As usual, you don’t have to like where Foxing are taking their music, but you have to respect the ambition. After serving up the epic ballad “Speak With The Dead” in March, the St. Louis indie/emo/art-rock/whatever combo have unveiled a string of singles from their upcoming Draw Down The Moon that cut a path between...

Two years ago, citing mental health reasons, Passion Pit leader Michael Angelakos announced that he was putting his project on hiatus. Since then, Passion Pit have returned, but they've been reveling in past glories, playing the blog-rock nostalgia-fest Just Like Heaven and heading out a tour in honor of the 10th anniversary of debut album&#...

Last year we revisited the 10th anniversary of Chunk Of Change, the EP that yielded "Sleepyhead" and launched Passion Pit to indie-level fame. That means we're coming up on 10 years since the synth-pop band released their beloved debut album, Manners. In celebration of that landmark, Passion Pit have announced dates for a North American…

Based on their early aesthetics alone, Passion Pit arrived at exactly the right time. 2008 was a moment when rainbow-hued, fizzy, synthy indie rock reigned supreme, and nobody did it quite like Michael Angelakos and Co. Any of the other sugar rush greatest hits from that year -- Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours, M83's Saturdays…

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