So far we've received Under The Influence playlists from Wild Beasts and three very different metal bands. This time we asked Pains Of Being Pure At Heart to discuss sounds that influenced their most…   Read Story »

The Pains must have had a good, if trippy, time casting their younger selves in this flashback/coming-of-age clip for their wistful/sweet indie-pop track "The Body." Also hey yo Kip Berman in his…   Read Story »

If you're at Coachella you aren't on here. But this isn't a bad year to be here, all told: YouTube's live stream features some nice on-the-fly editing and at least a couple of bands worth watching…   Read Story »

I remember hearing the 15-minute debut self-titled EP that landed Brooklyn's the Pains, then a trio, their Band To Watch in 2007, and being struck with how well chosen and rendered their influences…   Read Story »

The Pains have graduated from their appreciation of sweet '90s-Slumberland-era indie pop with Belong, enlisting producer Flood (Smashing Pumpkins) and mixer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine) for…   Read Story »

"Belong" is the title track from the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's forthcoming Flood produced/Alan Moulder mixed second album. Those guys previously brought you records by Smashing Pumpkins, Nine…   Read Story »

When Cole spoke with the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, he posted "Heart In Your Heartbreak," the first taste of the band's forthcoming Belong. Before the album's released in March, the song will also…   Read Story »

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, who describe themselves as "pop" and whose favorite sexual position is "any," played the Echoplex in Los Angeles last night. Support came from Sonny & The…   Read Story »

A poet, essayist, critic, and native Oklahoman, T. Cole Rachel lives in Brooklyn in an apartment filled with ceramic cats. He is a frequent contributor to Interview, V, OUT, The New York Times…   Read Story »

Brooklyn's the Hairs remind me of something you'd find on a Blue Tongue cassette in the mid '90s. Or, to update the reference -- Knight School-er Kevin Alvir's brief home-recorded pop songs sound…   Read Story »