Last night Passion Pit celebrated their debut LP release by cruising New York Harbor on the Rocks Off boat cruise. Rest assured the event was thoroughly Tweeted. Fans boarded the Temptress yacht at 8PM for the three hour tour during which Cambridge's buzzy synth-pop revivalists entertained with Manners. According to our photographer Natasha Ryan...

Kevin Drew checks in with a blog post from Soma studio in Chicago, where BSS are working on a proper followup to Broken Social Scene with Tortoise/Sea & Cake/Chicago-scene hero John McEntire. Also there's gonna be a BSS book! Get caught up.

A month and change before its proper release, Wilco (The Album) is streaming at Wilco (The Band)'s site. The humped album art might've hinted at something funny, but the sounds are pretty sober (and also just pretty). Maybe the way they relate to Shriner camel and his orange hat/orange cake in the sunny photo is the crisp, uncluttered midday bri...

Remember when Wilco album covers used to look like this? Even this? Well if Wilco's Wilco (The Album) album title didn't totally deconstruct any lingering whiff of pomo self-seriousness, welcome to the camel party. Via P4K, you are looking at the cover to Wilco's new album: six empty chairs, two humps, one orange cake, and one big LOL. We first ...

We all have to spend, even in a recession, so why not bank with Citibank and spend smarter? That's the premise of a new commercial in which folks share everyday examples of fiscal prudence. Citigroup has seen better days (I'm a finance scientist, obviously): the company's splitting in two on the heels of accepting billion in federal bailout mon...