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

JamBase — Read a review and view a photo gallery and watch 20 (!) videos from the Arcade Fire concert at Madison Square Garden this week. more info

JamBase — Arcade Fire performed several songs from their new record 'Everything Now' during opening night of their Infinite Tour. more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire opened their Infinite Content tour in Quebec City last night during the show they performed a slew of songs from their new album Everything Now . The band debuted songs like "We Don't Deserve Love," "Put Your Money On Me," "Infinite Cont... more info