Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Modest Mouse / Lupe Fiasco The Firefly Music Festival continued in Dover, DE on Saturday (7/21) with sets from Modest Mouse, Polica, Cults, Charles Bradley, Lupe Fiasco, Cake, The Killers, and more. Passion Pit were.... more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams in the category page. Echo Lake – Wild Peace Fang Island – Major John Maus – A Collection of Rarities MA DOOM (Masta Ace & DOOM beats) – … Read More... → more info

USA Today Music — Plus, reviews of new releases from Passion Pit, Milo Greene and Love and Theft. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The solo album by Stereolab singer Laetitia Sadier, Silencio, is my personal favorite this week, but many others stand out. The Antlers' Undersea EP, Eternal Summers' Correct Behavior, Fang Island's Major, Micachu & The Shapes' Never, Passion Pit's G... more info

Time — The band's new album sets heartbreaking lyrics to synthpop hooks more info

Consequence of Sound — Erratic, but when hasn't that been interesting? more info

Chicago Tribune — 3.5 stars (out of 4) more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)If cyber-chatter translated into record sales, Massachusetts five-piece Passion Pit would be up there with fellow electro-candy merchants MGMT, rather than stalling at No 51 in 2009. Who knows why they failed to catch fire? It wasn't for wa... more info

Guardian Music — What's new on the app stores on Thursday 19 July 2012A selection of 15 new and notable apps today:Now TVBSkyB has just launched its Now TV internet TV service, and there is already a native Android app for it. It works on a selection of smartphones â... more info

DrownedInSound — Gossamer is a lovesong to the tender heights of feeling at the balmiest time of year; when feeling anything can provoke some sense of wonder and an irrepressible desire to listen to beaming pop music, really loudly, again and again. Read the fu... more info