5 things to do: Pains of Being Pure at Heart - June 27 2017

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VOX First Draft 2017

Eventide Brewing - 1015 Grant St. S.E. Atlanta, GA 30315 $25-$75+. 6 p.m.

Show support for VOX while sipping on Eventide brews and noshing on eats from Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q. VOX also celebrates WABE’s Molly Samuel, recipient of the 2017 Lindsey Knox Volunteer Superhero Award, and the year’s outstanding alumni. Tickets include food, six tastings and access to silent auction items. Proceeds go toward VOX and its afterschool programs for teens.


Meet the Connoisseur: Cheese tasting w/ Sweet Grass Dairy

Alon’s Bakery and Market - Virginia-Highland - 1394 N. Highland Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30306 $15. 6:30 p.m.

The Thomasville-based dairy farm team stops by Alon’s to chat about cheesemaking and offer samples of their product.


Yes Button

Marcia Wood Gallery Castleberry - 263 Walker St. S.W. Atlanta, GA 30313 Free. 7 p.m.

Scott Eakin’s solo exhibition will be on display at the Marcia Wood Gallery. Eakin approaches his painting a one would build a machine, step-by-step, methodically, orderly. His work is defined by geometric shapes and color, which he compares to a collage or nature, where simple elements combine to form a vastly complex figure. Opening reception: Wed., June 28, 7 p.m.


Acid Tongue, Honey Hips, Moloq, theSagas

368 Ponce - 368 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 8 p.m.


Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Beverly, Ablebody

The Earl - 488 Flat Shoals Ave. S.E. Atlanta, GA 30316 $15-$17. 8:30 p.m.

Songwriter Kip Berman has crafted C86-indebted indie-pop for nearly 10 years now under the moniker the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. With the announcement of his fourth full-length, The Echo of Pleasure, coming soon, listeners are greeted by “Anymore” and “When I Dance With You.” The former harkens back to sophomore album, Belong, with its thick, Smashing Pumpkins-esque guitars, while the latter ventures into unexplored new wave territory with blipping synths and guest vocals from A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s Jen Goma. The band stops by the Earl as part of its North American tour playing songs from The Echo of Pleasure, out this September.