I just got off the phone with Kip Berman, frontman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (and formerly—who knew?—intern for the Portland Mercury), and guess what? We love, like, all the same stuff! Subjects discussed:
Emo
Twee
Alternative
Pop Punk
Nirvana
The Vaselines
Sonic Youth
The Aisler's Set
Belle & Sebastian
Beat Happening
Promise Ring
Braid
The Get Up Kids
Texas is the Reason
Cometbus
The Smiths
Black Tambourine
Another Sunny Day
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Glasgow
Portland
Hefner
Stereolab
Too Pure
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