound that gets me every time.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You (mp3)


The Pains of Being Pure At Heart "Everything With You" from Slumberland Records on Vimeo.

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Another great jem on Slumberland...

Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts (mp3)


Crystal Stilts "Prismatic Room" from Slumberland Records on Vimeo.

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - 'Everything With You'

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will release their self-titled debut LP on February 3rd via Slumberland Records. The Brooklyn fourtet have been on my radar for the last year. From the nostalgic pop of "This Love is Fucking Right" to the noisy romance of new single "Everything With You", the LP is shaping up to be a solid noise-pop gem. Check out the new video for "Everything With You", as well as the mp3 at the bottom of the post.



tracklisting:

1.Contender
2.Come Saturday
3.Young Adult Friction
4.This Love is Fucking Right
5.The Tenure Itch
6.Stay Alive
7.Everything With You
8.A Teenager in Love
9.Hey Paul
10.Gentle Sons

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You (mp3)

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - 'Everything With You'

I love The Pains of Being Pure at Heart! The Brooklyn indie pop band are hard at work on their debut full length, slated for release in early 2009. In the meantime, they dish up the new "Everything With You" 7", hitting shops this fall. But I have the new track for you right now. Check it out.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You (link)

Stream more lovely songs here.

The Pains have a show in Brooklyn tomorrow night at Dead Herring in South Williamsburg. Here's the flyer.

NYC Popfest Kicks Off Tonight

NYC Popfest kicks off tonight with Love is All, The Secret History, Oh! Custer, In Interview, and The Foxgloves at Cake Shop in the Lower East Side. Festival passes and single tickets for the first night are sold out, but you'll find full coverage here over the weekend.

Tullycraft, From Bubblegum to Sky, The Besties, and Pants Yell! are at Piano's on Friday.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Mahogany open up for The Orchids and Ladybug Transistor at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday.

And things get wrapped up with a special recovery barbecue show at Union Pool on Sunday, featuring The Silent League and The Cannanes from Australia.

But don't forget Vivian Girls and Love is All are at Market Hotel in Bushwick on Saturday night!

NYC POPFEST

The 2008 NYC Popfest will be held Thursday June 12th through Sunday June 15th at various venues around Manhattan and Brooklyn. Every night a different venue - Cake Shop, Piano's, Music Hall of Williamsburg, and Union Pool - will host a night of indie-pop bands from around the world. Opening night kicks off with one of my favorite bands, Sweden's Love is All, headlining at Cake Shop. Other highlights of the line-up include Tullycraft, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Ladybug Transistor, and The Silent League.

After parties are also scheduled at Don Hill's and Galapagos.

Full line-up with venues:

Thursday June12th 8PM Cakeshop
Love Is All, Alsace Lorraine, Oh! Custer, In Interview, The Foxgloves

Friday June 13th 6PM Pianos
Tullycraft, The Besties, Pants Yell!, From Bubblegum to Sky

Friday June 13th 11PM Don Hill’s
(Special Popfest edition of Mondo)
Cats on Fire, Friday Bridge

Saturday June 14th 6 PM Music Hall of Williamsburg
The Ladybug Transistor, The Orchids, My Teenage Stride, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Mahogany

Saturday June 14th 11PM Galapagos
Mono Taxi, Cannonball Jane

Sunday June 15th 2PM Union Pool
(Popfest Recovery BBQ & Farewell Show)
The Cannanes, The Frank & Walters, The Hermit Crabs, The Silent League, One Happy Island, Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART

Meet Kip, Peggy, Alex and Kurt. Together, they form the sugar sweet new band The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. They were a trio when they recorded their self-titled EP in Brooklyn last summer, using a drum machine to flesh out the backbone of their lush dream-pop landscapes. Now, with the addition of a real drummer, The Pains… are officially a foursome. With critical raves and an upcoming UK tour with The Manhattan Love Suicides, the future is looking bright.

The EP is an all too brief experience of delicate vocals, precious melodies and fuzzy guitars. Songs with titles like ‘This Love is Fucking Right’ and ‘Doing All the Things That Wouldn’t Make Your Parents Proud’ hint at a rebellious nature beneath the innocent façade. But for the moment, their cuddly-cute methods are serving them right.

Over the last year, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart have caught the attention of many top music blogs. Stereogum described their sound as “addictive pop gold that locates a place beyond the band’s well-chosen influences.” Brightest Young Things said, “Clever, clever, clever melodic pop from a Brooklyn trio that really seems to know what they’re doing with their tongue-in cheek (and sometimes between teeth) lyrics, boy-girl vocals, and pitch perfect harmonies.” And Oh Have You Seen This proclaimed “The Pains of Being Pure at Heart…effortlessly take one back to the early-to-mid ’90s with a really amazing interpretation of what being “indie” was back then.”

With all this buzz, you can count on hearing a lot more from these guys in 2008. The debut EP is available now at Insound.

STREAM - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - A Teenager in Love

Originally published as part of Buzzworthy at Kevchino.com.