Music For Ants — This year, I welcomed a new member to our family (named Esme, like the Joanna Newsom song), worried a lot about the future of my country, and listened to a lot of music, new & old. These are my favorite albums & songs of 2017. Click here to listen to... more info

Stereogum — The world went through a lot this year -- Trump, an investigation into Russian election interference, Nazis, an Arcade Fire album rollout. Twitter also went through a lot this year -- Trump, an investigation into Russian election interference, a cont... more info

Stereogum — When Arcade Fire toured Europe this summer, they brought the Colombia dance-rock band Bomba Estéreo with them. And now Arcade Fire have gotten Bomba Estéreo to remix "Everything Now," the title track of their 2017 album. The Bomba Estéreo version ... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, the National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner helped curate the first edition of Copenhagen's Haven Festival, and they're doing the same thing this year. Arcade Fire will headline the festival, which takes place on 8/10 and 8/11 next year... more info

Stereogum — This year's Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival saw Solange team up with the Doobie Brothers' Michael McDonald to perform "What A Fool Believes." Next year's probably won't have that, but it will have Arcade Fire, Travis Scott, and two Bassnectar sets. ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — It’s safe to say that Arcade Fire’s Everything Now era has been a strange one, from the oddball promotional nature to the first somewhat mixed critical reaction to an album in their career. But if there’s one that thing most can agree on is tha... more info

Chorus.fm — The Globe and Mail are reporting that Arcade Fire are having trouble filling arenas on their current tour: Blame it on the new album or the marketing campaign for it, or on ticket prices and the popularity of rock music in 2017. Whatever the case, Ar... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire's new album Everything Now didn't get the warmest critical reception, and it seems that their tour in support of it isn't getting the warmest reception either. The Globe And Mail reports that that the band is struggling to fill arenas... more info

Chicago Tribune — There’s really no way around it: Arcade Fire’s fifth album “Everything Now” is pretty half-baked, and a high-concept marketing campaign that smugly skewered consumerism didn’t help. But Arcade Fire has never really been about big ideas so m... more info

Chicago Tribune — Talk to the members of Arcade Fire and invariably they’ll tell you they’ve always been playing looking at the long view. For the ever-popular Montreal-based sextet, what people think of them now is of little consequence. Rather, how the band is v... more info