The Music Fix — Review: Arcade Fire may be cool but they don't have Emily Haines fronting them. These fellow Canadians do. Luke McNaney reviews. more info

Guardian Music — It's all about getting your groove on this week, with tunes about teens and tiny dancers sung by lanky ladies and rubbish rappersKing Creosote – Coast On ByThought Fife troubadour King Creosote (Kenny Anderson) was all about gentle Scottish fo... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Italy's A Classic Education have a brand new 7" that they've decided to stream exclusively from IGIF starting today. The first song, "Best Regards," is a youthful jam that fits messy guitar strums with playful handclaps along a tune that's sure to c... more info

Hypeful — The new trailer for Spike Jonze's much-delayed Where the Wild Things Are is not just a visual feast, it also features an acoustic and studio mix of Arcade Fire's "Wake Up!" Too bad we all have to wait until its October release date, I want to watch t... more info

Stereogum — Elisa Ambrogio and the hardworking Pete Nolan have released more CD-R's, 7"'s, and etc. than even the most diehard Magik Markers fan could count without resorting to a cheat sheet, but 2007's Lee Ranaldo-produced BOSS is marked as the second official... more info

Guardian Music — Rumours of the demise of indie bands are greatly exaggerated. The Horrors and the Maccabees have made two of the best records of 2009. Who next? Jack Penate? Er ... yes, him too!At the end of 2008, a number of critics – myself included â€â€... more info

Guardian Music — He's Britain's most innovative, radical, creative and, yes, ridiculous, pop star, whose overt sexuality, visual flamboyance and unusual lyrics set him apart from all his contemporaries. He tells Miranda Sawyer how, at 16, and after enduring years of ... more info

411 Mania — Slipknot plan to celebrate 10th anniversary, Killswitch Engage name new album, Metallica could tour with Megadeth, album updates from Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Mars Volta, Elbow and more, free downloads from Dave Matthews Band a... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Being a rock band, the idea of adding a string quartet to Montreal's Arcade Fire would have been a tough sell. more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Arcade Fire’s Win Butler spoke with the Montreal Gazette last month. In the interview, Butler had this to say about working on the follow up to 2007’s masterpiece Neon Bible: “We feel really creative right now. We’re in a really good space as... more info