LargeHeartedBoy — Mystic Chords of Memory shares mp3s of the Arcade Fire's recent Sherbrooke, Quebec performance. At Goodreads, Anthony Bourdain shares his five favorite books that celebrate food. Today's additions to the 2010 Bonnaroo downloads page: mp3 sets from Ki... more info

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Nialler9 — The North American and UK singles from Arcade Fire’s upcoming The Suburbs album were both debuted today. ‘Ready to Start’ was played on U.S radio earlier while ‘We Used To Wait’ was debuted by Zaney Lowe on BBC Radio 1 tonight. ‘Ready To ... more info

Stereogum — This morning Zane Lowe premiered the studio takes on a pair of Suburbs tracks Arcade Fire’s been playing at their various warm-ups in Canada lately. And when Zane premieres, the internet posts rips. Where they are for now, until YouTube complies:... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Anxious is an understatement in regards to Arcade Fire's upcoming August release of The Suburbs. The more new material I hear, the more excited I become about where The Suburbs could take my ears. Connor wrote a fantastic article about tracing the ... more info

Pitchfork — We All Want Someone to Shout For points out that Seattle radio station 107.7 The End has the stream of the new single from the new Arcade Fire album The Suburbs. Hear "Ready to Start" here. Over in the UK, Zane Lowe just premiered the track "We Us... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Zane Lowe just premiered another new Arcade Fire song from The Suburbs called “We Used To Wait”. It’s the first single off the record in the UK, while “Ready To Start” was the US single. “We Used To Wait” is just a beautiful track that ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Radio station 107 The End just premiered”Ready To Start”, the first (US) single from Arcade Fire’s new album The Suburbs. Our first taste of “Ready To Start” was from live videos taken at recent Arcade Fire gigs. From the live version’s ... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Dave MacIntyre. Head to the photo book for the full-size shots. It's common practice for big bands to preview new material in surprise, intimate-venue shows. For Arcade Fire, "intimate" means a regal theatre with a capacity of 1,200. Ho... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on sale at 9am for the Arcade Fire/Spoon show at Madison Square Garden. Tickets are on sale at 10am for the ZZ Top show at Beacon Theatre. Tickets are on sale at 10am for Rock the Bells... more info