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New Album: Passion Pit – Gossamer

Apr 24, 2012, 11:18am Pretty Much Amazing
Passion Pit - The Reeling
On July 24th, Passion Pit will release Gossamer , the expansive new album that will serve as a follow-up to the band's 2009 full-length debut, Manners . Of the album, frontman Michael Angelakos explains, “on Gossamer there is more of a dichotomy between the lyrics and the music. You hear my lyrics more precisely, which is something I was ready for. The lyrics on this album have a lot to say about what the last two years of my life have been troubled with.” Continue reading: New Album: Passion Pit [...]
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The Naked and Famous - Passive Me Aggresive You

Feb 18, 2012, 3:27pm The Ripple Effect
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me Aggresive You Never believe the hype unless you’re a sucker. Hype only exists for bands that are merely trendy and not necessarily talented. They are a band of the moment and nothing else. Luckily for us, one highly publicized band doesn’t fall into that category. They are the hottest band to emerge from New Zealand since Flight of the Conchords (Okay, they are a comedy duo, but music is a huge part of their act so cut me some slack, gosh). After releasing two EPs, This Machine and No Light, The Naked and Famous released their debut album Passive Me, Aggressive [...]
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Album Review: Chamberlin – Cabin Covers EP

Dec 5, 2011, 7:44am Consequence Of Sound
Cover songs are a very delicate genre. Sometimes they're a gateway to earning notoriety. (James Blake's take on Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" only bolstered his fame.) Other times, covers are a misfire that insult the original's splendor. (Dee Snider and Eddie Ojeda's attempt at The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" is cringe-worthy.) So, when an artist releases a collection of covers, one has the right to be wary. Luckily, Vermont band Chamberlin' s step-up to the covers plate is decent, but it falls short of instant covers canonical material. The [...]
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Baby Monster ‘Baby Monster’ Album Review

Sep 27, 2011, 9:00am Eat Sleep Breathe Music
Baby Monster ‘Baby Monster’ Album Review When I close my eyes and listen to Baby Monster ’s recently released self-titled album, I dream that I’m delivering an actual monster-baby that spawned from Passion Pit, Miike Snow, and Animal Collective. Although Baby Monster may resemble these other artists with their looks, they seem to have quite different genetic make up which distinguishes them and cuts that umbilical cord. However, the unavoidable fact stands that if you don’t like the genre, Baby Monster will probably drop some date rape in your drink and your knees may weaken for them. What am I trying to say? [...]
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WALLPAPER. “#STUPiDFACEDD” MP3 + MUSIC VIDEO + EP REVIEW

Jul 26, 2011, 11:42pm TWENTYSEVEN VIEWS
The time has finally come for Oakland, funk destroyer, rap chopper, pop infested, crazy digital beat maker Wallpaper. The nonstop hard work has landed the artist, musician, producer, remixer, mash-up extraordinaire and performer in the hands of MTV's imprint Boardwalk and Hype Music labels. But prior to that, he has released a monster T-Rex EP [...]
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Artist:wallpaper
Title:Shotgun
File Name:SoundCloud

Ruby Coast – Whatever This Is Album Review

Feb 7, 2011, 10:24pm Merchants Of Rock
Ruby Coast – Whatever This Is Album Review Here's some background on Ruby Coast: they're 5 dudes from Ontario Canada, they've toured with Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club and Ra Ra Riot, their new album was produced by Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire) and Brian Paulson (Wilco, Beck), and they can sneak "No Way Jose" into a song better than most. So now that we have the obligatory introductions out of the way let's talk about their new album Whatever This Is . A relatively short album with most songs clocking in around 3 minutes long these guys have obviously figured out that being [...]
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Album Review: Geographer's Animal Shapes

Aug 6, 2010, 9:00am Music That Isn't Bad.
The art of album arrangement is a dying one, but not due to laziness. Well, not on the musician's part, at least. People crave a 99 cent single; they don't necessarily care about an artist's entire catalog, let alone the rest of their album. However, Geographer's EP, Animal Shapes, begins as you would expect an album to - and that's refreshing! "Original Sin" eases you into the hot bathtub that
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SUCKERS’ WILD SMILE

Jun 29, 2010, 10:00am the WILD honey pie
SUCKERS’ WILD SMILE It Gets Your Body Movin' - Suckers It Gets Your Body Movin' - Suckers ( Buy ) Usually, an album review doesn’t start out with the overall opinion thrust right into the beginning, because then that leaves very little inscentive for the reader to keep their interest in the remainder. However, all proper protocol is being thrown out the window here. Wild Smile, is a really good debut album from Brooklyn-based Suckers . During the course of the 11-track, 48+ minute compilation, one’s opinion of the music playing at any given moment can sway more [...]
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Artist:Suckers
Title:It Gets Your Body Movin'
Link Text:It Gets Your Body Movin - Suckers
File Name:07 It Gets Your Body Movin.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

