Look at me, oh look at me. Is this the way i'll always be?

Looking back, I'm thoroughly surprised I haven't written much about Passion Pit, especially considering I saw them rock out The Ogden here in Denver earlier this year.

Super catchy recorded, these guys are even better live. Even half exhausted sitting in the rafters they got my feet tapping, and had the crowd on the floor pumping.

So it's with some giddiness that I'm glad to get a second chance to see them this year at Summer Sonic, hopefully a little more energetic myself.

Sleepyhead


Little Secrets


The Reeling

Yes Giantess

The beauty of a music festival is that you start planning your way around the timetable and find yourself looking up bands you've never heard.

So it's thanks to the post-Hurts slot at Summer Sonic that I gave Boston-based electro band Yes Giantess a whirl.

Guess what?

They're a lot of fun, and should put on a high energy show! No surprise, seeing as they're pals with the Passion Pit guys, who also know how to get a crowd going (and play later on the same stage).

The Ruins

Two Door Cinema Club

The neatest part of going to a music festival, especially when there are already plenty of bands you know, is the discovery of new things you might like.

Later this summer we'll be hitting one of the Summer Sonic days in Japan. Filled to the brim with up-and-coming musicians we've had on our radar (Orbital, Hurts, Delphic, Passion Pit, Calvin Harris and 3Oh!3 among others), the festival is already having a spillover effect on our iPods.

Take Two Door Cinema Club, for instance. Were they not playing on the same stage as some of the above, they may not have gotten our attention just yet. Effusive and likeable, this Northern Irish group is proving to be a nice frothy summer addition to the ol' iPod.

Something Good Can Work


Undercover Martyn


I Can Talk


Fittingly, they also have a cheeky little lushy tour of Japan they've posted up...