Chorus.fm — *Passion Pit* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/passionpit)'s new album is almost (http://twitter.com/#%21/passionpit/status/175671689206697984) completed. Submitted by xtbs7645x more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on sale for the Squeeze show at Roseland Ballroom. Tickets go on sale at 11am for the NJ show. Governors Ball tickets are now on sale (Passion Pit, Beck, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, etc). The Cranberries... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As posted last night, Modest Mouse are playing Governors Ball on Randall's Island during the weekend of June 23-24 (same weekend as Orion), but they are just one of many artists that are now announced, and listed, along with... more info

Altsounds — Brooklyn-based quintet Fort Lean is excited to share its new music video for single "Beach Holiday," off their self-titled EP (out now). Check out the video at the SPIN premiere or YouTube. Fort Lean will also release a 7" single of the track, "Sun... more info

Stereogum — Ramshackle indie rock duo Secret Music builds their frenetic pop around simple, catchy synth or guitar lines, and that’s the basis of their single, “T.O.Y.S.” The video, directed by TV Carnage, piles up Jerry Springer clips, Full House snippets... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Passion Pit It's now Saturday and Fun Fun Fun Fest's second day is already underway and streaming on Pitchfork. Yesterday, Friday, while BBG was holding down the black stage (which Danzig eventually played), Tim (who ran... more info

I Think You're Swell — It’s always nice to run into people that you actually like at festivals and shit — it’s why I was so stoked to run into Naeem, I mean, Spank Rock during Day one of Fun Fun Fun Fest. Naeem has always been a nice dude and is also pretty fuckin’... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The folk world has cabin fever. Bon Iver’s incubation period in his Wisconsin cabin may have caught on. Vermont Americana outfit Chamberlin have now coined the term “cabinize” as something entirely different. In defining the term “CA-bin-IZE... more info

Stereogum — For the Passion Pit faithful, and given the blown-out audio quality perhaps only for said faithful, here are live clips of two songs that will presumably appear on the band’s Manners followup: Both come via Consequence Of Sound, and were filmed at ... more info

Altsounds — *Stepdad Announce More Fall Tour Dates, Including Dates With Passion Pit Daytrotter Session Out Now Ordinaire EP Out Now On Quite Scientific * Stepdad was formed in a sweltering Chicago apartment in the summer of 2009 when two songwriters turned ... more info