Fresh from playing at Reading and Leeds festival this year, Soft Toy Emergency (Made up of Jen (vocals), George (bass), Luciano (synths), Andy (guitar) & Will (drums).)  have a new music video out for their song “Critical”.

Blending a mix of Electro-Pop and Disco with definate 80′s influences they have a extremly catchy handful of songs, check them out!

www.myspace.com/softtoyemergency

Passion Pit is an electronic band which formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 2007. They consist of Michael Angelakos (vocals, keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth, samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). They play a style of electronic music reminicent to MGMT and Friendly Fires but with a more folk approach in the Vocals.

Yes they will be at Reading Festival in 2009, On the NME/Radio 1 Tent on the Sunday.

Enjoy.

Passion Pit – Little Secret

Passion Pit – The Reeling

We at ElectroIndie are very excited by one of the hottest festivals of the summer – Reading and Leeds, all our writers have got tickets and will be coving the festival and doing a focus on some of the smaller artists as a run up to this exciting time of the year.

We firstly want to appoligise for the drop in activity but we’re back now and will get back on with keeping you up to date with the latest and greatest artists that are emerging

We want to thank all of our viewers for staying loyal and don’t forget to check our twitter account here for instant updates!

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Friendly Fires are a English electronic post-punk band based in St.Albans. Influenced by 80′s and 90′s Dance & Electronic music, as well as the stylings of post-hardcore bands such as My Bloody Valentine (i know…strange combination…explanation: they were all previously in a post-hardcore band before Friendly Fires)

They are going to be at Radio 1′s Big Weekend as well as Reading and Leeds festival this year.

Skeleton Boy – Friendly Fires