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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Interview Pt.2
Part 2, YEAH! Let’s go back awhile – you formed for your keyboardist’s birthday party, right? Do you intend to play at all forthcoming band birthday celebrations? Kip: Well, we have, for the most part. I remember Alex’s birthday party … Continue reading
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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Interview Pt.1
Here’s an interview that was supposed to be published but wasn’t. Whee! New York’s The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are distinct by their ability to totally transcend their influences. The husky, dreamy pop fury of their self-titled debut … Continue reading
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The Grave Architects – Highway Be True/Love TBC
The Grave Architects – Highway Be True/Love TBC (Fortuna Pop!) Because sometimes pizzazz is enough to get a band through a song, The Grave Architects succeed in not making too much of their own genius. Shrug off your ample charms … Continue reading
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How’s Your Week? – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
This week, PM catches up with Kip from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. See what we thought of their debut record here (it’s aces, anyhow), then see what Kip & co. have been up to… In a word, … Continue reading
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – S/T
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – S/T (Fortuna POP!) So let’s summarise. Your band sounds like a million other bands, and not just because of the feel if it like so many cack-hand writers care to approximate, but … Continue reading
Various Artists – Be True To Your School (A Fortuna POP! Compilation)
Various Artists – Be True To Your School (A Fortuna POP! Compilation) Fifteen years is a very long time to not make money doing something, so anyone who braves such an undertaking should probably be congratulated or committed (in … Continue reading
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The Lucksmiths – First Frost
The Lucksmiths – First Frost (Fortuna POP!) Melbourne’s The Lucksmiths are a band to whom, by now, the phrase ‘return to form’ means nothing at all. If your ‘form’, such as it is, means consistently churning out breezy indie-pop … Continue reading
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The Lucksmiths – Up With The Sun/A Sobering Thought
The Lucksmiths – Up With The Sun/A Sobering Thought (Just When One Was Needed) (Fortuna Pop!) Decently, Australia’s The Lucksmiths have elected to make this taster of their forthcoming First Frost LP (their eleventh) a free download. This is … Continue reading
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Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee – Fine Young Cannibals
Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee – Fine Young Cannibals (Fortuna Pop!) For some time, after just assuming Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee weren’t particularly going to release anything special, PM had ignored them. On the strength of this … Continue reading
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