Long ago BTW and all-around hardworkers Pains Of Being Pure At Heart recently capped a few big months (and a zillion SXSW appearances) with their network television debut on Last Call With Carson…   Read Story »

By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy On Friday we shook off the early-morning cobwebs and made a beeline to the Pitchfork/Windish Bash in time to catch the last couple tracks by psychedelic post-Vanishing…   Read Story »

Over the summer of '07, the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart landed themselves a BTW stamp on the back of just a 15-minute debut EP; forward a year-and-a-half and the band's being tapped by the likes of…   Read Story »

In February, New York BTW the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are releasing their self-titled full-length collection of jangly, noisy indie pop on the most fitting of labels, Slumberland. We recently…   Read Story »

Onetime BTW the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are about to release their self-titled full-length debut on Slumberland. It's the perfect place for their jangly, noisy late '80s/early '90s-style indie…   Read Story »

We can't catch all the hot CMJ show shows on our own, so Stereogum asked Abbey Braden to send in pics and video of notable sets from days one and two. According to this post title, her itinerary…   Read Story »

Local event guide L combines two of our favorite things to blog about (NYC bands and lists) in a feature for the current issue. The publication's criteria? "Bands that have written a bunch of songs…   Read Story »

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's dreamy self-titled debut EP contains less than 15 minutes of music -- more than enough to steal our pure hearts. (Admittedly, they had us from the go by titling the…   Read Story »