L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On Friday night at the second of two sold-out shows that Arcade Fire played at the Shrine Auditorium, a group of anxious journalists and bloggers stood around a primitive-looking contraption called the Wilderness Machine. Beside them in the Shrine's ... more info

Altsounds — Hailing from Michigan's 'Rock City' of Detroit - home to Diana Ross, The Supremes, The Stooges, Smokey Robinson - is 21 year old new pop sensation *Alex Winston*. Winston's unique and refreshing sound navigates influential pillars as diverse as Feist... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — There isn't a working band that has more fun playing live. The energy created is healing. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There isn't a working band that has more fun playing live. The energy created is healing. In the middle of Arcade Fire's set at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday night, during its disco-dripping song “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), the... more info

Guardian Music — Deodorant makers Right Guard have entered the live-sessions game, writes Chris SalmonTwo years ago, Birmingham-born DJ Nic Harcourt left the influential LA public radio station KCRW after 10 years of presenting its Morning Become Eclectic show. Dur... more info

Stereogum — Rain cut this show a little early, but Arcade Fire made up for it by sticking around, posing for photos, signing things: A lucky 300 folks crammed into the Big Sur space, on Will Butler’s birthday, for what photographer Graeme Flegenheimer describe... more info

All About Jazz — In early August, Arcade Fire was profiled in The New Yorker by Sasha Frere-Jones. Some argued that the piece was against major labels, because Arcade Fire existed mostly outside their walls.A Others though that it dispelled the myth of the DIY artis... more info

Mercury News, California — Arcade Fire is on a quest to become North America's most important band.Win Butler, the Montreal group's vocalist and resident visionary, would probably never outline Arcade Fire's mission in that fashion. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Peter Hughes talks to Move about the evolution of the Mountain Goats. Granta names the best young Spanish-language novelists. On sale for $3.99 at Amazon MP3: The Arcade Fire's 10-track Funeral album. The Boston Globe profiles Gayngs. Falling somewhe... more info

Undercover, Australia — Canadian indie pop icon Owen Pallett is heading to Australia in January in support of his latest record ‘Heartland’. more info