AOL Music — Surge Desk rounded up some excerpts from interviews with Pearl Harbor survivors who escaped the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941. more info

AOL Music — In remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Surge Desk offers five key facts about the event. more info

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Guardian Music — Fifty-eight years ago, I read James Jones's lengthy novel during my first six weeks of basic training as a national service infantryman. I was still in the army in 1954 when Fred Zinnemann's expertly wrought movie condensed its 860 pages to two hours... more info

The Mirror — For a man best known as the star of Good Will Hunting and Pearl Harbor, Ben Affleck took everyone by surprise in 2007 by directing the superb Gone Baby Gone. more info

Guardian Music — Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Frank Sinatra return in the powerful 1953 Oscar-winner with its iconic beach kiss. By Peter BradshawMost of the power, fervency and soapy compulsion survives in this new restoration of Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Oscar-winn... more info

Stereogum — It sorta makes sense the Best Coast-beloved No Joy fall between Nachtmystium and Pearl Harbor on Mexican Summer’s artists page. The Montreal/L.A. duo of Laura Lloyd and Jasamine White-Gluz mention “doom” (along with “psychedelic” and “sho... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Rising dream-pop duo Pearl Harbor are now calling themselves Puro Instinct. They've got a Bandcamp page up and running, complete with the pair's self-titled debut EP under the new name for sale (it'll also be released as a 12" in July via Gloriette).... more info

Guardian Music — My friend Stella Nova, who has died of cancer, aged 50, was one of punk rock's most underrated guitarists. He played with the Rich Kids, Public Image Ltd, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Johnny Thunders. He was born Steve New, but by the time I met him, on... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #07-10 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #07-12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #07-13 Seattle, WA - Neumo's #07-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore #07-16 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge #07-17 Denver, CO - Bluebird #07-19... more info