Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Toby Hudson The Joy Formidable toured last year with Passion Pit, and they've got an eight-track LP titled A Balloon Called Moaning coming soon. The chugging, buzzing, energetic "The Last Drop" comes from the record, and you can check it out... more info

Chorus.fm — *Passion Pit* (http://www.myspace.com/passionpitjams) have posted American tour dates throughout March and April. Check them out in the replies. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Passion Pit @ Terminal 5 on January 10th (more by Samantha Marble) On the heels of their three-night Terminal 5 run (Jan. 8-10), Passion Pit have announced that they'll be playing one of this year's Celebrate Brooklyn 'benefits' at Prospect... more info

Live Daily — Jay-Z, Muse and the Gorillaz top the roster of acts for the 11th annual Coachella [ tickets ] Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will take over Indio, CA's Empire Polo Field April 16-18. As tipped by LiveDaily's Backline earlier this month, Pave... more info

MTV.com News — Pavement, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend also on the bill.By James Montgomery Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Coachella has always been seen as the least traditional of the big U.S. music festival... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wow...Public Image Ltd, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grace Jones, Fever Ray, Devo, Hot Chip, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, Mew, Camera..... more info

MTV.com News — The buzzed-about new-wave revivalists get ready to release their full-length debut this spring.By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Christopher "CJ" Smith Suckers Photo: MTV News Who: Suckers, a quartet of new-wave revivalists from Brooklyn... more info

Silent Uproar — Passion Pit are currently overseas supporting their debut, Manners. In March, the band will swing through The States one last time for good measure. [consequenceofsound.net] more info

The Independent — The Ultra Music Festival, one of the world's leading electronic music events, has announced its 2010 lineup. Among performers scheduled to perform at the two-day festival in Miami this March are Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, Tiësto, Passion... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Sam Marble "Gigantic LED screens lit the stage as Passion Pit took the stage with entrance music pounding through the speakers, an evolutionary gesture. The crowd, a mixture of hardened hipsters with their battle stories and tweens with... more info