NME — Plus Eminem ahead of Arcade Fire in albums chart more info

MTV.com News — Their #1 album and Lollapalooza-closing set solidified their position atop the rock heap, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Win Butler of The Arcade Fire performs at Lollapalooza Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images On Wednesday... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The weekly numbers from Nielsen SoundScan aren't given the official unveiling until Wednesday morning, but perhaps Chapel Hill, N.C.'s Merge Records can be forgiven for not being totally hip to music industry embargoes. After all, it's not often the ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Canadian indie heroes Arcade Fire have announced their biggest ever UK tour dates for later this year. The group have previously played one-off shows rather than a full run of gigs across the... more info

The Music Fix — A must-see event! more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-11 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *08-14 Toronto, Ontario - Olympic Island08-27 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival08-28 Reading, England - Reading Festival08-29 Saint Cloud, France - Rock En Seine08-31 Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom09-02 Bo... more info

I Like Music — Following the release of their highly acclaimed third album, The Suburbs, the Canadian band will tour UK arenas in December 2010 more info

Addict Music — 16 tracks does feel like a lengthy opus as you are kept waiting for the thrills, but it does make them huge more info

DrownedInSound — Following on from last week's release of their third album, The Suburbs, all-conquering Canadian collective Arcade Fire have announced a few dates in the UK for later in the year. Much later in the year. Right at the end of it, in fact. Thankfully W... more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to make a memory at a festival like this, to cut through the din, the heat, the corporate branding, to seize people’s attention and manufacture a genuine moment. Occasionally sets transcend setting; more often they’re the wallpaper of... more info