Passion Pit

Passion Pit is an American electronic band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Formed in 2007[1], the group consists of Michael Angelakos of Buffalo (lead vocals/keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards/guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth/samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass/synth bass) and Nate Donmoyer (drums).

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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Ape School - Andrew Broder + Daedelus Remixes
According to the nightmarish picture above, either Michael Johnson’s devolved into full-fledged Cro-Magnon, or his Ape School project is growing its own dimension. Thankfully, it’s the latter, and today we’ve got two tracks reshaping some tunes off the debut album that Sam discovered earlier this year. First up, it’s Andrew Broder of Fog inflecting “That’s OK...
Best tracks of 2008
Happy new year everyone! Hope you’ve enjoyed 2009 so far. And what better way to start the new year than telling you what will be hot in 2009 looking back at 2008. After we’ve squeezed the last drop of goodness out of 2008, here’s my list of the best tracks. Check out the best remixes of 2008 too if you haven’t done so already. <!--break-->To stay updated with Going...
Will 2k10 be the ’shittiest year’ in the history of music/indie music?
I feel worried about 2k10. It seems like 2k9 is a year that we should feel ‘ashamed of’, and 2k10 is a year that we will sort of just emotionally ‘pull back’ our interest in tastemaking. I feel like 2k9 has had some ‘good products’, but maybe it was just a year where we are learning ‘how 2 use the internet’ when it comes to consuming music. It...
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RCRD OF THE DAY: Shout Out Louds - Fall Hard (Passion Pit's Summertime Radio Mix)
(Photo: Christian Haag) If there’s one thing central to the Passion Pit M.O.–aside from that falsetto–it’s their transfusion of weightlessness: synths seemingly overloaded with helium, drums blasting like air cannons, the whole amalgam sounding like one giant ball pit rave. Their rerub for Sweden’s Shout Out Louds slows but doesn’t sully that jubilant...
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: BURNS + Gossip + Passion Pit
Punch! Yay! Mitsubishi! B U R N S is totally strobe-ing out the UK electro scene right now, and rising hype says he’s the new Calvin Harris.  Put down your drink, we have to go dance like this minute or this beat’s gonna kick through our ribs like Alien! He’s remixing Beth Ditto into a basement maze and boozing up Passion Pit. His own jam is stadium electric guitar and it...
sxsw '09 announces first confirmed acts
Looks like SXSW has just announced a few acts that will be appearing at the 2009 Music Festival. St. Vincent, Beach House, Dent May, and Passion Pit are among the first group of confirmed bands; check out the rest of the list here. This year’s fest takes place March 18-22. I know that’s still 4 months away, but we’ve already started planning our 3rd annual gorilla vs. booze day...
RCRD OF THE DAY: Passion Pit - Little Secrets (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)
This fresh edit of Passion Pit’s "Little Secrets" by Jokers Of The Scene has been the arsenal cornerstone of basement DJs for weeks, but finally debuted to the masses on Monday as a RCRD Of The Day, our daily download partnership with MySpace Music. Here, the Fool’s Gold duo shapes Passion Pit’s gleefully wonky pop tune into a bass-laden, 4 AM club track, where the...
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Passion Pit - The Reeling (Miike Snow Remix)
(Photo: Magnus Magnusson) Both Passion Pit and Miike Snow have debut records scrapping for summer speakers; PP’s Manners is out now through Frenchkiss while Miike Snow hits next Tuesday (June 9) through Downtown. The latter flipping the former’s new single is a nice bit of ‘09 synth-rock synergy, we’re just amped to hear the Snow guys release their army of buggy...
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Lollapalooza 2009 - Recap and Day One Photos
The last Lollapalooza of the this decade is in the books and despite, what on paper, looked like a less than impressive lineup, it turned out another weekend of exciting and memorable moments just as in years past. Every year going at Lolla, one is expected to battle oppressive heat, but on Friday this year, Mother Nature decided to throw in a little something extra - a rain storm that only...
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