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 arrangeme... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's that time of the year again, when all my Bonnaroo brethren are anxiously awaiting for the official lineup to be announced. The Roo crew usually release the lineup the first week of February, so it's only natural that the rumors and leaky lineup... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Watch the trailer for the new Mogwai live concert film, Burning. As mentioned in today's Daily Downloads post, Team B is giving away a free EP, titled The Lost Son. The band is comprised of members of the Arcade Fire... more info

Stereogum — The concept behind Peter Gabriel's forthcoming indie rock covers project is an intriguing one: it's a song swap, Peter singing over orchestral reinterpretations of songs from a staggering list of artists -- Bon Iver, Lou Reed, the Mag Fields, Radi... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Beyoncé, Neil Young • John Mayer’s Dirty Mind & Lonely Heart • Jay-Z, U2, 100-Plus Stars Join Haiti Special • Grammys Announce 3-D Jackson Tribute • Win Butler on Arcade Fire’s Big Decade • Ozzy Osbourne on Future of B... more info

XFM.co.uk — The Arcade Fire singer gets fired up about new material and rules out a solo album. more info

Rolling Stone — Photograph by Davida Nemeroff As Arcade Fire look forward to finishing the follow-up to 2007’s Neon Bible, Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt caught up with frontman Win Butler to look back at the decade and some of the band’s watershed moments, from ... more info

MTV.com News — Contra marks highest indie-rock debut since 2007, and first #1 for label XL.By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Photo: Jeff Gentner/Getty Images Score one for the indie kids. In a rather amazing turn of events, Vampire Week... more info

Guardian Music — Like Led Zeppelin and the Manics before them, MGMT are releasing their new album without the aid of any singles. But will this make fans judge their music differently?"We'd rather people hear the whole album as an album and see what tracks jump out r... more info

Live Daily — The music industry has been quick to respond to last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti, with reports of benefits, auctions and charity efforts pouring in from around the world. Although rapper and Haiti native Wyclef Jean took the lead in rea... more info