Pains will pour their heart out at Webster Hall (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Webster Hall
125 East Eleventh St. between Third & Fourth Aves.
Saturday, October 3, $16, 6:00
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are nice. No one — and certainly not a creative band that emits an edgy mix of indie rock, energetic pop, and experimental ambient music — wants to be called nice, but that’s sort of what they are. The local group plays pleasant music that subtly gets into your head. We caught them this past summer at the South Street Seaport, putting on a pure pop performance that was wholly satisfying if not quite ass-kicking. Songs such as the much-hyped “Young Adult Friction” and the slower “Stay Alive” kept the audience mesmerized with upbeat guitars and soft yet powerful vocals, shared by guitarist Kip Berman and keyboardist Peggy Wang-East, who seemed a little too excited about playing in the shadows of a large pizza chain. Following their U.S. tour, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart are back in New York on October 3 at Webster Hall with buzz band Cymbals Eat Guitars and the Depreciation Guild.