Passion Pit have a whole lot to be excited about — they’re hitting the road in May, they’ve got their first full-length hitting the streets May 19 and they’re celebrating the whole thing on a boat. We’ve got the newest single from their upcoming LP, “Moth’s Wings,” and details about where you can catch them live.
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Here’s your second really good reason to head down to Austin this year: Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and the Beastie Boys have been announced as headliners for this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival, October 2-4 in Zilker Park.
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At last, the Lollapalooza rumors are put to rest — Depeche Mode, Tool, The Killers, Beastie Boys, Kings of Leon and (of course) Jane’s Addiction will be headlining this year’s festival, along with an impressive cast of supporting bands, Lollapalooza organizers confirmed today.
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Looks like synth-pop Bostonites Passion Pit are taking this major label thing seriously. In preparing to follow up the hyped-up Chunk Of Change EP with the release of their first full length record, Manners, next month, the band has debuted the video for the lead single “The Reeling” on MTV.
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When he’s not busy being the best boyfriend in the world and writing endearingly catchy love-album’s for his girlfriend, Passion Pit front man Michael Angelakos is in the studio, busting out new tracks for their debut album Manners, which will be released May 19 in the U.S. on Frenchkiss and May 18 on Columbia everywhere else. Until then, we’re have to make due with the pretty darn stellar Chunk of Change EP and new single “The Reeling” which is currently streaming on their MySpace Page.
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