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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is All Teenage Angst and Trebly Melancholynew
I've called Peggy Wang to talk about her New York-based pop band, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and its second record Belong, out this week on Slumberland Records. She wants to talk about boiled crawfish and the Neutral Ground Coffeehouse. Fair trade.
Gambit |
Noah Bonaparte Pais |
04-05-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Reinventing the Wheelnew
Yo La Tengo takes Tipitina's for a spin.
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Noah Bonaparte Pais |
01-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yo La Tengo
Extravagant Tribute Concert Doubles As a Fundraising Boon for Private Foundationnew
Rock 'n' roll legends headline this week's Domino Effect, a lavish, all-star concert paying tribute to Fats Domino — and paying dividends to NFL quarterback Drew Brees' Dream Foundation, which is working to rebuild New Orleans' schools, parks and playgrounds.
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New Orleans Music Lawsnew
A new coalition of musicians, club owners and lawyers are working with the city to keep live music going in New Orleans.
Skrillexnew
Run into a dance crowd, yell "Skrillex" and shield yourself from projectile vomiting, shrieking teens and arms-flailing party bro howls. Follow it with the question, "What is dubstep?" and throw on a flak jacket for the barrage of opinions...
Gambit |
Staff |
10-22-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Toots and the Maytalsnew
Toots and the Maytals, we call them, but to the island of Jamaica, they were and always will be simply the Maytals: the rah-Jah Temptations of ska, reggay champions before there was reggae music, the most soulful and sensational vocal group to come out of the Caribbean in the 1960s. Led by the restive rasp of Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the original trio (Hibbert, Henry "Raleigh" Gordon and Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias) fell short of the stateside chart heights and pop-cultural impact of Bob Marley and the Wailers, though a handful of its Jamaican-record 31 No. 1 hits — chiefly "Sweet and Dandy," "54-46 (That's My Number)" and "Pressure Drop," all products of a fertile, rapid-fire recording period from 1968-70 — became ubiquitous cover selections and worldwide rocksteady standards...
Silversun Pickupsnew
A heavy downpour nearly canceled the Silversun Pickups' 2009 Voodoo performance. "We were in the bus, and we weren't sure if we were going to play because it was raining so hard," vocalist-guitarist Brian Aubert says...
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Staff |
10-22-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chinquapin Records and Community Recordsnew
Alex Woodward on two New Orleans record collectives that are spreading the sound
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
09-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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