Tour Dates
3/28: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
3/29: York, PA @ Pullo Center
3/30: Cleveland, OH @ HOB’s
3/31: Columbus, OH @ Music Hall
4/2: Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre
4/3: Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
4/4: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
4/5: Kansas City, Mo @ Beaumont Club
4/7: Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
4/8: Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
4/10: Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
4/11: Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
4/12: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
4/14: Davis, CA @ Freeborn Hall
4/15: San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
4/24: Nashville, TN @ Vanderbilt University
4/30: Knoxville, TN @ World’s Fair Park
5/1: Brunswick, ME @ Bowdoin College

The Anwering Machine

- The Answering Machine have released their “Obviously Cold” video. The UK band, comprised of Martin Colclough, Pat Fogarty, Gemma Evans and Ben Perry, completed their debut album Another City, Another Sorry on which Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers) produced.

“We’re still writing about drinking, sex and arguing but those things go so much deeper than surface level and it took us time to adjust to and understand that,” said Colclough. “We’ve had to redefine the boundaries of relationships, and master the act of survival which everyone our age is having to do. Ultimately we have written an album that we hope a generation and beyond will be able to identify with.”

- Longwave will play their final show of the year at Bowery Ballroom in New York on Saturday, November 14. The band is offering a free download on its site www.longwavetheband.com/bowery daily through Friday. Fans can also enter for the chance to win one of five guest list spots for the Saturday show.

- The Drums have announced details of their next single, “I Felt Stupid” out on November 23 in the UK.

- We Have Band and The xx were recently featured on ABC News “Amplified” http://www.abcnews.com/amplified

- Passion Pit to play Jimmy Kimmel Live on December 8 after performing on the mtvU Woodie Awards show December 4.

- RED Distribution has produced a benefit compilation for the non-profit organization Malaria No More. Indie Rocks! A Benefit Album For Malaria No More is comprised of 14 songs from artists including Juliette Lewis, The Walkmen and Youssou N’Dour, in addition to an exclusive unreleased live track from Third Eye Blind, and an exclusive cover track from Peter, Bjorn, & John. On November 17, 2009, the digital-only release will launch on Amie Street with a four week exclusivity period. The album will then be available to all participating digital service providers. RED and Amie Street will be donating 100% of the proceeds to Malaria No More.

Track Listing
1.) Peter Bjorn & John – Summer Breeze (Exclusive)
2.) Juliette Lewis – Fantasy Bar, from Terra Incognita
3.) Jeff The Brotherhood – Bone Jam, from Heavy Days
4.) The Grates – Two Kinds Of Right from Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
5.) Third Eye Blind – Bonfire (Exclusive, Live in NYC)
6.) Dirty Little Rabbits- Hello, from Simon
7.) Wild Light – Adult Nights, from Adult Nights
8.) The Walkmen – Four Provinces, from You & Me
9.) State Radio – Let It Go, from Calling All Crows
10.) Those Darlins – Wild One, from Those Darlins
11.) Great Lake Swimmers – Pulling On A Line, from Lost Channels
12.) Kate Miller Heidke – Politics in Space, from EP Kate Miller-Heidke
13.) Yonder Mountain String Band – Fingerprint, from The Show
14.) Youssou N’Dour – Fight Malaria

- 60 Watt Kid has released a for “Virtual Plastic Surgery”:

60 Watt Kid – Virtual Plastic Surgery from JOSH on Vimeo.

So I am more than a little happy to bring the readers of DeadJournalist.com this interview with Passion Pit – one of the hottest (and best) bands of 2009.

Click here for the complete interview: http://www.deadjournalist.com/interviews/20090722passionpit.htm

Passion Pit will be playing Lollapallooza, Austin City Limits, two NYC SummerStage Shows With Phoenix. The band’s European dates will being today in England.

Tour Dates
June 29 – The Cooler – Bristol, England
July 1 – Heaven – London, England
July 3 – Southampton Orange Rooms – Southampton
July 4- Eurockeennes – Malsaucy, France
July 5 – Montreux Jazz Festival – Montreux, Switzerland
July 8 – Five Night Revue @ Vibe Bar – London ,England
July 11 – Oxegen Festival – Punchestown, Ireland
July 12 – T in the Park – Balado, Scotland
July 13 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July 18 – Latitude Festival – Suffolk, England
July 19 – Melt Festival – Ferropolis, Germany
August 11 – Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, Canada
August 12 – Zaphod Beeblebrox – Ottawa, Canada
August 13 – La Sala Rossa – Montreal, Canada
August 20 – Pukkelpop Festival – Hasselt, Belgium
August 21 – Lowlands Festival – The Netherlands
August 22 – Razzamatazz – Barcelona, Spain
August 28 – Rock En Seine – Paris, France
August 29 – Leeds Festival – Leeds, England
August 30 – Reading Festival – Reading, England
September 5 – Jersey Live Festival – Jersey, Channel Islands
September 11 – Bestival – Ile of Wight, England
September 13 – Monolith Festival – Morrison, Colorado
September 25 – Summerstage – New York, New York
September 26 – Summerstage – New York, New York
October 4 – Austin City Limits Festival – Austin, Texas