RSD ‘10: Passion Pit “Little Things” 7″

Apr 21, 2010, 1:00pm Pop Tarts Suck Toasted
RSD ‘10: Passion Pit “Little Things” 7″ Right up there with the disappointing Phoenix 123 is the Passion Pit "Little Things" 73. Once again it's on colored vinyl which makes it a little more fun and collectible, but the music on this thing sounds like it was transferred right from an mp3 to vinyl. Not good. I still love "Little Things" as a song, but I'll probably opt to spin it off my vinyl copy of Manners rather than this bad boy. And the Felix Da Housecat remix is only really needed in mp3 format which you can grab [...]
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Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Little Secrets (Felix Da Housecat Remix)
Link Text:Passion Pit - Little Things (Felix Da Housecat remix)
File Name:02 Little Secrets (Felix Da Housecat.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Rogue Wave – Permalight

Feb 28, 2010, 10:48pm Austin Town Hall
Rogue Wave – Permalight Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars Let's face it, Zach Rogue hasn't had it easy.  He was forced into rock n' roll because of the dot-com bust, and his band lost a former member/friend in a fire, not to mention his own health issues. Through it all, Zach has tried to put a light on his life with Rogue Wave .  Now comes the release of their fourth album, Permalight. "Solitary Gun" begins the album on the right foot.  It [...]
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Best Albums of 2009

Dec 28, 2009, 3:56pm musicforants.com
In a few days a new decade will begin and we'll have a whole new debate about what to call the decade, but first we must reflect on the final year of the zeroes/naughties. It seems like I talk every year about how surprised I am by the amount of new artists that show up on my end of the year list, but they've really outdone themselves this year with 2/5 of the albums represented on this list being debuts. It was also a year of being blown away by bands that I was never been able to fully invest [...]
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Artist:Andrew Bird
Title:Oh No
Link Text:MP3 Oh No
File Name:01 Oh No.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Animal Collective
Title:Brother Sport
Link Text:MP3 Brother Sport
File Name:11 Brother Sport.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Bat For Lashes
Title:Glass
Link Text:MP3 Glass
File Name:01 Glass.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Camera Obscura
Title:The Sweetest Thing
Link Text:MP3 The Sweetest Thing
File Name:02 The Sweetest Thing.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Cymbals Eat Guitars
Title:And the Hazy Sea
Link Text:MP3 &And The Hazy Sea
File Name:01 And the Hazy Sea.mp3
Artist:dirty projectors
Title:Stillness Is the Move
Link Text:MP3 Stillness is the Move
File Name:04 Stillness Is the Move.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:dirty projectors
Title:Useful Chamber
Link Text:MP3 Useful Chamber
File Name:06 Useful Chamber.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Fever Ray
Title:If I Had A Heart
Link Text:MP3 If I Had A Heart
File Name:01 If I Had A Heart.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Fever Ray
Title:When I Grow Up
Link Text:MP3 When I Grow Up
File Name:02 When I Grow Up.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Grizzly Bear
Title:While You Wait For The Others
Link Text:MP3 While You Wait For The Others
File Name:10 While You Wait For The Others.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Harlem Shakes
Title:Strictly Game
Link Text:MP3 Strictly Game
File Name:02 Strictly Game.mp3
Artist:Japandroids
Title:Wet Hair
Link Text:MP3 Wet Hair
File Name:03 Wet Hair.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:jj
Title:from africa to málaga
Link Text:MP3 from africa to malaga
File Name:02 from africa to m
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Junior Boys
Title:Dull To Pause
Link Text:MP3 Dull To Pause
File Name:04 Dull To Pause.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Kings of Convenience
Title:Boat Behind
Link Text:MP3 Boat Behind
File Name:04 Boat Behind.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Kings of Convenience
Title:Mrs Cold
Link Text:MP3 Mrs Cold
File Name:02 Mrs Cold.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Miike Snow
Title:Silvia
Link Text:MP3 Silvia
File Name:03 Silvia.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Little Secrets
Link Text:MP3 Little Secrets
File Name:02 Little Secrets.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Sunset Rubdown
Title:Idiot Heart
Link Text:MP3 Idiot Heart
File Name:02 Idiot Heart.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Sunset Rubdown
Title:You Go on Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)
Link Text:MP3 You Go On Ahead
File Name:06 You Go on Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II).mp3
Year:2009
Artist:The Antlers
Title:Bear
Link Text:MP3 Bear
File Name:05 Bear.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Mountain Goats
Title:Genesis 3:23
Link Text:MP3 Genesis 3:23
File Name:03 Genesis 3_23.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:The xx
Title:Shelter
Link Text:MP3 Shelter
File Name:07 Shelter.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Wilco
Title:Wilco the Song
Link Text:MP3 Wilco (The Song)
File Name:01 Wilco the Song.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Title:Zero
Link Text:MP3 Zero
File Name:01 Zero.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

