Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Passion Pit's 'Manners' show, Michael McDonald/Chaka Khan, DMX, Haruomi Hosono, mewithoutYou/Cursive, La Dispute, Big Boi, Andrew Bird, The Prodigy, and more NYC-area shows on sale.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: mewithoutYou/Cursive/The Appleseed Cast, Haruomi Hosono, La Dispute, Mark Lanegan/Simon Bonney, Snail Mail, Deer Tick and more tickets on sale.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Just Like Heaven may be named after a Cure song, but the lineup looks like it was plucked out of someone's mid to late 2000s iTunes playlist during indie rock's popularity boom.
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Consequence of Sound — The one-day festival promises Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix, MGMT, Beach House, Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear, The Rapture, and more. more info
Stereogum — Last year we revisited the 10th anniversary of
Chunk Of Change
, the EP that yielded "Sleepyhead" and launched Passion Pit to indie-level fame. That means we're coming up on 10 years since the synth-pop band released their beloved debut album, Manne... more info
Chorus.fm — Passion Pit have announced a 10th anniversary tour for Manners. APR 30 Marquee Theatre Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ MAY 1 The Observatory North Park San Diego, CA MAY 3 House of Blues Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV MAY 5 The Masonic San Francisco, CA MAY 7 Sho... more info
Stereogum — Based on their early aesthetics alone, Passion Pit arrived at exactly the right time. 2008 was a moment when rainbow-hued, fizzy, synthy indie rock reigned supreme, and nobody did it quite like Michael Angelakos and Co. Any of the other sugar rush gr... more info
Stereogum — Ten years ago this week, Neon Gold Records launched with the release of Passion Pit's debut single "Sleepyhead." The NYC boutique label has grown a lot since then: They've inked distribution deals with Columbia and then Atlantic. They've released alb... more info