Photos | The New Pornographers + The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at The Pageant in St. Louis

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All Photos by Tim Bottchen

Before the first encore last night (there were two) at The Pageant, Neko Case said it was time for a "sexy ballad." She and The New Pornographers delivered with "Challengers," which led into "Dancehall Domine" and "The Bleeding Heart Show." They said their goodbyes, people started leaving...it was over, right? Wrong. Two more songs: "Sing Me Spanish Techno" and "The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism." It was that kind of night. Thank you to Tim Bottchen for these shots of The New Pornographers and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART

Win Tickets to The New Pornographers featuring A.C. Newman, Neko Case, and Dan Bejar (Destroyer) + The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at The Pageant on Monday, November 10th

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The New Pornographers featuring A.C. Newman, Neko Case, and Dan Bejar (Destroyer) will be back at The Pageant on Monday, November 10th in support of their latest album, Brill Bruisers.

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart will open the show.

We have TWO PAIRS of tickets to give away to the show, but before we get to details on how to enter, let's have a listen to "Champions of Red Wine."



Here's how to enter to win a pair of tickets. You only have to do ONE of the following:

1. Simply copy and paste this into a tweet: I entered to win 2 tickets to @TheNewPornos + @thepainsofbeing at @thepageantstl on 11/10 on @speakersincode. #SICGIVEAWAY

2. Leave us a message on our Facebook page. (Leaving a comment on our original post is fine.)

3. Send an email to: jason.speakersincode@gmail.com with the subject: "NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Tickets."

4. LIKE and COMMENT on the photo on our Instagram.

The contest will run through Friday, November 7th at NOON CST, and we'll randomly pick and contact the winner shortly after (if you enter through FB, we'll announce your name on our FB page). Good luck!

Jam of the Day | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, a foursome from New York City, is back with the new track, "Heart In Your Heartbreak." After multiple listens, I've come to this conclusion: the song is the musical equivalent to one of Willy Wonka's Fizzy Lifting Drinks. I'm pretty sure that if you scoped the list of ingredients for both, you'd surely find synthesizers and bubbles.

This first single from the band's upcoming 2011 LP2 oozes with candied vocals and crystalline guitars. It gobstopper-smacks you into everlasting bliss.

You'll be so high, you'll have to belch to come down. Give it a listen below.



The band's second LP, Belong, is due for release in March 2011.