Mercury News, California — Acts including Arcade Fire, Lorde, Kings of Leon, J. Cole, Pitbull, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and Michael Franti are all booked to Bay Area radio stations' holiday-season shows. more info
LargeHeartedBoy — Gene Luen Yang discusses his excellent Boxers & Saints graphic novel with the New Yorker. The Hollywood Reporter breaks down the marketing strategy behind the new Arcade Fire album, Reflektor. WUIS profiles Daytrotter and the music website's founder ... more info
Chorus.fm — *Arcade Fire (http://www.absolutepunk.net/arcadefire)* have their second straight number one album. Reflektor sold 140,000 copies last week. more info