Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Mimi Hong Passion Pit's tour in support of their new album Kindred hit NYC last night (5/11) for a show at Kings Theatre. It sold out far in advance, not surprisingly considering Kings is a very intimate spot... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Passion Pit at MSG in 2013 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Passion Pit, Holychild @ Kings Theatre Passion Pit's new album may... more info

Stereogum — It was less than a year ago that Ryn Weaver showed up and impressed everyone with her debut single “OctaHate,” and she’s already signed to Interscope, with her debut album The Fool loaded up and ready to drop next week. Benny Blanco and Passion... more info

Stereogum — SoundCloud doesn’t waste enough of your time with unskippable ads. That seems the be the thinking at Sony, anyway. Billboard reports that the media giant has pulled the music of many of its acts from SoundCloud. Given that Sony controls an insane n... more info

Time — The singer-songwriter discusses his new album, Kindred, and his ongoing recovery from bipolar disorder more info

Brooklyn Vegan — this is one of the five show flyers... Converse is moving into Boston and throwing some killer free shows to celebrate:Converse Rubber Tracks Live Boston, a free five-night event set to take over the Sinclair, a club in Harvard Square.... more info

Stereogum — There are lots of reasons to be suspicious of corporate-sponsored music events, but if a shoe company was bringing the Replacements and Dinosaur Jr. to your hometown for a free show, you’d still try to go, right? Later this month, Converse will spe... more info

Stereogum — Passion Pit’s music has always carried traces of neon ’80s synthpop, but from the cover art to the song titles, new album Kindred is an explicitly nostalgic callback to Michael Angelakos’ childhood years — the good, bad, and ugly of it all. (... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Passion Pit at Pianos in 2008 (more by Elizabeth Weinberg) After sharing three songs from their upcoming album Kindred, Passion Pit are now streaming it in full ahead of its April 21 release date (via Columbia). Listen at iTunes... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We've already heard two songs from the new Passion Pit album, Kindred (due 4/21 via Columbia), and they've now put out a third, "Until We Can't (Let's Go)." It's an arena-ready synth pop track that you can hear over... more info