Passion Pit lends their hit song, “Sleepyhead,” for a new Palm Pixi TV ad. I would also note that Passion Pit Palm Pixi is perfect alliteration…

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Passion Pit – “Sleepyhead”

All photos by Brittany Nelson & Christine Campbell
I sure hope that any dance-hating Bay Area citizens were far away from Treasure Island last Saturday, because the first day of the festival was a 12-hour ass-shaking, arm-waving, beat-dropping, jump-up-and-down, pump-your-fist-in-the-air-like-you-mean-it kind of day.

After the May release of Manners, Passion Pit quickly became indie’s pop music darlings of the summer. The LP built on the buzz surrounding the band’s 2008 Chunk of Change EP, which featured the now ubiquitous, dare-you-not-to-dance track “Sleepyhead.” Stranger Dance caught up with Passion Pit’s drummer Nate Donmoyer on the band’s current tour.

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Welcome back to Video Round-Up, where the SD crew picks through the flurry of videos circulating this particular week and posts the highlights.
We took a little break after the insanity of Outside Lands, but now we’re back for another Friday Video Round-Up. This week, we’ve got video stimulation from Brendan Benson, Edward Sharpe & the [...]

Welcome back to Video Round-Up, where the SD crew picks through the flurry of videos circulating this particular week and posts the highlights.
This week, there’s lots of action on the “live” front, including some notable live performances by Paul McCartney, Weezer, Grizzly Bear, Wilco and Feist, Japandroids, Spoon, and Cymbals Eat Guitars. After that, enjoy [...]

We told you about the rumors a few months ago, and now we’ve got a confirmed lineup for the 2009 Treasure Island Festival (with most of the rumors turning out to be true).
The two-day festival will be headlined by MGMT and the Flaming Lips. As with the past two years, the folks at Another Planet [...]

Yep, it’s time again for the quintessential “so far” list — no music site is complete without one! 2009 is shaping up to be an interesting year, with old favorites and newcomers alike issuing strong releases. In an attempt to make some sense out of everything, our staff got together to vote on our favorites.
We’d [...]

Woods – “The Dark”
I recently discovered Woods through Gorilla vs. Bear and “The Dark” has been stuck in my head ever since. While this track is available now on a 7″ via Captured Tracks, their full-length LP, Songs of Shame is set for an April 14th release on Woodsist. Did you write that down? Good.
Passion [...]

Passion Pit announced that their debut LP, Manners, will be released on May 26th, 2009. The Vague Panther has been following their progress quite closely after hearing the Chunk of Change EP last year and if it’s ok with you, he’s gonna go ahead and predict that this is gonna be big. Consider yourself warned.

Given our current economic situation, “Bailout Blues” seems like an obvious theme. However, I’m not sure the songs I picked have anything to do with it – although you have to admit that a song named “Crop Circle Jerk ‘94″ may, in some small way, sum up the situation. For those of you who don’t [...]