The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

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July 14, 2012 | 10:00 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Echo Orbiter w/ Break it Up and Trouble Everyday, El-P w/ Killer Mike and Asher Roth, Roger Waters, Hop Along, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Saturdays are for raging, and there are some rockin’ shows happening this evening that you would be wise to attend. But there are so many to choose from! Here’s our list of some awesome ragers:

Echo Orbiter play with Break it Up and Trouble Everyday (reunited!) at Kung Fu Necktie. Bands in the Backyard recently did a short backyard session with Echo Orbiter, which you can view below, and Trouble Everyday was featured in this week’s Key Studio Session. Tickets to this 21+ show are $8, doors at 8 PM.

Over at the Troc, El-P plays with special guests, Killer Mike and college boy, Asher Roth. This show is all ages and starts at 9 PM, tickets are 20 smackeroos.

Roger Waters “The Wall” tour makes a stop at Citizens Bank Park tonight. You can purchase tickets to the show here, show starts at 8:45 PM.

Hop Along recently had their CD release show for Get Disowned at First Unitarian Church; they play tonight at Johnny Brenda’s with Secret Mountains and DRGN KING. Tickets to this 21+ show are $10.

The Saturday free concert series at Morgan’s Pier continues this evening with a performance from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. This 21+ show is free and starts at 5 PM.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Asher Roth, Bands In The Backyard, Break It Up, Citizens Bank Park, DRGN King, Echo Orbiter, El-P, Hop Along, Johnny Brenda's, Killer Mike, Kung Fu Necktie, Morgan's Pier, R5 Productions, Roger Waters, Secret Mountains, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Trocadero, Trouble Everyday
June 19, 2012 | 4:10 PM | By

Free Music Saturdays at Morgan’s Pier and R5; upcoming shows include Free Energy, Hoots & Hellmouth, Jukebox The Ghost and more


The folks at Morgan’s Pier and R5 have a free summer concert series every Saturday through the end of August with some great bands. Morgan’s Pier is also having some special guest DJ’s coming up including Questlove, Tim Sweeney, Juan Maclean and more, so check out the schedule for those as well here. Upcoming Saturday shows include:

Saturday, June 23rd – Free Energy and Grandchidren
Saturday, June 30th – Algernon Cadwallader
Saturday, July 7th – Hoots & Hellmouth
Saturday, July 14th – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Saturday, July 21st – Fang Island
Saturday, July 28th – Pissed Jeans and A Place To Bury Strangers
Saturday, August 4th – Jukebox The Ghost
Saturday, August 11th – TBA
Saturday, August 18th – Mishchief Brew
Saturday, August 25th – TBA

Go here for show times and more information.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, Fang Island, Free Energy, Grandchildren, Hoots And Hellmouth, Jukebox The Ghost, Morgan's Pier, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
September 26, 2011 | 4:00 PM | By

Photo Recap: Popped! Music Festival featuring The Shins, Cage The Elephant, Panda Bear, Pretty Lights, Girl Talk, + more

All photos courtesy of Kevin Kennedy over at The Swollen Fox. From The Swollen Fox’s review of Popped! Music Festival, Day One:

Even before a single band had hit the stage, this year’s Popped! Music Festival was not off to a good start. Just a few days before the festival, organizers had to make the gut-wrenching decision to move the festival indoors due to the forecasted weather. No one can blame them for the move; they can’t control the weather and it’s certainly not their fault FDR Park wouldn’t be able to survive both the rain and thousands of people pounding its grounds. Nevertheless, no one seemed to be all that happy about the unfortunate move.

For the full review of the entire festival (including a ton of additional photos of each performing act), as well as a comprehensive calendar of upcoming shows in Philadelphia, visit The Swollen Fox. (Thanks to Kevin for sharing his photos with us.)

FILED UNDER: Concert Photos + Videos, Events, Aun Airway, Cults, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Dead Confederate, Girl Talk, Kreayshawn, Miniature Tigers, Panda Bear, Popped! Music Festival, Pretty Lights, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Shins, The Swollen Fox, Titus Andronicus
July 27, 2011 | 12:07 PM | By

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Release New Track

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are playing Popped! September 23rd, but in the meantime you can listen to this unreleased track, “Tomorrow Dies Today” (via Drowned In Sound). The Pains’ latest album, Belong, came out earlier this month.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Tomorrow Dies Today by PIAS Entertainment

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, Popped! Music Festival, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
March 31, 2011 | 12:56 PM | By

New video from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (performing tonight at First Unitarian Church)

If you’ve ever had the misfortune of stepping inside a Guitar Center, you probably understand where the band is coming from:

In the video, we play a rag-tag group of employees who work at a fictional store called Guitar Galaxy whose only real joy in life is to get to work early and “jam” before our bully of a manager comes into work. I always wanted to make a music video that took place in a Guitar Center or a Sam Ash, just based on my experiences I had there when I was younger.  When it was time to get my first guitar and amp, I felt really intimidated by the dude trying to help me, who took every possible opportunity he could to point out that I couldn’t really play and didn’t deserve to own any of the guitars in the store.   My own version of retribution is making a music video about a group of kids in a band who take over a music store and end up performing gloriously on all the instruments lying around the store.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart perform with Twin Shadow and Creepoid at 8 p.m. at First Unitarian Church; tickets to the all-ages show are $13.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, First Unitarian Church, R5 Productions, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart