This Love is Fucking Right!

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, straight out of New York, NY (and this is classic New York rock), have finally released a full-length album. The self-titled album dropped last month, and is a follow up to their 2007 EP. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart sound like a collision between The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle & Sebastian, and the 1980's. The noise-rock feel that this frenetic foursome emanates certainly owes something to bands like Sonic Youth and even The Velvet Underground too. Their sound is hip enough to catch the ear of indie aficionados throughout Williamsburg, but is catchy enough to probably get some mainstream attention. Let's see what happens.

Where The Wild Things Are

I can't wait for this movie to come out. The book is a classic tale of the power of imagination, and I will always love it. In the hands of Spike Jonze, I think the film is going to be a masterpiece.
In theaters October 16th, 2009.
(The song playing in the trailer is "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire)
You didn't think I'd post without mentioning music, did you?

...And You Will Know Us By Our Band's Ridiculous Name

People have been telling me to listen to ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead for a while now, and I'll be honest, I blew them off completely. I judged the shit out of that book's cover. They sounded like a hardcore/screamo band to me, and I was not at all interested in hearing them. Recently, I was told by yet another person to listen to Trail of Dead, and the camel's back broke. I looked into the band. I found out that their 2002 album, Source Tags & Codes got a 10 out of 10 from Pitchfork magazine. I was intrigued. I downloaded the album, and what do you know, they're pretty damn good. Listen to these two songs (anyone else hear Sonic Youth in there?), and tell me that you don't want to slap this talented band in the face for having such a stupid name (apparently a wink at an ancient Mayan chant) that they scare away potential fans.