-- As Bloodshy & Avant, the Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg provided the deliriously great synthetic whizzing noises for jams like Britney Spears's "Toxic" and "Piece of Me", as well as hits for Kylie Minogue and Rachel Stevens. And now they've pulled an N.E.R.D., hooking up with musician Andrew Wyatt (...

It's a match made in blog heaven, these two getting together on a track like this: "">Ghost Under Rocks" sees Ra Ra Riot at the height of their melodramatic, orchestral pop powers; Passion Pit are an ascendant band that make highly bloggable electro-singles. And the results are, well if you've ever heard "Ghost Under Rocks" and a Passion Pit tra...

Hockey, Passion Pit and Bear Hands are set to head out on a UK tour together in February.

Passion Pit have announced a tour of North America, kicking off January 22 in Montreal, QC.

Photo by Elizabeth WeinbergBuzz buzz! That's the sound of Passion Pit turning their newfound "it band" status into concrete plans. For starters, the Boston area boys have signed to Columbia for the UK release of their debut EP, Chunk of Change, in February. Frenchkiss is still the band's home in the States and will actually co-release Chunk of C...