Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Peter Gabriel - Flume (Bon Iver cover) (MP3) Peter Gabriel's new record Scratch My Back is an all-cover, orchestra-backed collection of songs from Bowie's "Heroes" to Arcade Fire's "My Body Is a Cage." There's also a Bon Iver cover,... more info

Rolling Stone — Arcade Fire and John Mayer have licensed big songs to help support Haiti. Arcade Fire — whose Regine Chassagne’s family has roots in the earthquake-ravaged island — has given the NFL permission to use their Funeral song “Wake Up” for charit... more info

Gigwise — John Mayer also grants permission... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If a Super Bowl halftime show featuring two original members of The Who doesn't strike your fancy, there will be plenty of music targeted to a non-boomer audience throughout Sunday's game. For instance, indie rockers the Arcade Fire, a band... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Arcade Fire, Partners in Health, the NFL, Merge Records and Bank Robber Music have collectively agreed upon a unique 100% for charity Superbowl licensing of "Wake Up" from the band's 2004 album Funeral. All proceeds from the song's airing on... more info

Stereogum — The Funeral track will be used during this weekend's Super Bowl, whatever that is, with 100% of the licensing proceeds benefiting Partners In Health's Stand With Haiti relief efforts. Last time was different. more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Peter Gabriel is getting set to release Scratch My Back, his orchestral indie rock cover album. It is Peter’s first album in 7 years. Bob Ezrin produced the album that features covers from the likes of Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bower, Elbow, and Radio... more info

Stereogum — The other day we heard the first sounds from Peter Gabriels' all orchestral indie rock covers LP, Scratch My Back, with his take on Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage." True, we've turned a fine eye toward comprehensively covering this release. But ... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about remembering famous people from the past. Now we want put your memory to the test againLast week you really could feel the strain as RRers scoured for songs that were really, truly, actually on topic. That you pulled it off is ... more info

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonNear the end of Owen Pallett's set, someone shouted a request for a song from his new album. "I'm going to stick to the hits," Pallett wryly replied. That got a laugh – this Canadian violinist has yet to have a hit, though ... more info