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Stream a New Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Single

As March approaches, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are preparing for a big year with the release of their sophomore effort, Belong. With their new album on the horizon, the New York fuzz-rockers have made the title track for the new record available to stream. Check out “Belong” as well as their previously-released single “Heart In Your Heartbreak” below....  read more

Black Tambourine: Black Tambourine

Gauzy shoegaze transcends its era Some reissues work because they winnow a voluminous discography down to manageable size. This one does the opposite. Washington, D.C., noise-poppers Black Tambourine had the briefest of careers between the ’80s and ’90s, and this new collection of the band’s complete works inflates its output from a prior compilation’s 10 songs to a whopping 16, four of them recorded a year ago. Formally, the band straddles Shop Assistants-referencing Brit-indie, My Bloody Valentine-esque shoegaze and a Heavenly-like neo-girl group attitude, slathering feedback all over the slow-mo pining of “Black Car” and revving into stark rave-up mode...  read more

Stream The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's "Higher Than the Stars (Saint Etienne Visits Lord Spank Remix)"

Stream The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's "Higher Than the Stars (Saint Etienne visits Lord Spank Remix)" here.The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's Higher Than the Stars EP comes out Sept. 22 on Slumberland/Fortuna Pop....  read more

Little Rock Film Festival 2009: Donahue talks

Raving about the city's downtown restoration to a glammed up crowd at the Clinton Library Gala, Phil Donahue gave the keynote address for the Little Rock Film Festival declaring "You look like you bought a pretty prom dress." The legendary talk show host had screened his documentary Body of War earlier in the day. Also, awards were distributed for best documentary The Way We Get By and best narrative That Evening Sun. Festival Organizers Craig and Brent Renaud with Phil DonahueThe Way We Get ByDirector Aron Gaudet follows three senior citizens who voluntarily spend their days, with others, greeting American troops as they arrive at...  read more