We All Want Someone To Shout For — The pre-release cycle for Arcade Fire’s new album Everything Now (via Columbia Records) has been anything but boring. So it makes sense that their intimate release show (much smaller than the last time we saw them) at the Grand Prospect Hall would ... more info

New York Times — Arcade Fire, which debuted at the top last week, slipped to No. 38 while the new album by Brett Eldredge opened at No. 2. more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, notching its fourth total week atop the tally. Meanwhile, Brett Eldredge scores the week’s top debut, as his new self-titled album bows at a career-high No. 2. more info

Detroit Free Press — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's 'Despacito' continues as No. 1 on iTunes; Arcade Fire tops album chart with 'Everything Now'             more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — UNDERRATED “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at the Ahmanson Theatre: A Tony Award-winning adaptation of Mark Haddon’s bestselling 2003 novel, this story of a boy named Christopher who investigates the death of a ... more info

Chorus.fm — Arcade Fire have the number one album in the country this week: The album, which was released July 28 through Columbia Records, earned 100,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 94,000 were in t... more info

New York Times — The band’s new record debuted at the top with the lowest streaming number for any No. 1 album since Bon Jovi in November 2016. more info

Stereogum — We're used to Arcade Fire being gigantic now. Years past the moment where the band started to attain the kind of magnitude their music always sought and was built for, they're talked about as one of the only major rock bands of their generation to at... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire played a Lollapalooza aftershow at the Metro in Chicago last night. After decrying all the negativity in the world, Win Butler launched into a cover of John Lennon's "Mind Games," mixing in lyrics from Radiohead's "Karma Police," David Bo... more info

New York Times — As the band released its most divisive album yet, it embarked on a rollout that confused its narrative even further. A conversation, on Popcast. more info