Chorus.fm — Arcade Fire performed “Everything Now” on Ellen last night. more info

Stereogum — At this point, it's not exactly shocking to see underground-rock types making media appearances. Still, there's something truly striking about watching one of the defining indie rock bands of the last decade showing up on a daytime talk show, playing... more info

Stereogum — Several references to suicide and self-harm on "Creature Comfort," one of the singles from Arcade Fire's recent album Everything Now , have been censored by the band's label for Canadian airplay. Global News reports that that words "suicide" and "dy... more info

Chorus.fm — The notable bands on your television this week include: LCD Soundsystem (Kimmel; 10/16), Beck (Ellen; 10/17), Arcade Fire (Ellen; 10/18), and Haim (Ellen; 10/19). more info

New York Times — Like Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem, the Las Vegas group reached the top of the Billboard chart the very old-fashioned way. more info

Sweeping The Nation — Looks like we made it to the end. We close with ten years ago, another of those years right at the end of this survey in which it's driven more by what STN was writing about at the time then what else was happening as the alternative rapidly segr... more info

Obscure Sound — Salt Lake City-based Suburban Birds’ upcoming debut LP Lituya Bay is preceded by the release of its second single “Break Me Down”, recorded in “a beachy atmosphere with a lo-fi live feel” and mastered by Ryan Morey (who has worked on the li... more info

Stereogum — Bernie Sanders recently introduced a Medicare For All Act Of 2017 into the Senate, and he got Arcade Fire's Win Butler -- a notable Canadian -- to talk about the differences between Canada and America's health care systems with a Sanders staffer. Wat... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend released their instant-classic third LP Modern Vampires Of The City on May 14, 2013. It was a different world back then: We were all still wondering what Yeezus would sound like, Arcade Fire hadn't even announced Reflektor yet, and ... more info

Stereogum — Lately, Arcade Fire have been covering John Lennon's 1973 marital-discord anthem "Mind Games." They debuted it live at a Lollapalooza aftershow at Chicago's Metro last month, and they played it again during Lollapalooza itself. And now there's also a... more info