The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

Songwriter and musician Margo Guryan, known for her 1968 cult classic ‘Take a Picture‘, died at her Los Angeles home on November 8. She was 84.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Penelope Isles, MUNYA, Hard Feelings, Chime School, A Certain Ratio, Nation of Language, plus Massage and more.

Kip Berman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released Tethers, his solo debut as The Natvral, earlier this year and will be on tour soon, including dates with Tobin Sprout (GbV), Luna and Mates of State...

Massage, that features original Pains bassist Alex Naidus, will release ‘Still Life‘ on June 25.

Listen to new songs by Doja Cat/SZA, Gwen Stefani/Saweetie, Tony Allen/Sampa The Great, Conway, Outlander, Polo G, BERWYN, Raf Rundell, and more...

The free show was presented by the New Colossus Festival who say they're planning more outdoor shows at 18th Ward this spring and summer.

Kip Berman, who used to front The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, will release Tethers, his debut solo as The Natvral, on April 2

Twenty artists are covering Galaxie 500 to celebrate the Record Store Day reissue of their live Copenhagen album, including Mark Lanegan, Mercury Rev, Calvin Johnson, Papercuts, The Feelies' Glenn Mercer, and more.

Listen to new songs from Hatchie & TPOBPAH (JAMC cover), Dave East, Erasure, Sonic Boom, Sinking, and more.

Kip Berman of The Natvral and Pains of Being Pure at Heart has been posting a new cover nearly every day of the coronavirus crisis, including songs by Leonard Cohen, Big Star, The Kinks, Suede, The Killers, Primal Scream, Lana Del Rey, Neil Young, Lorde, Tom Petty, Galaxie 500, Tori Amos, Veronica Falls and more.