Passion Pit covered The Cranberries’ “Dreams” last week in concert. Oh yeah. Hearing this song for the first time in seemingly ten or fifteen years makes me wanna put on my combat boots, dye my hair Kool-aid red, and pine away for Jordan Catalano. Check it out below or hop on over to The Music … Read more
Passion Pit has debuted its new video for “Little Secrets” directed by Timothy Saccenti. The Cambridge, Massachusetts electro-pop outfit also recently remixed the Shout Out Louds‘ track, “Fall Hard” that is now sufficiently “blissed out.” Stream/download below. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (Passion Pit Summertime Remix) And incase you missed it the first time … Read more
I saw Stars in concert several years ago in a cramped basement venue that reeked of B.O. It was a weird show; the ethereal quality of the band’s indie pop battled against the dark underground, the small space, the unpleasant smell. But when it played its breakthrough hit “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead” (huge at the time, … Read more
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the first single from Philly rapper, producer, and mixtape master Gilbere Forte’s upcoming LP, 87 Dreams. It’s entitled “1st Floor,” and it samples one of the best tracks from one of the best albums of the year by SIC faves Freelance Whales. Add the fact it’s produced by … Read more
ALL PHOTOS BY LOUIS KWOK Passion Pit returned to The Pageant in St. Louis on Monday evening; Atlas Genius opened the show. Please enjoy these photos by Louis Kwok. ATLAS GENIUS
Passion Pit will perform at The Pageant in St. Louis on Monday, October 19th! We have TWO PAIRS of tickets to give away to the show. Before we get to how to enter to win tickets, let’s have a listen to “Lifted Up (1985)” from Kindred. Here’s how to enter to win a pair of … Read more
Inertia is real godammit. And sometimes, a teeny-tiny push forward can cause a sedentary stone to shed that layer of moss and become one of those mossless, rolling-stones we hear so much about. But sometimes, teeny-tiny pushes aren’t an option, like in the music world, where pretty much everyone you know has a friend, enemy, … Read more
Dear friend, as you know Your flowers are withering Your mother’s gone insane Your leaves have drifted away But the clouds are clearing up And I’ve come reveling Burning incandescently Like a bastard on the burning sea I first heard “Sleepyhead” in the beginning of a budding romance, and maybe that’s why I fell in … Read more
Dirty Projectors album art courtesy of Domino While much of the country is in a drought, we are not want for new music during the summer months. Your grass might be brown, and your air conditioner might be bending under the burden of 100 degree weather, but your new album release cup runneth over. Don’t … Read more
Photo by Erin Brown It’s quite easy to label William Fitzsimmons as a sad bastard. In fact, the singer-songwriter who now lives in Jacksonville, Illinois, might even agree with you. He sings in a hushed voice, and his songs are often based on broken relationships and broken hearts. Plus, that beard he sports just makes … Read more
Imagine our unbridled joy when we heard that three of our favorite groups, Dom, Cults, and Passion Pit (well, just synth master Ayad Al Adhamy) got together and made a song – a great song – and decided to give it away for $FREE.99. Zero dolla dolla billz, y’all. Click HERE to grab the Aislyn … Read more
Ruby Coast consists of three small town friends, Justice McLellan, Keith Bradford, and Corey Marshall, who are just a few Ontario residents who got together in 2006 to make music. The band’s sold out debut EP, Projectable Collections, was produced by Dave Monks of Tokyo Police Club, who fittingly took them throughout North America performing with … Read more