Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore head on over to the G Spot to check out Phosphorescent, Noble Lake, and Virgin Forest. If your further south the Rock and Roll Hotel has Subtle, Zach Hill, and Pattern Is Movement while the Black Cat has French Kicks and Bear Ha... more info

Pop Matters — French Kicks have taken on four cover tunes that spring from seemingly disparate sources. more info

Paste Magazine — As one of the first bands to join the garage rock revival of the late nineties, French Kicks have made a name for themselves through their low-fi alternative pop and lush harmonizing vocals. With 2008's Swimming, the group softened their dynamic ap... more info

5 Acts — Ruby - Salt Water FishThe Faint - Fish In A WombJonathan Visger - Fish EyesFrench Kicks - With The FishesLuna - Swedish Fish more info

The Music Slut — Deets are as follows:Friday, October 17th @ Brooklyn's Bell HouseDJ Sets: French Kicks & Cassettes Won't ListenPerformers: Takka Takka, Dirty On PurposeFurther info can be found here.Visit DOP on MySpace.MP3: Dirty On Purpose - Live On WOXY more info

Pitchfork — As summer festival season gives way to political benefit season, we've got the scoop on three more musical fundraisers for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. They're going down in Kentucky, Ohio, and New York on October 16 and 17.The first sees M... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, AlbumSpinner.com: Be it serious or ironic, everyone loves a good cover song (emphasis on good). NYC's indie darlings the French Kicks are no exception. To that end, the band released an EP this week comprised entirely of covers, t... more info

The Music Slut — This afternoon's visit included:AtlantaCarried AwayQuestioninglyLove In The RuinsThe band's new EP is out tomorrow.Listen to WOXY here.MP3: French Kicks - Live On WOXY more info

My Old Kentucky — Passion Pit's debut, the Chunk of Change EP, is being released today by Frenchkiss Records, but you should listen to all of it's electro-pop goodness here first and then go buy it.The band is the brainchild of Michael Angelakos and fans of MGMT and a... more info

Stereogum — French Kicks released Swimming, fronted by the dreamy ("post-punk for cocktail hour," we called it) "Abandon" and some coffee-fresh cover art, back in May. The New York quartet are heading on tour to support said collection, but are also offering up... more info