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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie rock band which formed in 2007 in New York City, New York, United States. They consist of Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), Peggy Wang-East (vocals, keyboards), Alex Naidus (bass) and Kurt Feldman (drums). Imagine if the Ramones traded in their leather jackets for anoraks, or Stephen Pastel actually threw Aggi off the bridge and married Black Tambourine's Pam Berry and had four babies that formed a pop band.

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No Lovers

No Lovers are a Nottingham-based trio who bridge across genres such as ambient, shoegaze, funk whilst retaining the bite of post-punk influences. They have been going since the fall of 2008 and have only recently started gigging. Their influences, amongst many, include: Explosions in the sky, Joy Division, M83, Apparat, Port Royale, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Sigur ros. They combine soaring melodies, lush soundscapes and disco-savvy grooves.

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Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom is the stage name of Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965), a British musician. Kember and Jason Pierce (born on the same day in Rugby, Warwickshire) formed Spacemen 3 in 1985. Sonic Boom's first solo album, Spectrum, was recorded in 1989 while Spacemen 3 were still a going concern, and featured the other members of the group. However, by 1991 relations with Pierce had broken down, and while Pierce went on with the other members of Spacemen 3 to form Spiritualized, Kember recruited new musicians for the group Spectrum.

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Spidermilk

"They will cradle you in their arms and spin webs of thought that lift the swaddled listener out of the fray to be soothed awhile in the thoughts of another. They will remind you that the walls in your head don't belong to you, and excite your spirit in awkward moments of unabashed honesty, that warn you that you must walk into the woods to come out the other side. However, winter's almost gone, and there is room for things to germinate.

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Psychic Ills

Psychic Ills is a group that became active in NYC sometime during 2003. Their sound has included a combination of rock experimentation, drones, electronic textures, and various ethnic influences. Their live shows have varied widely and have been known to have an improvised performance art element as well. The current line up consists of Elizabeth Hart, Brian Tamborello, and Tres Warren. Their 2nd album "Mirror Eye", is set to be released on January 20th of 2009 on The Social Registry label.

Read more about Psychic Ills on Last.fm.

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Crystal Stilts

Crystal Stilts is a Brooklyn, N.Y., quartet. Its sound -- equally droll, moody and buoyant -- has roots in early '80s Manchester pop as well as in minimalist garage-rock acts. The band has drawn comparisons to Interpol, Joy Division and early The Jesus and Mary Chain -- with whom it also shares a penchant for stand-up drumming. Slumberland Records released the band's debut full-length, Alight Of Night, in October 2008, following an earlier EP.

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Cracktown

CrackTown are a satirical Blues/Folk/Country band from Kingston Upon Hull in England. Biography
They have two members: The Silver Fox, on harmonica and vocals; and King Rat, who plays the guitar and sings. Their songs are mainly parodies of modern culture and politics, for example, their most famous song, which is invariably last in their set and also the first song they ever wrote, "Charlton Heston", has the chorus;

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