The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

Bill's Indie Basement (8/24): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: Australian supergroup Tropical Fuck Storm; a new compilation from UK group Pop Will Eat Itself; TUNS (Sloan / Inbreds / Super Friendz); BC Camplight and Eternal Summers’ singer goes solo.

Kip Berman of TPOBPAH playing solo; Peggy Wang in new band with Amy Rose Spiegel

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are still a going concern but frontman Kip Berman and former member Peggy Wang have new musical projects to check out.

Hit Bargain released 'Potential Maximizer' (listen), share "Capitulate" video, touring

Los Angeles art-punks Hit Bargain, which feature members of These Are Powers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cold Beat, North Highlands, and Beach Fossils, released their debut album, ’Potential Maximizer,’ today…

Pains of Being Pure at Heart & Secret Guests playing "Scottapalooza" @ Baby's

Kip from Pains says, ”It’ll be our last local performance for a long, long time. I can’t say who the secret guests are, but they are both AMAZING.”

Guided by Voices, Built to Spill, Okkervil River & more played OctFest (pics)

It was a very busy weekend for shows in NYC, and one of the many killer options on Saturday (9/9) was OctFest, the been and music festival put on by Pitchfork’s beer site, October, which took place at Brooklyn Hangar in Sunset Park.

Built to Spill replace Charles Bradley at Brooklyn's OctFest (free tickets available)

The Brooklyn beer and music festival goes down this Saturday with Guided by Voices, Okkervil River, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and more.

Five Notable Releases of the Week (9/1)

This week’s Notable Releases include LCD Soundsystem’s first album in 7 years, plus the latest from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Dalek, and more.

Guided by Voices, Charles Bradley, Okkervil River & more playing beer & music festival in Brooklyn

The one-day festival, which has unlimited tastings from over 40 breweries, will also feature The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Sadies and Kilo Kish.

Frankie Rose announces new LP 'Cage Tropical' (listen to "Trouble"), touring

Frankie’s currently on tour with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and has NYC & LA release shows later this year.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart prep 'The Echo of Pleasure' (stream a track)

Main member Kip Berman made the album with Jen Goma (A Sunny Day In Glasgow), Jacob Danish Sloan (Dream Diary), and horn player Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire, David Byrne & St Vincent, etc).
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