Last night, during the Webby Awards, a nattily dressed Passion Pit came out (after a Patton Oswalt introduction) to perform their new single "Take A Walk." Michael Angelakos's hair, you'll notice, no…   Read Story »

Via Pearl Jam's press release, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit, Dirty Projectors will play Jay-Z's Made In America fest which was announced last week. From the release: We are pleased to announce that…   Read Story »

The joyous, crazy-popular synth-rockers Passion Pit are gearing up to release their sophomore album Gossamer this summer. This morning, first single "Take A Walk" hits the internet, and it's a big,…   Read Story »

In a press release earlier today, Passion Pit announced that a new album will be out in July on Columbia. It's called Gossamer and the Manners follow-up will be 12 tracks long. They've also got some…   Read Story »

Ramshackle indie rock duo Secret Music builds their frenetic pop around simple, catchy synth or guitar lines, and that's the basis of their single, "T.O.Y.S." The video, directed by TV Carnage, piles…   Read Story »

For the Passion Pit faithful, and given the blown-out audio quality perhaps only for said faithful, here are live clips of two songs that will presumably appear on the band's Manners followup:…   Read Story »

We're on the other side of CMJ now, which you could probably tell by the uptick in the music news cycle, or by some bloggers' (could be any bloggers, no way to know who I am talking about) bleary…   Read Story »

How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to…   Read Story »

New York just became the 6th largest state to approve same-sex marriage. Yes! The Senate bill passed 33-to-29, Governor Cuomo signed the measure shortly after, and the law goes into effect in 30…   Read Story »

Passion Pit have transformed Hot Sauce Committee Pt, 2's lead single "Make Some Noise" into a particularly sunny summertime song, one that suits the album's colorful cover art better than the…   Read Story »