GREAT NEW MUSIC: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

If you were looking for yet another reason to get your ass down (or up depending on where you're at) to this year's Athens Popfest, then behold...The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. It's their first time out of New York, promoting their first EP, and playing their first Athens Popfest...whew that's quite a few "firsts"!! But unlike most people's first time, they're going to do it to us twice in the same day!! They're not only playing Athens Popfest on 8/11, but they're also playing the Drunken Unicorn later on that night in Atlanta!! What stamina! What bad sexual innuendo!! TPOBPAH is fun, upbeat pop for fans of The Smiths, Psychedelic Furs, Stars, The Jesus and Mary Chain, or even early My Bloody Valentine. Remember that time that girl you got all stupid nervous around in high school asked for a ride home one day, and then surprisingly kissed you before running into her house? Remember the ride home listening to some fuzzy-dreamy-pop song, taking the long way home on purpose? No? Oh wait, that was me....but that's how their music feels...like an all fuzzed-out euphoria. Georgians try catch 'em at both shows if you can, and for the East Coast there are a few dates for you as well.

TOUR DATES:
8/07 - New York [Cake Shop]: EP RELEASE PARTY W/ TITUS ANDRONICUS, THE DEPRECIATION GUILD, ZAZA
8/09 - Chapel Hill, NC — [The Nightlight] w/ MINCHIA, ZNTH
8/10 - Tallahassee, FL — [89.7 FM WVFS] 5:00 p.m. live on-air w/ ZNTH
8/10 - Tallahassee, FL — [The Warehouse, 825 Railroad Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32310] w/ FOR EX-LOVERS ONLY, ZNTH
8/11 - ATHENS POPFEST, Athens, GA — [Little Kings] @ 3:30 pm
8/11 - Atlanta, GA — [Drunken Unicorn] w/ PTERODACTYL, ZNTH
8/12 - Washington, D.C. — [DC9] w/ THE MANTRAS, DENNIS KANE
8/16 - Brooklyn, NY — [Galapagos] w/ APACHE BEAT, SHOCK CINEMA

[MP3] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Orchard of My Eye from "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" EP (via Box.net)
[MP3] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart from "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" EP (via Box.net)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - website | Myspace

FRIENDLY REMINDER: Team Clermont's 10th Annual Summerfest AND Athens Popfest are coming up soon!!

Just a quick reminder that Team Clermont's 10th Anniversary Athens Summerfest/Blue Ribbon Ball is next week, July 25-28 (you can check my previous post for details). Athens Popfest is a week after that, Aug. 8-11 (you can check it's previous post for details as well). Both festivals are sporting some incredible bands: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Daniel Johnston, Arizona, The Castanets & Phosphorescent, Deerhunter, The Starlight Mints, Cinemechanica, The Postmarks, and many, many, many, many more. I for one am totally hyped to see some great music, in a great town, in some of the best venues. I can't wait.

Athens Popfest 2007

So the initial lineup has been announced for this summer's Athens Popfest in Athens, GA.

LINEUP: Daniel Johnston, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Circulatory System, Elekibass, Dark Meat, Casper & the Cookies, High Water Marks, Red Pony Clock, Bunnygrunt, the American Revolution, Cars Can Be Blue, M Coast, Darren Hanlon, We Versus the Shark, Ideal Free Distribution, Poison Control Center, Cinemechanica, How I Became the Bomb, the Smittens, Velcro Stars, Kite Flying Society, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Fishboy, Ryan Anderson, Birds of Avalon, Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies, Yellow Fever, New Sound of Numbers, Titans of Filth, Patience Please, Venice is Sinking, Hat Company, Christopher's Liver, Black Kids, Jerk Alert.

"The four-day passes are $42.00 each. One-day passes are also available for $10.00 each for the 40 Watt Club shows on Thursday and Friday and $12.00 each for Saturday. You cannot get into any of the Little Kings shows without a four-day pass."

Hopefully Daniel Johnston will curb that Nazi stuff and give us a good show. 'Cuz Nazi stuff is bad, Daniel...bad.

Athens Popfest 2007 - Official Website