The Mirror — Rapper turned soul star Plan B and chart-topping band Arcade Fire head nominations for the Q Awards. more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire are on the cover of this month’s Spin Magazine. The short excerpt online is about a semi-friendly game of table tennis between Steve Malkmus and Win Butler. But the full piece in the print magazine — which looks worth getting, both fo... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire are on the cover of this month’s Spin Magazine. The short excerpt online is about a semi-friendly game of table tennis between Steve Malkmus and Win Butler. But the full piece in the print magazine — which looks worth getting, both fo... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Browsing around and discovered this pretty powerful live acoustic session of “Wake Up” that Arcade Fire did a while back. Not sure who they did it for, or how old it is, but that doesn’t really matter. Sounds like it’s pretty old to me. This ... more info

The Music Fix — They may be from Montreal but are Plants And Animals the new Arcade Fire? more info

MTV.com News — Eminem's Recovery holds at #3.By Gil Kaufman Disturbed's "Asylum" Photo: Warner Music Group It was a short trip to the top for Katy Perry. Despite locking down not one but two of the summer's biggest smashes with "California Gurls" and the ... more info

Guardian Music — Reading, Richfield AvenueThe talk of this year's Reading and Leeds festivals wasn't so much a band as the absence of a band. Sure, Reading's Friday night headliners Guns N' Roses did eventually turn up, but it was the hour-long wait for them to take ... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — I'm finding it a little hard to focus on anything new at the moment. Having totally immersed myself in Sufjan Stevens' EP All Delighted People and Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, I'm a bit overloaded. Also, my son just left for colle... more info

Guardian Music — Our columnist checks into rehab – it seems he can't stop himself from watching footage of a grime MC buying pizzaAt this point, I should probably tell you how I spent the week following the Guns N' Roses circus show, or recovering from Reading, or ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offArcade Fire Wake Up The smaller-than-expected crowd to see Arcade Fire at the Leeds festival was a major talking point, but Wake Up, from their debut album, was my song o... more info