The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (USA) , French Horn Rebellion (USA)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an unpublished children's story of the same title that a friend of singer Kip Berman wrote.

The group's self-titled album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

On September 22, 2009, they released Higher Than the Stars, their second EP. The band released their second album, Belong, on March 29, 2011.

http://www.thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com/

French Horn Rebellion are Robert and David Perlick-Molinari, two brothers born and bred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently residing in Brooklyn NY. In 2007, younger brother Robert, an accomplished French horn player, found himself as principal horn chair of the prestigious Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. Standing at a crossroads, and fundamentally frustrated by the demands of mastering such an instrument (that he knew would never allow him to fully express himself), he finally asked his brother David to rebel with him, and together they embarked on a life-long creative journey.

Having set up shop in the arts/music hub of Brooklyn, it wasn’t long before French Horn Rebellion started to impact on the NY music scene, with older-brother David co-producing and engineering MGMT’s original “Time to Pretend EP”.

French Horn Rebellion’s international adventures have already seen them play shows in France and Belgium, as well as the US, Brazil and Canada, appear at SXSW, CMJ and NXNE and perform with the likes of Cut Copy, The Drums, Matt & Kim, Sleigh Bells, Cool Kids and The Twelves along the way.
http://frenchhornrebellion.com/