Dan Steele’s 20 Favorite Albums of 2009

Dec 22, 2009, 6:56am Too Much Happiness
As the first year for Too Much Happiness comes to a close, I look back and think that it was a pretty good year for music. I wouldn't say it was anything EPIC. Certainly some influential albums here and there, but no real game changers. This is MY personal list of my top 20 favorite albums of 2009. Mine and mine alone. I'm sure Paul and Adam would take exception to many of these (Metric over Phoenix? Paramore over Miike Snow?! Animal Collective is HOW FAR DOWN?!?!), and I'm not even saying these are what I believe [...]
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Artist:Florence And The Machine
Title:Drumming
Link Text:Florence + the Machine - Drumming
File Name:FatM_Drumming.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Lily Allen
Title:The Fear (Duke Dumont Remix) 320KBPS
Link Text:Lily Allen - The Fear (Duke Dumont Remix)
File Name:LilyAllen_TheFearRemix.MP3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Miike Snow
Link Text:Miike Snow - In Search Of
File Name:MiikeSnow_InSearchOf.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Silversun Pickups
Title:Panic Switch
Link Text:Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
File Name:SilversunPickups_PanicSwitch.m p3
Artist:The Killers
Title:A White Demon Love Song
Link Text:The Killers - A White Demon Love Song
File Name:TheKillers_AWhiteDemonLoveSong .mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The xx
Title:Shelter
Link Text:The xx - Shelter
File Name:xx_Shelter.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009

Cale Parks - Swift Mars EP

Aug 12, 2009, 12:28am Austin Town Hall
Cale Parks - Swift Mars EP Rating: 3 out of 5 stars It's funny that Cale Parks spent the majority of this summer touring with Passion Pit , as the member of Aloha seems in an entirely different league altogether on his latest, the Swift Mars EP , which is out now on Polyvinyl Records.   As a musician, he most well known as a drummer, but his usage of electronics and layering on this EP tells a story of a [...]
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Artist:Cale Parks
Title:Eyes Won't Shut
Link Text:Cale Parks - Eyes Wont Shut
File Name:01-eyes-wont-shut.mp3
Bitrate:158 kbps
Year:2009

Discovery - LP

Jul 5, 2009, 9:50pm Austin Town Hall
Discovery - LP Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars When news that Rostam from Vampire Weekend and Wes from Ra Ra Riot would unite to create an album under the name of Discovery , the Internet was afire with fans of both bands, all hoping that they could combine the magic of their individual outfits into something that would supersede both.   LP is the title of said album, and while there are definitely [...]
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Artist:Discovery
Title:Carby (ft. Ezra Koenig)
Link Text:Discovery - Carby
File Name:07-carby-ft-ezra-koenig.mp3

Passion Pit - Manners

Jun 3, 2009, 11:20am Ca Va Cool
Passion Pit - Manners In the fall of 2007 Brooklyn-natives were privy to the exciting new synth-filled sounds of the duo now known as MGMT. The Management, as they were then known, were so unabashedly open about their hipsterness that they quickly began to fill the void that the Steve Aokis and Ed Bangers were losing ability to (because of their newly found mass appeal).  MGMT found its way into obscurest playlists, 2007 year-end lists, every festival on the face of the planet and lemon-flavored-soda commercials, all within months. By the time their debut album  Oracular Spectacular actually came out in 2008, it [...]
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Artist:Au Revoir Simone
Title:Shadows
Link Text:Au Revoir Simone - Shadows
File Name:Au Revoir Simone - Shadows.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Delays
Title:Nearer Than Heaven
Link Text:Delays - Nearer Than Heaven
File Name:Delays - Nearer Than Heaven.mp3
Year:2004
Artist:Engineers
Title:Clean Coloured Wire
Link Text:Engineers - Clean Coloured Wire
File Name:Engineers - Clean Coloured Wire.mp3
Bitrate:225 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Julian Plenti
Title:Fun That We Have
Link Text:Julian Plenti (Paul Banks) - Fun That We Had
File Name:Julian Plenti - Fun That We Had.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Eyes As Candles
Link Text:Passion Pit - Eyes As Candles
File Name:08-eyes-as-candles.mp3
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Little Secrets
Link Text:Passion Pit - Little Secrets
File Name:02-little-secrets.mp3
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Moth's Wings
Link Text:Passion Pit - Moths Wings
File Name:03-moths-wings.mp3
Artist:The Radio Dept.
Title:David
Link Text:The Radio Dept. - David
File Name:Radio Dept. - David.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009

