Peggy Wang

Blogs
September 19, 2013
Record Labels Aren't Dying, They're Thriving
Back in 2006, Jeremy Earl was pretty much an average Brooklyn 20-something. He'd moved here straight for college, and was spending his time sharing a house with four other people, working at records stores, cafes, and sometimes places that were both (like Cake Shop on Ludlow Street). He was in band, ... More >>
Art
October 17, 2012
BEST OF NYC™
Sartorial Disobedience: Order Up Your Own NYC Fashion
Blogs
March 30, 2010
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Backstage at the Village Voice SXSW Party
Like to pretend this doesn't exist, but the Music Slut won't, so here you go. Backstage at the Village Voice's finely tuned SXSW day party, someone who is definitely not me was conscripted into having how-is-your-SXSW-going conversations with bands who were kind enough to humor their hosts. Includ ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2010
The Village Voice SXSW Party Was Really Spectacular And We're Not Just Saying That Because These People Employ Us
photo by S. Taylor Not a clunker in the bunch of this year's VVM SXSW afternoon party at La Zona Rosa: Surfer Blood, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Superchunk, the xx. Surfer Blood, who'd by now lost count which number show this was, opened--and they are, as we later discovered, the nicest kids ... More >>
Music
September 8, 2009
Fall Guide: The Pains of Pure at Heart Will Pervert Your Indie Cliché
Blogs
May 13, 2009
Live: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Play Background to Your Romantic Photo Op
photo via mediaeater's photostream Cumbersome name aside, there's nothing entirely virginal about The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, a band whose hybridized mash of indie fuzz, twee, and shoegaze owes more than a little to long messy nights spent listening to Sarah Records, the Jesus and Mary Chain, ... More >>
Music
February 4, 2009
Sweet Pop Pleasure From the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Influences: MBV, JAMC, and DQ