May 31, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

The Natvral, solo project of Kip Berman, has announced a new album, Summer of No Light, and shared its first single, “Lucifer’s Glory.” More

Mar 16, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Natvral (aka Kip Berman, former singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) has shared a video for his newest single “Sun Blisters.” The video, directed by Remy Holwick and David Usui, features dancers Gabrielle Sprauve and Chris Bloom alongside a 1960s TV-style performance by Berman. More

Mar 09, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Natvral (aka Kip Berman, former singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) has shared a new single titled “Sun Blisters.” It is taken from his upcoming debut solo album, Tethers, which will be out on April 2 via Kanine. More

Feb 23, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Natvral (aka Kip Berman, former singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) has shared a video for his new song “New Moon.” It is taken from his upcoming debut solo album, Tethers, which will be out on April 2 via Kanine. More

Feb 02, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Kip Berman, former singer/songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, has announced his debut solo album as The Natvral. Berman has shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Why Don’t You Come Out Anymore?” More

Jun 04, 2020 By Samantha Small

Although The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have recently broken up, they have teamed up with Hatchie to cover “Sometime Always,” The Jesus and Mary Chain’s collaboration with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval from 1994. More

Nov 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have broken up. Frontman Kip Berman announced the news in an Instagram post and Under the Radar has confirmed the news with the band’s publicist. More

Nov 02, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

It was shaping up to be a weak week for Songs of the Week, but then our #1 track emerged today and we dug a little deeper through the week’s songs and put together a compelling Top 10. It’s an eclectic mix of political songs, catchy mainstream pop, a strange sci-fi spoken word track, and some unapologetic guitar indie rock. More

Nov 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have covered Tom Petty‘s debut solo album, 1989’s Full Moon Fever, in its entirety for Turntable Kitchen’s Sounds Delicious vinyl subscription series, in which artists cover full albums by other artists. More

Sep 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We spent the week wondering if Hurricane Florence was going to hit us here at our headquarters in Southwest Virginia. Lucky for us, it seems to have angled further south, and while we may still get some heavy rains and winds in the coming days and week, it likely won’t be as devastating to Virginia as feared. More

Sep 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have teamed up with Berlin’s Laura Carbone for a new song, “The Flowers Beneath Our Feet.” The single is available via Duchess Box. Carbone supported The Pains of Being Pure at Heart in Europe earlier this year, which is how the collaboration came about. More

Sep 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released a new album, The Echo of Pleasure, at the start of the month (September 1) via the band’s own label, Painbow. Previously they shared Echo songs “Anymore,” “My Only,” and “When I Dance With You,” as well as a video for “When I Dance With You.” Now they have shared a video for “So True.” More

Sep 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar‘s Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters. More

Aug 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are releasing a new album, The Echo of Pleasure, on September 1 via the band’s own label, Painbow. Previously they shared Echo songs “Anymore” and “When I Dance With You,” as well as a video for “When I Dance With You.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “My Only.” More

Jul 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are releasing a new album, The Echo of Pleasure, on September 1 via the band’s own label, Painbow. Previously they shared Echo songs “Anymore” and “When I Dance With You.” Now “When I Dance With You” has a fun video in which the band are in black & white against colorful backgrounds. More

Jun 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are now releasing a new album, The Echo of Pleasure, on September 1 via the band’s own label, Painbow (it was originally announced as a July 14 release). Previously they shared its first single, “Anymore.” More

May 15, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have announced a new album, The Echo of Pleasure, and shared its first single, “Anymore.” The Echo of Pleasure is due out July 14 via the band’s own label, Painbow. More

Apr 04, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (the project of Kip Berman) have announced some summer tour dates. Frankie Rose will support some of the dates. More

Jan 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Is There Another Language? is a new charity compilation available now via Bandcamp curated by Ben TO Smith of Gezellig Records and Peter McCarville of Best Friend. More

Dec 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Death Cab for Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard is set to cover Teenage Fanclub‘s 1991 album Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque in its entirety. It will be released on limited edition vinyl (with a download card) as part of Turntable Kitchen’s Sounds Delicious vinyl subscription series. More

Dec 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart recently released a brand new EP, entitled Hell, via their own label Painbow. Now the band has shared a video for the EP’s title track, “Hell.” The simple black & white clip has a jerky stop and start feel and features the band performing the song in different outfits. More

Dec 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Last month A Sunny Day in Glasgow released a brand new double EP entitled Planning Weed Like It’s Acid / Life Is Loss via Mis Ojos Discos. Now the EP’s “Hey, You’re Mine” has been remixed by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, who just dropped their own new EP, Hell. More

Nov 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart just released a brand new EP, entitled Hell, via their own label Painbow. But that hasn’t stopped the band sharing a cover of Tori Amos’ “China,” which isn’t even featured on the EP and which frontman Kip Berman describes as a “simple home demo.” More

