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Guest Lists: Guest List: Best of 2011
Pitchfork; December 21, 2011
Artists submit their 2011 Best Ofs-- from albums and songs lists to Favorite Chinatowns and Things Not to Do on Tour.
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Staff Lists: The Top Music Videos of 2011
Pitchfork; December 7, 2011
From Kreayshawn's Minnie Mouse headband to Mastodon's psychotic puppets to Tyler, the Creator's appetite for insects, here are our favorite videos of the year.
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Articles: Coachella 2011
Ian Cohen and Stuart Berman; April 19, 2011
Our coverage of this year's fest concludes with photos and reviews of sets by Kanye West, Arcade Fire, the Strokes, and more.
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Staff Lists: Gift Guide 2010
Pitchfork; November 22, 2010
Music-related gift ideas of every stripe for the holiday season.
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Articles: Photos: #Offline NYC 2010
Pitchfork; October 25, 2010
Photos from Pitchfork's inaugural #Offline Festival, with Kanye West, GZA, Titus Andronicus, Surfer Blood, Times New Viking, Marnie Stern, Small Black, and more.
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Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009
Pitchfork Staff; December 17, 2009
We closed out 2009 with our annual review of the year's 50 best albums.
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Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009
Pitchfork Staff; December 14, 2009
Our favorite songs of the year.
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Guest Lists: Guest List: Best of 2009
Tyler Grisham; December 11, 2009
From Animal Collective to Dirty Projectors, Phoenix to Grizzly Bear, here's what was blaring out of tour bus stereos in 2009.
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Guest Lists: Guest List: 2000s Edition
Pitchfork; September 8, 2009
Some of our favorite artists share their choices for outstanding albums, songs, concerts, and random other list-able items from the past 10 years.
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Articles: Pitchfork Music Festival 2009: Friday and Saturday
Pitchfork Staff; July 21, 2009
We kick off our festival recap with photos and interviews of Built to Spill, the National, the Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo, and more.
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Guest Lists: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart; February 26, 2009
We hear about their tour of Sweden, the lowdown on a Moldy Peaches-linked claim to fame, and more.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Share GIF-Inspired "Simple and Sure" Video, Push Back Album Release
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have shared a new video for "Simple and Sure", from the upcoming Days of Abandon, out May 13 ...
March 25, 2014 at 11:37 a.m.
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Listen: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Simple and Sure"
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will follow up 2011's excellent Belong with Days of Abandon, out April 22 ...
February 27, 2014 at 09:00 a.m.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Announce New Album Days of Abandon, Tour
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have announced their third LP, the followup to 2011's excellent Belong. They'll release a new album ...
February 25, 2014 at 09:00 a.m.
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Video: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Belong"
Brooklyn noise-pop band the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's last record was 2011's widescreen, Flood- and Moulder-produced Belong. Today, frontman Kip Berman ...
December 2, 2013 at 01:59 p.m.
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Listen: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Cover the Magnetic Fields' "Jeremy" on New Single
On October 9, Slumberland will release a new single from the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, "Jeremy" b/w "My Life Is Wrong". As ...
September 7, 2012 at 11:21 a.m.
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Listen: Washed Out, Saint Etienne, Twin Shadow, Violens Remix the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will celebrate Record Store Day by releasing the Acid Reflex remix EP. The record collects versions of tracks ...
February 27, 2012 at 04:03 p.m.
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Listen: Twin Shadow Remixes the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's "Heart in Your Heartbreak"
Twin Shadow photo by Sanchez & Kitahara
New York indie-poppers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Twin Shadow toured together earlier this year, and ...
August 4, 2011 at 04:40 p.m.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Stay Touring
Photo by Pavla Kopecna
Sensitive indie-pop thugs the Pains of Being Pure at Heart have been touring the shit out of their BNM'd sophomore ...
July 7, 2011 at 02:30 p.m.
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Video: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "The Body"
In the new video for "The Body", a song from the BNM'd Pains of Being Pure at Heart album Belong, the band's members ...
July 5, 2011 at 11:35 a.m.
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Listen: the Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Tomorrow Dies Today"
Indie-pop heavy-hitters the Pains of Being Pure at Heart just took to their Twitter to point to a fan-created Tumblr, the amusingly titled Fuck Yeah ...
June 13, 2011 at 01:50 p.m.
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Photos: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Twin Shadow Live in New York City on Friday Night
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart played New York's Webster Hall this weekend with Twin Shadow and Big Troubles, and our photographer Alexander ...
May 9, 2011 at 11:50 a.m.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Hit Daytrotter
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart played four tracks-- including a couple highlights from their BNM'd new album Belong-- in their brand new ...
April 15, 2011 at 12:20 p.m.
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Director's Cut: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Director's Cut is a Pitchfork News feature in which we chat with music video directors about their creations. The men and women behind the ...
April 8, 2011 at 12:40 p.m.
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Watch the New Pains of Being Pure at Heart Video
Photo by Pavla Kopecna
Have you ever been in a Guitar Center, looked around at all the guitars and strobe lights and fancy equipment, and ...