The Mixtape To End All Mixtapes?

May 29, 2009, 6:00am Too Much Happiness
Call me a cock-eyed pessimist, but I find the seminal story behind this band a little hard to swallow. Could it actually be true? An EP put together as a VALENTINE'S DAY GIFT from the band's frontman to his girlfriend at Emerson got around well enough to make him an instant hit? Or is it possible, just possible, that this is a groomed story to draw even more attention to the band? Perhaps the EP was ALSO given to the GF while having not been INTENDED for the gf. A fine line, I feel, and one easily blurred by the [...]
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Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Little Secrets
Link Text:Passion Pit - Little Secrets
File Name:PP_LittleSecrets.mp3
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Sleepyhead
Link Text:Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
File Name:PP_Sleepyhead.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008

Album Review: Passion Pit - Manners

May 28, 2009, 9:35am Consequence Of Sound
Love does strange things to men, especially when heartbreak is inevitably around the corner. Vincent Van Gogh’s winning plan to get his girl back was to cut off his ear, while others have chosen a subtler route, like an apology followed by years of guilt. When Passion Pit ’s crooner Michael Angelakos was in college, he chose to break out a few instruments and make an emotional, yet catchy as hell mix tape that put his heart on his sleeve, and his pipes on display. One liners like “have you seen me cry, tears like diamonds” littered [...]
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Passion Pit - Manners

May 28, 2009, 7:06am Song, by Toad
Passion Pit - Manners I don't think I really hyped this album as much as a lot of the popular press, so perhaps I don't have to feel quite as guilty about the subsequent letdown.  I did like their preceding EP Chunk of Change though - in fact I liked it an awful lot - but to re-read that review is to perhaps understand why I find this album so disappointing.  Here are some quotes: "It’s just on the fringes of being way too electronic and frantic for me, and that atonal female wail seems like [...]
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Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Make Light
Link Text:Passion Pit - Make Light
File Name:PassionPit-MakeLight.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:The Reeling
Link Text:Passion Pit - The Reeling
File Name:PassionPit-TheReeling.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

Now Downloading: New Releases 05.19.09

May 20, 2009, 5:34pm thus spake drake
Now Downloading: New Releases 05.19.09 I took a couple weeks off from dishing on the new releases due both to being ridiculously busy and not being inspired by enough I was hearing. I'm still busy, but it's hard to ignore this week (and the next,) with the latest from Jarvis Cocker , Grandaddy's Jason Lytle and White Rabbits . Meanwhile, Phoenix's wonderful Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix has been digitally available for a few weeks already in Rhapsody (and a week in iTunes) and there's other new releases from John Vanderslice, Passion Pit, Au Revoir [...]
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Link Text:"Slogans"
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Artist:Iron & Wine
Title:Belated Promise Ring
Link Text:"Belated Promise Ring"
File Name:5520.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:John Vanderslice
Title:Too Much Time
Link Text:"Too Much Time"
File Name:toomuchtime.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Moths Wings
Link Text:"Moth's Wings"
File Name:passionpit_mothswings.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Warlocks
Title:Red Camera
Link Text:"Red Camera"
File Name:the_warlocks_-_red_camera.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Album: Passion Pit - Manners

May 18, 2009, 9:50am Music Fans Mic
Album: Passion Pit - Manners ALBUM REVIEW: Passion Pit - Manners words: Matt McDonald Press the play button, and marvel as ELO, The Bee Gees and all of your other shameless pop wet dreams rear their beards at the same time, miraculously sounding both credible and cool. There’s handclaps, children’s choirs and exclusively falsetto vocals. It isn’t the Scissor Sisters. It’s Passion Pit’s debut album and it’s the best oxymoron ever. Listening to ‘Manners’ is like swaying through a world of a million discos in a dream-like state. From the slow-burning ‘Swimming In [...]
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Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Make Light
Link Text:alt
File Name:01 Make Light.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
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