Pitchfork - Tours — 06-29 - 07-02 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival07-08-18 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival d'été de Québec07-09-11 Punchestown, Ireland - Oxegen Festival07-31 - 08-01 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival more info

Guardian Music — Influenced by a mix of Rachmaninoff and Daft Punk, Bright Eyes and Beethoven, these 11 classically-trained musicians could have sounded messy — and sometimes they do. But it's an intriguing messHometown: New York.The lineup: Emanuel Ayvas (lea... more info

Guardian Music — Bodgea Social Club, NottinghamIn a world of generic alt-rock, you would be hard-pushed to call The Hidden Cameras anything other than unique. A Toronto band that has boasted 11 musicians – including a couple of stray members of the Arcade Fire... more info

Guardian Music — Audio, BrightonIn a world of generic alt-rock, you would be hard-pushed to call the Hidden Cameras anything other than unique. A Toronto band that, at its most populous, boasted 11 musicians – including a couple of stray members of the Arcade ... more info

Metalsucks — That Ryan Adams likes metal isn’t news. As you can see/hear in the above video, dude even recorded a cover of my favorite Alice in Chains song once (which, admittedly, is not AIC’s most metal song, but still, I don’t see The Arcade Fire doing i... more info

Altsounds — With influences from Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Glass, to their peers such as Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, and Sufjan Stevens, the eleven piece orchestral rock band, Emanuel And The Fear, create extravagant and climactic, intelligent and complex arran... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Cody Smyth -- The Strokes have announced their first American show in years. The Chicago Tribune confirms that the band will serve as headliners at this year's Lollapalooza, which goes down in Chicago's Grant Park August 6-8. Talking to the ... more info

Stereogum — Congrats County Kildare, Ireland! Oxegen Fest 2010 is bringing Arcade Fire and Eminem to your Punchestown Racecourse on the same weekend, 7/9-7/11. This is the first festival date announced for ArFi (I am doing that right?) this year. Of course they ... more info

Rolling Stone — • Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous Takes Own Life • News Ticker: Arcade Fire, Phish, D’Angelo • Spring Music Preview 2010 • Corgan on Critics, Simpson: Preview the Story • Keith Richards on Sobriety Rumors, New LP • Animal Collective @ Gug... more info

Rolling Stone — Arcade Fire have booked their first 2010 live date: a spot headlining Dublin’s Oxegen Festival, NME reports. Jay-Z, Muse, Broken Social Scene, Vampire Weekend and the Black Eyed Peas are also confirmed for the event, which takes place July 8-11th. ... more info