March 29, 2011 at 11:35 a.m.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Do "Letterman"
Brooklyn indie-pop outfit the Pains of Being Pure at Heart stopped by the "Late Show With David Letterman" last night to perform last year's ...
March 23, 2011 at 09:50 a.m.
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Stream the New Pains of Being Pure at Heart LP
UPDATE: In addition to all the usual formats, Belong will also be available as a button-- like the kind you stick on your cardigan. The ...
March 10, 2011 at 05:20 p.m.
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Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Twin Shadow Tour
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart photo by Pavla Kopecna; Twin Shadow photo by Sanchez & Kitahara
It's a match made in indie heaven ...
January 6, 2011 at 10:05 a.m.
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Echo Chamber: Fleet Foxes Give Career Advice to the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
"Tell them you'll anonymously record a sound-a-like, since they'll probably hire someone to do one anyways. @___@ [...] All the cash, no cred loss ...
December 15, 2010 at 04:30 p.m.
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Echo Chamber: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Photo by Will Deitz
"We just turned down a lot of $$,$$$ because we don't want to be in TV ads. Not self righteous, just ...
December 14, 2010 at 03:00 p.m.
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New Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "The One"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "The One":
On December 14, Slumberland will release "Heart in Your Heartbreak", the new 7" single from indie-pop ...
December 1, 2010 at 01:45 p.m.
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Listen: New Pains of Being Pure at Heart Single
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Heart in Your Heartbreak":
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On December 14, Slumberland will release "Heart in Your Heartbreak ...
November 3, 2010 at 12:40 p.m.
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Photos: #Offline NYC [Saturday]
Photos by Erez Avissar and Alexander Stein; Above: Kanye West by Alexander Stein
Pitchfork's #Offline Festival ended on a high note when Kanye West ...
October 25, 2010 at 09:40 a.m.
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Video: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Say No to Love" (Mall Punks Edit)
Photo by Pavla Kopecna
Hey, remember back in June, when the Pains of Being Pure at Heart put out a video for recent single "Say ...
October 22, 2010 at 04:25 p.m.
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CMJ 2010: Thursday Night Report [The Blow, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, PS I Love You]
Photos by Will Deitz; Above: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The 2010 CMJ Music Marathon, which takes over venues throughout New York City ...
October 22, 2010 at 09:55 a.m.
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Video: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Say No To Love"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have a new single, "Say No To Love" / "Lost Saint", out on Slumberland, and now they've got ...
June 17, 2010 at 02:15 p.m.
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Surfer Blood, Pains of Being Pure at Heart Cover 90s Alt-Rockers Lit
Surfer Blood photo by Will Deitz
On Friday, June 11, Surfer Blood and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart played Orlando's Club at ...
June 14, 2010 at 03:10 p.m.
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New The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Lost Saint"
"Say No to Love" b/w "Lost Saint", the new 7" single from the always-charming Brooklyn indie pop quartet the Pains of Being Pure at ...
May 13, 2010 at 12:35 p.m.
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Video: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Higher Than the Stars"
They may have a new single out next month, but indie-poppers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's new video is for a song ...
May 12, 2010 at 03:35 p.m.
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Hear the New Pains of Being Pure at Heart Single "Say No to Love"
Front page photo by Annie Powers
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On June 8, Slumberland will release "Say No to Love" b/w "Lost Saint", the ...
May 6, 2010 at 08:00 a.m.
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Surfer Blood and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart Tour Together
This spring, the indie classes of 2009 and 2010 join forces. During the early winter months of those years, both the Pains of Being Pure ...
April 7, 2010 at 11:35 a.m.
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Premiere: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Higher Than the Stars"
Home page photo by Annie Powers, headline photo by Pavla Kopecna
After releasing one of the finest albums of the year and quickly turning into ...
August 14, 2009 at 08:00 a.m.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart to Release New EP and Single
Onstage at the Pitchfork Music Festival last weekend, New York indie pop rookies the Pains of Being Pure at Heart looked and sounded way tighter ...
July 23, 2009 at 03:30 p.m.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Announce Tour With Cymbals Eat Guitars
Photo by Pavla KopecnaIt'll be a veritable mini Best New Music fest when Brooklyn fuzz pop band the Pains of Being Pure at ...June 16, 2009 at 02:45 p.m.
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SXSW Thu: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Matt and Kim, Suckers, Primal Scream, Eugene Francis Jnr and the Juniors
Photos by Ryan Dombal; Above: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Tom Breihan's SXSW Report: Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat
Ryan Dombal's SXSW ...March 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
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The 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival Starting Lineup!
Last week, we announced that the fourth annual Pitchfork Music Festival would jump off at Chicago's lovely Union Park July 17-19. If the mere ...
March 6, 2009 at 06:15 p.m.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Plot Tour
Last month, we dropped a BNM bomb on the self-titled debut from warm and fuzzy Brooklyn twee-poppers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
And ...
March 5, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.
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News in Brief: Dark Was the Night, 50 Cent/Rick Ross, Quasimoto, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, A Place to Bury Strangers
-- The forthcoming Red Hot benefit compilation Dark Was the Night (out on 4AD February 17 in the U.S. and February 16 in the UK ...
February 4, 2009 at 03:40 p.m.