Ice Choir is the alias of the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's Kurt Feldman, and through that guise he makes songs that can best be described as a love letter to the gloriously cheesy, lite FM fare of…   Read Story »

Earlier this year, we heard the lead single "ICBYS" from Band To Watch alums Zambri, a glowing slab of goth-y synth pop. Now, the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's Kurt Feldman (under the moniker Ice…   Read Story »

For Record Store Day, the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart will put out a four-track remix EP called Acid Reflex, from which we've already heard reinterpretations from the likes of Violens. A few of the…   Read Story »

A solid double bill of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Twin Sister made their way to California by stopping at the Detroit Bar. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart used their twin guitar assault to…   Read Story »

Local art rock crew Violens injects its sensibility into The Pains Of Being Pure Of Heart's "The Body," pushing the already uptempo number further into a darker, dancier direction. Catch the…   Read Story »

Lollapalooza celebrated its twentieth anniversary in Chicago over the weekend with headline performances by Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Muse. It was the support acts, however, that really…   Read Story »

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 »