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

MSN Music — The Everything Now mega corporation sells everything: energy drinks, self-sustaining fidget spinners, and this new song from Arcade Fire's new album 'Everything Now.' more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire have treated every aspect of the release of their new album, the not-exactly-beloved Everything Now , as a sort of performance-art stunt about corporate branding, and that apparently extends to late-night appearances. Last night, the ban... more info

Core News — “Arcade Fire perform a live set in front of a tiny invited audience at Maida Vale Studios.” Check out other Annie Mac shows in the archive and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Annie Mac 2017-08-02 Arcade Fire live gig [Uploa... more info