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"Summer of No Light" The Philadelphia-raised Kip Berman had a musical life before he was the Natvral and that life could be found in his band The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. The beloved New York outfit was around for a little over a decade, calling it a day in 2019 after four perfect albums of indie pop that brought to mind everyone from Aztec Camera to Belle and Sebastian. Berman's 2021 debut as The Natural was the scorching beauty of an album called Tethers, which, for those of you keeping score, was my favorite album of the year. His sophomore album Summer Of No Light is a straight-up killer. It's got all the howl of Basement Tapes era-Dylan and the raw pop smarts of early Dream Syndicate, and it's one of those records that grabs you from the beginning, leaving you mesmerized by its raw and tender power. I love this album. It's somehow feral and polished and it's filled with the most achingly lovely hooks you'll hear all year. www.thenatvral.bandcamp.com www.bombshellradio.com www.stereoembersmagazine.com www.embersarts.com Twitter: @emberseditor IG: @emberspodcast Email: editor@stereoembersmagazine.com
This week we have Kip Berman of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and The Natvral to talk about Minerals debut album The Power of Failing. Andrew records live from the bunker, we bond over our mutual love of Wild Pink, we talk about sweaters as a uniform of rebellion, the flexibility of being a solo artist, the lore of Jersey City musicians, Mineral's christian overtones, the importance of singers who can't sing, Kinsella family conspiracy theories, the challenging and enduring career of Joan of Arc, the supremacy of New Jersey pizza, and Dave Grohl's kiss of death. We start beef with Weezer, and Kip possibly will no longer be welcome in Chicago. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 2 here.
Kip Berman joins us from the fine state of New Jersey to discuss his time spent leading indie faves The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, as well as his new gig as The Natvral and the new record Tethers. Along the way he explains his love for the Green Bay Packers and classic uniforms - plus his favorite things about Chicago. Time Stamps: 1:40: Hi Kip! 5: Were you involved in music prior to Pains? 8:10: What do you attribute Pains making it as far as they did to? 11:10: Did your love of 80's English music contribute to your releasing of 7 inch records? 20:42: Was there a specific theme for your albums, or did they just present themselves after the fact? 33: How do you deal with the issue/idea that you recorded something a long time before it comes out? 38:50: "I don't want to be in a solo project, I just want to be in a band" so is that not happening now? 41:20: I don't think he's lying, but I don't think he has access to the truth either 45:36: I evaluate my feelings for nfl teams and most sports franchises on their willingness to never change their uniforms 50:28: Was it kind of freeing to just do the songs yourself and do whatever you wanted? 55:30: "Music says the things you cannot say in real life" 66:30: What can we expect on December 6th at Empty Bottle? 72:12: Favorite Chicago venue? 76:20: Deep dish or thin? 78:20: When you think of the Chicago music scene, what do you think about/of? 85:20 Favorite cheap beer?
Un poco de pop psicodélico con The Orion Experience y el nuevo proyecto de Kip Berman (antes de The Pains of Being Pure at Heart), The Natvral. Una nueva canción soul de Amy Helm y un poco de blues con Robert Finley y con Robert Stone y su samigos japos, antes de escuchar la última de John Hiatt y el curioso groove R&B de Bill Toms, antiguo guitarrista de Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers. Nos despedimos con la versión de las Dead Flowers, a cargo del Desperado Fernando Marín con su banda y después una country de Squeeze aprovechando que han reeditado un album de éxitos, Spot The Difference, con algunos de ellos en directo. ¡Para otro día!⦁ Prima Donna, Atomic Love⦁ Prima Donna, He's A Rebel ⦁ Thunder, You're Gonna Be My Girl ⦁ Backwood Spirit, Catch The Fire ⦁ The Orion Experience, Vampire ⦁ The Orion Experience, Lower East Side Love Song ⦁ The Natvral, Sun Blisters ⦁ The Natvral, Why Don't You Come Out Anymore?⦁ Amy Helm, Sweet Mama ⦁ Robert Finley, Country Child ⦁ Rob Stone Featuring Elena Kato & Hiroshi Eguchi, Got To Get You Off My Mind ⦁ John Hiatt With The Jerry Douglas Band, I'm In Asheville⦁ Bill Toms, Everybody's Talking ⦁ Fernando Martín & The Southern Comfort Band, Flores Muertas (Feat. Rubén Pozo)⦁ Squeeze, Labelled With Love
