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

Totally Fuzzy — Sakalli said... Waniyetula (Galaxy) - Nature's Clear Well (1978) (@256) Linda Hoyle – Pieces Of Me (1971) (@256) http://www.sakalli.info Papshmir said... UPDATE: Arcade Fire - Live @ Helsinki 28-06-2010 http://www.musichole.blogspot.com G O D s... more info

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Bridging The Atlantic — I was one of the privileged few who were allocated tickets to last night's Arcade Fire gig at the Hackney Empire - their first non-festival performance in the UK in 3 years and a chance for them to test out new material from forthcoming album The Su... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Arcade Fire made their comeback last night in London debuting songs from their new album The Suburbs.   The Canadian indie gods used the show to warm up for their headline appearance at Oxegen... more info

Guardian Music — LCD Soundsystem leader would like to make up for missing two opportunities to work with the Montreal bandJames Murphy almost produced Arcade Fire's Neon Bible, he has revealed. The LCD Soundsystem leader said he has "missed two opportunities" to work... more info

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DrownedInSound — Maybe tonight is just a lie: the next time we see Arcade Fire it won’t be in a plush Edwardian music hall, but headlining to fuck knows how many pissed up Libertines and Blink 182 fans at Reading/Leeds. We’ll know by then whether we like The Subu... more info