Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — OTTAWA - Bluesfest was burning up both ends of Lebreton Flats Tuesday night with a double-headed snarling monster of Canadian A-list rock, with baroque indie darlings Arcade Fire and post-hardcore punkers Alexisonfire on competing stages. more info

Undercover, Australia — Canadian indie darlings Arcade Fire put their money where their mouths are when it comes to Haitian earthquake relief. more info

ContactMusic — Rockers ARCADE FIRE have pledged to give almost $1 million (666,670) to a Haiti charity if donations from the public reach the same amount.The band has teamed up... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Owen Pallett @ Webster Hall in April (more by Sarahana) Arcade Fire collaborator and 2010 Polaris Prize nominee Owen Pallett (ex-Final Fantasy) has been added as the opener to both the August 4th and August 5th Spoon & Arcade Fire... more info

NME — Régine Chassagne also helps launch Kanpe more info

411 Mania — Thoughts on Jay Z and Arcade Fire live, new Owen Pallett EP, new Deerhunter album, Phosphorescent gets ripped off, new Grinderman album, new single from The Walkmen, listen to new albums by Best Coast, The Books, School Of Seven Bells, Mount Kimble, ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — According to Exclaim, Owen Pallett has been added to both Arcade Fire shows at Madison Square Garden in August. Spoon is playing both as well. I paid around 50 bucks for my GA ticket. I’d say it was well worth it with just Spoon as the opener. Now,... more info

NME - Festivals — Live Review - Arcade Fire Oxegen Festival, Punchestown, Ireland, July 9 It’s been three long years since Montreal’s Arcade Fire last played at Oxegen. Back then the band were buzzing off becoming a household name in Ireland thanks to the success... more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonArcade Fire fans have been spoilt in the past. This extraordinary seven-piece band – whose roots fan out as distantly as Montreal, Texas and Haiti – have been known to end gigs by leading audiences out of the venue, playing ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Reuters profiles the Arcade Fire. In the Guardian, British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy shares a poem for the soccer World Cup final, "The Shirt." Bryan Lee O'Malley talks to Bookslut about the forthcoming Scott Pilgrim film as well as... more info