Nov 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete has been battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer. His health insurance has been covering more than six months of regular chemotherapy treatments, but does not cover an alternative treatment plan he’s also been undergoing. As Fekete is unable to work and tour he’s been relying on fan and friend donations to his GoFundMe page to help pay for treatments. More

Nov 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are releasing a brand new EP, entitled Hell, this Friday (November 13) via their own label Painbow. Hell has three tracks: the title track, a cover of “Laid” by James (which they shared last month), and a cover of Felt’s “Ballad of the Band.” Now the band has shared “Hell,” which was originally shared in demo form back in August. More

Oct 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have announced a brand new EP, entitled Hell, for release on November 13 via their own label Painbow. Hell has three tracks: the title track, a cover of “Laid” by James, and a cover of Felt’s “Ballad of the Band.” Below you can listen to their cover of “Laid,” which is fairly close to the original apart from the lead vocals being sung by a female (Jen Goma, also of A Sunny Day in Glasgow). More

Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have shared two unreleased demos. “Hell” and “A Light” were originally intended for last year’s Days of Abandon album. More

Oct 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The video for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart cut “Kelly,” features the band members being engulfed in kaleidoscopic points of light. More

Sep 26, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Kendrick Lamar, Andy Stott, Slow Club, Mark Lanegan Band, Baths, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Happyness, Marianne Faithfull, Puro Instinct, Alvvays, His Name Is Alive, Hudson Mohawke, Alexander Von Mehren, Andras Fox, and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. More

Sep 23, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

This week The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have released a deluxe edition of their third full-length album Days of Abandon. More

Sep 22, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing their excellent third LP Days of Abandon this year, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are all set to deliver a deluxe edition of the album this week. More

Sep 19, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by SBTRKT, Wild Beasts (remixed by Foals), Flying Lotus, Fear of Men covering Ty Segall, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Angel Olsen, Jessie Ware, Caribou, Peaking Lights, Zola Jesus, Sharon Van Etten (remixed by The Juan MacLean), Korallreven, The Twilight Sad, Allo Darlin’, Jungle, Cloud Nothings, Beat Connection, and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. More

Sep 18, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On Sept 22, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will release a deluxe version of their excellent third album, Days of Abandon. More

Aug 15, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On Wednesday, August 13, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart performed at Landmark in Bergen, Norway. More

Jul 15, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Take out a two-year print subscription to Under the Radar and receive a free CD in the mail. Current choices include recent albums by The War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Temples, Liars, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Charli XCX, Mac DeMarco, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene), Connan Mockasin, and more. More

May 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus and Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the June/July issue, which is on newsstands now. It features Future Islands on the cover as well as interviews with Slow Club, Lykke Li, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Horrors, Slowdive, The War on Drugs vs. Sharon Van Etten, First Aid Kit, James McAvoy, John Slattery, tUnE-yArDs, and more. More

May 14, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s third album Days of Abandon is out now. Among the sweet pop tracks, perhaps the most immediate is “Until the Sun Explodes,” an anthemic tune about the fizzy feelings of love. More

May 08, 2014 By Marie Noble

Last night Ablebody, Fear of Men, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart performed at The Troubadour in West Hollywood. More

May 07, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Next week The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will release their third pop opus, Days of Abandon. More

Apr 15, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently pushing the release of their upcoming third LP Days of Abandon from April 22 to May 13, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have premiered the latest piece of music off the effort, “Eurydice.” More

Mar 25, 2014 By Laura Studarus

“Simple and Sure” a single from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s forthcoming album Days of Abandon has gotten the video treatment. More

Mar 12, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar’s SXSW 2014 parties kick off today at the Flamingo Cantina (515 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701, on 6th Street and Red River). EMA headlines today’s party and the lineup also includes The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Future Islands, Connan Mockasin, Lost in the Trees, Casual Sex, and Saintseneca. More

Feb 28, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for our three SXSW 2014 day parties, taking place on Wednesday, March 12, Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14. Lineups include Charli XCX, EMA, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Future Islands, Connan Mockasin, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Mary Onettes, Small Black, Thumpers, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Arthur Beatrice, Gruff Rhys, Woman’s Hour, and many others. More

Feb 27, 2014 By Scott Dransfield

Indie rock quintet The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have shared the first single from their upcoming album, Days of Abandon. It’s a bright, summery tune that departs slightly from the crunchy ‘90s-indebted sound of 2011’s Belong. More

Feb 25, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have announced the release of their third full-length, Days of Abandon. More

Dec 03, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

In 2011 Brooklyn pop shoegazers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released their excellent sophomore LP Belong. More

