Stereogum — Former Arcade Fire guy Will Butler and his backing band Sister Squares released a quite solid album last year. Today they’ve shared a new one-off single. “Burn It Away” is mostly low-key but works its way up to moments of intensity. “I wan... more info

Stereogum — Rick Rubin held a secret music festival in Tuscany for the summer solstice. As Variety reports, the event, called Festival Of The Sun, took place in Casole d’Elsa, a medieval village in the Sienese countryside where Rubin purchased a farm in 2... more info

Stereogum — There’s a lot of indie-adjacent stuff on Broadway these days, and some of it did extremely well at last night’s Tony Awards. This year’s big winner was Sterephonic , a play about a fictional ’70s rock band that looks and acts a whole lot ... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Leslie Feist released Multitudes , her first album in six years. It was one of our favorites of 2023. The Multitudes promotional cycle was relatively quiet, and the thing that most people remember is Feist dropping off of an Arcade Fir... more info

Stereogum — Stereophonic, the Broadway play about a fictional ’70s rock band, was nominated for 13 Tony Awards last week. It features original songs written by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire — Butler picked up a nomination for Best Original Score (... more info

Stereogum — Dan Boeckner is best-known as the co-leader of Wolf Parade, and he’s also played in a ton of other bands, like Divine Fits, Handsome Furs, Operators, and Arcade Fire. Next month, he’ll release his first-ever solo album. He’s recording that o... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire’s debut album Funeral turns 20 this year. Some may be disinclined to celebrate in light of the misconduct allegations against Win Butler, but the band is throwing shows commemorating the anniversary nonetheless. They’ve also instit... more info

Stereogum — Every five years, Merge Records, one of the greatest independent record labels of all time, throws itself a festival in its home base of North Carolina. Merge was founded in 1989, the same summer label founders Mac MacCaughan and Laura Ballance st... more info

Stereogum — Though Richard Reed Parry is often known for his role in Arcade Fire, he’s also a solo musician, a producer, and a composer. Today, he released the original score for The Iron Claw, an A24 film directed by Sean Durkin and starring Zac Efron, Jer... more info

Chorus.fm — Arcade Fire have released a video for “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid).” more info