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  The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Cover Magnetic Fields' 'Jeremy'

  October 5, 2012 – New York twee-gazers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart have a new 7-inch out at the end of the month featuring covers of "two of their favorite bands ever," according to this morning's announcement. The October 29 olive green platter (downloadable next Tuesday) is led off by a jangle-pop rendition of the Magnetic Fields' "Jeremy," which is streaming below. The B-side features "My Life is Wrong" by O.G. …
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  The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, 'Belong' (Slumberland)

  March 29, 2011 – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart often resemble the 120 Minutes generation's most earnestly obsessive latchkey kids, poring over the Clinton-era's finest gilded guitar fuzz and downer pop and reconfiguring it all into the swooniest band Dave Kendall never got to introduce. Their self-titled full-length was like the Jesus and Mary Chain if they got stoned in a basement and just wanted to cuddle, with sharper hooks than most of the lo-fi …
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  New Albums from Britney, PB&J, Snoop and 8 More

  March 29, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: Britney Spears, Femme FataleAn army of studio pros keeps Brit's myth pumpin'.Read Review Peter Bjorn and John, Gimme SomeCrunchy and Creamy: Don't care about "Young Folks"? …
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  Pains of Being Pure at Heart Rock 'Late Show'

  March 23, 2011 – On their terrific second album, Belong, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart stepped up their shoegaze-y, twee-pop game by hiring top producers Flood and Alan Moulder. But when the Brooklyn rockers hit Letterman last night to perform standout cut "Heart in Your Heartbreak," the Pains went back to their lo-fi ways, delivering four-and-a-half minutes of 120 Minutes-era alt-rock awesomeness. …
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  Best Photos from SXSW: Day 4

  March 20, 2011 –  …
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  The 27 Winter Albums That Matter Most

  November 29, 2010 –  …
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  EXCLUSIVE: New Pains of Being Pure at Heart Video

  May 12, 2010 – Their music is fun and fuzzy -- so why shouldn't Pains of Being Pure at Heart have a video filled with plushies? …
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  Breaking Out: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

  May 22, 2009 – Like lots of nice boys who dig the Ramones and loud noise but not rebellion, Kip Berman once pretended he was someone else. "When I was in high school," recalls the Pains of Being Pure at Heart singer-guitarist, "I used to hang out in the smoking section at the all-night Denny's with the punk kids and talk about anarchy." No one was fooled, least of all himself. …
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  Get 5 MP3s of SPIN-Approved SXSW Bands for Two Bucks!

  February 27, 2009 – The South by Southwest Music Conference is set for March 18-22 in Austin, TX -- and online music store Lala has asked SPIN.com to point out a few of the bands on our radar for this year's fest!Check out our selections below, and click here to download a 5-track sampler of tracks from our top picks -- for only $2! The Pains of Being Pure at HeartHometown: New York, NYWhy we picked them: Winsome indie-pop that's impossible to deny, wrapp …
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