I remember pulling the 15-minute self-titled EP out of the stack of promos in 2007 that landed Brooklyn’s the Pains, then a trio, their Band To Watch that summer, and thinking how well chosen and rendered their influences were. Last week I spoke with Matt Pinfield for his new series 120 Seconds (a new companion [...]

“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 Inch Nails, My Bloody Valentine, U2, and PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, though Flood also worked with 30 Seconds To Mars, so d...

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 appear on a 7″ with this track, “The One,” as its B-Side.(Via Drowned In Soun...

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 Sunsets and the wonderful SF noise-pop group Weekend. Graeme Flegenheimer delivers these shots, which you can ...

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 Magazine, Dossier, Numero, and The Fader, is also a DJ, a part-time bartender, and is known to wear a highly-prized and often-photograhed [...]