The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart share new song "Hell" (listen)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart recently shared the James cover off their upcoming Hell EP, and now they’ve revealed its title track, the only original song on the…
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart announce 'Hell' EP, including a cover of James' "Laid" (listen)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart announced that they’ll release a new EP called Hell on November 13 via their own Painbow label. The EP features the new original song “Hell” plus covers of Felt’s “Ballad of The Band” and James’ “Laid” (which, for better or for worse, you may also know as the song Matt Nathanson covered for several American Pie movi…
Surfer Blood, Cults, Julianna Barwick, Marnie Stern, Kip Berman & more playing benefit for Surfer Blood's Thomas Fekete (who's fighting cancer)
A few months back I had a major surgery to remove a large tumor from my abdomen. I was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive cancer (a sarcoma), which unfortunately has moved…
Literature release new video, made a mixtape of their "Essential Songs from 2014"
Literature @ CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Philadelphia’s Literature just released the video for “New Jacket” which is off this year’s Chorus, their first album for Slumberland…
The New Pornographers played Hammerstein with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (pics, setlist)
“Would it be cool if @TheNewPornos play for too long tonight in NYC? I’m thinking we should really wear out our welcome.” – AC Newman
New Pornographers / TPOBPAH @ Hammerstein Ballroom 11/17/2014
Carl Newman wasn’t kidding about a lengthy set…
two days after DBA closes, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play Glasslands
TPOBPAH @ Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Amanda Hatfield)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are currently on tour with The New Pornographers, and both bands hit NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on November 17 (tickets)…
The New Pornographers announce 'Brill Bruisers' and fall tour w/ Pains of Being Pure at Heart (dates, song stream)
“Finally I can tweet freely about our LP, ‘Brill Bruisers’. Let me save you some blog-reading: It’s our best one yet.” – @ACNewman
The New Pornographers will release their sixth album, Brill Bruisers, via Matador on August 26…
NYC Popfest 2014 Thursday preview / streams (Dressy Bessy, The Besties, Martha, and Franny & Zooey)
It’s time for NYC Popfest, the annual four-day celebration of all things jangly, often cute, usually well-dressed and, ocasionally, twee…
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Fear of Men & Ablebody played Bowery Ballroom (pics)
“thank you @thepainsofbeing for a wonderful night of tunes and for covering my favorite Katy Perry song” – Sad Girls Guide
“The @thepainsofbeing show was awesome till they covered katy perry…
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Fear of Men & Ablebody played the Empty Bottle (pics, setlist, video)
Kip Berman‘s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart brought their North American tour with Fear of Men and Ablebody through Chicago for a packed show at the Empty Bottle on Monday night (4/28)…