There ain't no money anywhere near rap! Dante Elephante and Kip Berman talk about everything and anything! We discuss being a dad, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and his new record "Tethers" is out now! Buy my new album "Mid-Century Modern Romance" on vinyl: https://www.bornlosersrecords.com/product/dante-elephante-mid-century-modern-romance-transparent-blue-vinyl MERCH: https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/dante-elephante Thanks for listening to the Dante Elephante Podcast. Thanks for listening to the Dante Elephante Podcast. If you want to support the band go to www.danteelephante.com for merch and tour dates. Visit our Patreon and become a member to get exclusive podcast content, an all vinyl monthly DJ mix and more! Find Dante Elephante: www.danteelephante.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanteElephante/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dante_Elephante Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danteelephante Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RdlkFPALHduIIZSinXgJZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danteelephante
Kip Berman of The Natvral - and formerly The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - joins me for a comprehensive life analysis. We talk about subjects including(but not limited to): becoming a father, moving to New Jersey, booking shows at his university ping pong room in Portland, working at call center with pre-paid calling cards, being a local news reporter, the further importance of pre-paid calling cards in The Pains' existence, first UK tour with Manhattan Love Suicides, the affect of that tour, being influenced by older Glasgow bands and indie pop that was happening at the time, first Euro tour memories, everything that was going on around them in New York, Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, being close with his grandparents, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, making Tethers with Andy Savours and Black Country, New Road.Press photo credit: Remy HolwickGet your beers delivered! 101 Part Time Jobs is supported by Signature Brew: listeners can get 10% off all their beers by visiting signaturebrew.co.uk and using the code '101PODCAST'Songs: The Natvral 'Why Don't You Come Out Anymore?', Cock Sparrer 'Working' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Natvral is the indie-folk project of NYC artis Kip Berman. The former leagd of the famous Pains Of Bening Pure At Heart talks exclusively about his project and his debut album 'Tethers'.
The Natvral is the indie-folk project of NYC artis Kip Berman. The former leagd of the famous Pains Of Bening Pure At Heart talks exclusively about his project and his debut album 'Tethers'.
"Hey King! is on the show today with a track from their Ben Harper produced, self-titled, debut album, out now on Anti-. I'll also play tunes by The Natvral, the latest project from Kip Berman (formerly of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart), Eleventh Day Dream, The Orielles, Fimber Bravo, Aroe Phoenix, and more! Stay tuned. 00:00 - The Jaunt on BTR 00:38 - Heard It Through The Red Wine - Charlie Marie 04:19 - 6FT Changes - Jade Jackson 08:08 - Joshua Tree - Horse & Wells 12:25 - New Person, Old Place - Madi Diaz 16:24 - Sing Me To Sleep - Hey, King! 20:27 - The Jaunt on BTR 20:58 - Hurt A Fly - Squirrel Flower 23:58 - Annie - Becca Mancari 28:32 - Tomb - Postdata 32:54 - Knock Out (feat. Alice Bag) - Xiu Xiu 35:44 - Sunshine - Landlady 39:22 - The Jaunt on BTR 39:45 - Beautiful Demise - Aroe Phoenix 43:02 - Too Good - Arlo Parks 46:35 - Snowflower - Puma Blue 49:47 - Standing In My Garden - Ifeanyi Elswith 53:34 - Ready For Your Miracle - Felicia Douglass 56:36 - Tether - Warren Dunes 57:48 - The Jaunt BTR 58:32 - Stay in the Country - The Natvral 62:51 - Tear It Apart - Major Murphy 67:03 - No Champagne - Lo Talker 70:35 - Stacking Chairs - Middle Kids 73:39 - Memories Of Miso - The Orielles 79:10 - Cracks in My Smile - Eleventh Dream Day 83:38 - Types of People - Born Ruffians 86:36 - Run - Spiritualized 90:24 - The Jaunt on BTR 91:07 - Way of the Future (theJLM dance remix) - Ilithios 98:37 - Two Face - L’Rain 102:42 - Sign Here (Blue Hawaii Windows Down Remix) - Doohickey Cubicle 106:02 - Mallard Moon - Olympic Music 109:22 - 528 - 2 Sleeps 113:32 - The Jaunt on BTR 114:16 - Woonya Waa - Fimber Bravo 119:15 - Finish "
“The Cup Of Youth” If Kip Berman’s name sounds familiar to you, that’s for good reason. He fronted the beloved indie rock outfit The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart from 2007 to 20018. The NY-based band played all over the world, put out four perfect albums, culminating in 2017’s The Echoes Of Pleasure and they called it a day a year later. Berman moved to Princeton, New Jersey, started a family and started a new band as well. Dubbed The Natvral, Berman’s new musical project finds him swinging with freewheeling abandon and grinding poetic grace. Falling somewhere between Blood On The Tracks and Ezra Furman’s Day Of The Dog, his debut album Tethers is one of the year’s very best. Filled with rootsy snarl and howling bliss, Tethers is nothing short of a revelation. In this chat, Berman talks to Alex about discovering Fairport Convention, worrying about his kids in the age of COVID and the recent death of DJ Sophie. They also talk about our relationship to the past, their mutual love of Roddy Frame and why it took moving to New Jersey to start listening to British folk rock. https://thenatvral.bandcamp.com/album/tethers
