The Pains of Being Pure At Heart Archives

Tracing the roots of a genre with a peculiar name and an immaculate sound

Hear the band’s cover of “Running Down a Dream.”

Turntable Kitchen is a new vinyl subscription service that aims to be the first to…

Hear the band’s cover of James’ “Laid.”

New albums by Swans, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Agalloch out today.

Kip Berman & Co. go for a dreamier indie pop sound on their more streamlined and direct third album.

Listen to Days of Abandon via an epic lyric video.

A dinner party in GIF mode.

First single from Days of Abandon now available to stream.

Days of Abandon due in April.

Our 50 favorite long players in a year of musical riches.

Zola Jesus, M83, and Jay-Z and Kanye West head up our latest singles roundup.

The best records of the year’s first half, summarized in one sentence each!

Sixteen more jams to kick off the summer.

Cherub rock.

Twee as fuck.

Five more brief releases to usher in the new season.

Keeping it short and sweet for the Springtime.