Mar 10, 2012 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Just a reminder that the not-to-be-missed digital version of Under the Radar’s “Best of 2011” issue (available for Mac, PC, iPad, and Android via Zinio here) includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 100 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print edition. Included are extra photos of Beirut, Bon Iver, The Horrors, M83, Slow Club, Summer Camp, and tUnE-yArDs. The digital version features exclusive bonus interviews with Big Black Delta, Future Islands, Hooray for Earth, Lanterns on the Lake, Metronomy, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Real Estate, The War on Drugs, Wild Flag, and Zola Jesus. More

Feb 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have announced the release of Acid Reflex, a Record Store Day EP featuring remixed tracks from the group’s standout 2011 album Belong. More

Dec 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar‘s Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Aug 08, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Surfer Blood have announced their Tarot Classics EP, due October 25 via Kanine. More

Jul 07, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Already in the midst of a heavy summer tour schedule The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have mapped out a number of additional shows leading into the fall. More

Jun 28, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Pygmalion Music Festival, held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, will take place September 21-25. More

Jun 23, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Bluesy-punk duo The Kills have released a video for the second single from their most recent album Blood Pressures. More

Mar 30, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

With the release of their sophomore LP Belong hitting store shelves yesterday, Brooklyn pop shoegazers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have unveiled the video for the record’s first single, “Heart in Your Heartbreak.” More

Mar 23, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

For those of you who were too tired to make it through a number of opening monologues, celebrity chats, and your obligatory Top Ten List, yesterday featured a number of worthy performances on the late night circuit. More

Mar 11, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Brooklyn indie-pop upstarts The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have made their upcoming second LP, Belong available for everyone to stream in its entirety. More

Feb 03, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The next in a line of singles leading up to their new album (out March 29), today The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released title cut, “Belong.” We have the track. More

Jan 06, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are taking to the open road. Joining the poppers will be Twin Shadow—who produced our second favorite debut last year.We have the dates. More

Nov 03, 2010 By Laura Studarus

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart are in the studio working on the follow-up to last year’s self-titled debut. While the album is slated for a March 2011 release, the band has released a sample of their upcoming work, “Heart in Your Heartbreak.” More

Oct 18, 2010 By John Everhart

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are set to release the follow-up to their 2010 self-titled debut LP early next year, along with a single culled from the album in November. We have the details. More

Jul 24, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

Dreamy pop freshmen The Pains of Being Pure at Heart already have an amazing self-titled debut full-length under their belts in 2009, but they’re not likely to rest on their laurels. More

Jul 19, 2009 By Mark Redfern

The Pitchfork Music Festival continued yesterday in Chicago and we sent photographer Andrew Reed Weller down to capture the day two action. Check out his photos of Fucked Up, Beirut, Final Fantasy, Plants and Animals, Lindstrøm, Doom, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Yeasayer. More

Aug 05, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Kip Berman can speak at length about music history, eloquently mull over the idea of success, and articulately explain why the word “twee” has lost its power. But The Pains of Being Pure at Heart‘s frontman (and only constant member) admits that he also loves a good old-fashioned play on words. More

Aug 04, 2014 By Laura Studarus

“Life is complex—it’s complex for everyone,” The Pains of Being Pure at Heart frontman Kip Berman observes over a plate of breakfast tacos. “It isn’t just dark for people who are in bands. That’s something that bugs me, when bands say, ‘We just feel more because we’re artists!’ No, everyone feels the same amount of feelings. Just because you can pick up a guitar and write a song about it doesn’t make it any more valid than anyone else.” More

Dec 29, 2015 By Matthew Berlyant

Since forming in 2007, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have released three full-length albums along with a series of 7” singles and EPs. While the albums are all very good to excellent, they tend to try out ideas that would be otherwise out of place on their EPs and occasionally that leaves weaker material. More

May 12, 2014 By Austin Trunick

Brooklyn’s Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the pop vehicle for songwriter Kip Berman and a rotating circle of musician-friends, continues to shift and contort its sound three albums deep into its discography. More

Apr 16, 2011 By Raymond Flotat

Following numerous complaints of last year’s festival being far too crowded, this year Goldenvoice the organizers of Coachella 2011 made significant changes to address that concern. A wristband with a microchip is now necessary at all time during the festival, scanned at no fewer than two checkpoints on the way into the festival. Additionally, they also sold less tickets than last year. The result of both thus far (it might just be that many attendees couldn’t get Friday off from work) is a greatly improved experience. Even during headliner Kings of Leon there was plenty of room to maneuver and find a decent spot to watch the show. So in that respect, it’s already a great improvement on last year. This year’s music started off with an impressive array of talent, but had little in the way of jaw-dropping moments the festival has become famous for. More

Apr 13, 2011 By Kenny S. McGuane

We’ll spare you the lazy rock critic tendency to name drop and inventory all the influences at work on the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart record. It shouldn’t be that hard to work out on your own. More