“The bars we used to close down have all closed down now” racconta il nostro caro Kip Berman nella canzone che apre questo nuovo episodio di “polaroid – un blog alla radio”, la trasmissione in onda quasi ogni settimana da Bologna, sulle frequenze di NEU Radio. Oggi quel verso è quanto mai vero e attuale, […]
In our continuing series of conversations about the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the food industry, we meet up with Naomi Pomeroy and Robert J. Nelson. Naomi is the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner of Portland’s Beast and Expatriate. Robert is a partner at the national plaintiffs' law firm, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. The pair are helping lead the charge on #JUSTICEFORRESTAURANTS, class-action lawsuits filed against insurers who are denying restaurants’ claims for interrupted business relief related to the shelter in place orders associated with the pandemic. Kip Berman (singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) joins us to share some songs under his latest banner, The Natvral. The Natvral’s EP, Know Me More, draws inspiration from the likes of Leonard Cohen and Ted Leo, and is available now.Snacky Tunes is powered by Simplecast.
The Natvral is the newest project from rocker Kip Berman, who spent much of past decade heading up The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. In the past few years, he has shifted gears to make music in a way that feels right for right now - free from expectations. The Natvral’s first EP Know Me More, was released by Kanine in 2018, followed by 2019’s cover of Dear Nora’s “You Looked Like A Portrait.” Kip recently invited us into his Princeton, NJ home for a performance of three songs, and a wide ranging phone conversation with Maia. 00:00 - The Natvral at Home 02:57 - New Moon - The Natvral 06:04 - Conversation with The Natvral 17:22 - Sun Blisters 21:24 - Conversation with The Natvral 44:36 - Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore? 48:50 - Conversation with The Natvral 70:52 - Outro 71:44 - Finish
The Natvral is the newest project from rocker Kip Berman, who spent much of past decade heading up The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. In the past few years, he has shifted gears to make music in a way that feels right for right now - free from expectations. The Natvral’s first EP Know Me More, was released by Kanine in 2018, followed by 2019’s cover of Dear Nora’s “You Looked Like A Portrait.” Kip recently invited us into his Princeton, NJ home for a performance of three songs, and a wide ranging phone conversation with Maia. 00:00 - The Natvral at Home 02:57 - New Moon - The Natvral 06:04 - Conversation with The Natvral 17:22 - Sun Blisters 21:24 - Conversation with The Natvral 44:36 - Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore? 48:50 - Conversation with The Natvral 70:52 - Outro 71:44 - Finish
“Guttenberg’s Revenge.”It’s the Best Song Ever Bachelor Party Spectacular! The boys celebrate Luke’s impending nuptials with keg stands, party drugs, dance parties with Steve Gutenberg and berating their fictional engineer Nerbert. Luke invents the concept of Road Rolling where you trick someone into listening to Old Town Road. Brian tries to get rich and avoid paying taxes and the guys advocate for redhead stepchildren. Plus they play and incredible lineup of songs to keep the party raging.Bon Iver - U (Man Like) out now on JagjaguwarHouse of Feelings feat. Kip Berman - 401k out nowB Boys - I Want from Dudu out July 26th on Captured TracksSAULT - Why Why Why Why Why from 5 out now on Forever Living OriginalsDivino Nino - Melty Caramelo from Foam out now on WinspearFrankie Cosmos - Windows from Close it Quietly out September 6th on Sub Pop
In celebration of our first year anniversary and the 50th milestone episode, we look back at some of our favourite mixtape stories from past episodes. You'll hear from Common Holly, David Hayman, Rhiannon Archer, Kip Berman, Kohji Nagata, Blue Sky Miners, Japanese Breakfast, Malin Johnson, Lilla Drömland, and Trevor LaRocque, along with samples of the memorable songs that were featured on their mixes.
This week our guest is Kip Berman of New York indie-pop band, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. We'll talk to him about how the late-great Prince inspired his rock star ambitions, the memorable mixtape a friend made for him in college, and Lorde's fantastic new record.