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  Punk Siren Jemina Pearl Unplugs for SPIN!

  November 28, 2009 – She's Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore's protégé (they did a Ramones cover together for Gossip Girl); she collaborated with Iggy Pop on her SPIN-praised solo debut; and she recently dropped by SPIN HQ to perform acoustic versions of four new songs. …
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• Jemina Pearl, 'Break It Up' (Ecstatic Peace/Universal)

  October 6, 2009 – On her sweetly sassy solo debut, former Be Your Own Pet frontwoman Jemina Pearl makes the big pop move BYOP always seemed suspicious of, singing about good times and bad boys over fuzzy girl-group guitars that collapse the distance between the Ronettes and the Runaways. …
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  Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk Headline Brooklyn's Pool Parties

  July 2, 2009 – It's only fitting that a concert series based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn -- hipsterdom's Plymouth Rock -- has assembled a lineup stocked with indie faves galore. Sentimental pop wizards Grizzly Bear, laptop mash-up maestro Girl Talk, Bjork-collaborating up-and-comers Dirty Projectors, and rowdy Texan noisesmiths/SPIN office assaulters ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead are among the headliners for the fourth annual summer of P …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week: January 19-25

  January 24, 2009 – This week the music world caught a powerful case of Obamamania. Arcade Fire rocked a party for the President's staff, Daft Punk and Will.i.Am tipped their musical hats (or, in Daft Punk's case, robot helmets) to the Commander in Chief. …
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  Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Pearl Goes Solo in NYC

  January 20, 2009 – "Back from the dead, motherfuckers!" declared Jemina Pearl, former frontwoman of Nashville, TN, punk band Be Your Own Pet, who premiered seven songs during her first-ever solo performance Saturday at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg. Her gig -- an opening slot for '90s grunge rockers the Fluid -- showcased tunes off her upcoming album on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label. …
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  Be Your Own Pet Get Hot, Heavy in NYC

  May 29, 2008 – As the Fillmore East quickly filled to capacity last night (May 28), adoring fans, fashionistas, and hipsters alike joined forces in one huge sweaty pit of ambiguity for a kick-ass bill highlighted by Nashville's Be Your Own Pet. But, unlike the molten sea of fans beneath them, each performing act stood out on their own; Switches kept the crowd interested with their thick British brogue when tunes like "Lovin' It," off latest LP Lay Do …
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