A Certain Ratio // Mike Bones // The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Manchester's A Certain Ratio will be playing The Brudenell Social Club on July 4th. Starting out on Factory Records playing post-punk band over the years have added funk and disco elements to their sound and are clear heavy influences on contemporary disco-punk bands.

A Certain Ratio - Do The Du (John Peel Sessions, 1979)

Mike Bones released his second album earlier this year and is one of the few singer song writers that I really like. He is playing
The Cockpit on 14th May.

Mike Bones - One Moment's Peace

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart released one of my favourite records of the year earlier this year. You can see them perform their noise-pop debut at The Cockpit on 21st May. This adds to the hectic week already posted about yesterday.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction

Tickets for all these events are available at Jumbo and Crash

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart // Live Video

Since posting about The Pains of Being Pure at Heart I found these live video's of them on the Offset blog.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

I hadn't heard a thing about The Pains of Being Pure at Heart until a friend played me their record, I then realised that their self titled debut is one of only two records sold in Urban Outfitters. I must be finding out about them a bit late. These Brooklyn kids have made a pop band but you can see their shoegaze influences coming through to make a great noise-pop album. Definately one of the best albums of this year so far and one to get. Check out a few songs below.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Stay Alive
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday