Stereogum — Arcade Fire debuted new music at a secret show in New Orleans last night, The Times-Picayune reports. Before their headlining set at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience festival tonight, they played a small show for about 175 friends and friends of fr... more info

NME — Musician urges voters to choose Hillary Clinton in the upcoming presidential election more info

NME — The Pop vs Jock match took place yesterday (September 24) more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire’s Win Butler held the fourth edition of his annual POP Vs. Jock charity basketball game in Montreal today. Win and Will Butler both played in the game along with the Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture, Vampire Weekend’s Chris Tomson, Silicon... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brooklyn's Superhuman Happiness, the project of saxophonist Stuart Bogie (who plays with Arcade Fire, is a member of Antibalas, and more), released Escape Velocity last year and now they're working on a new LP. While we wait for more detail... more info

Consequence of Sound — Tool, Arcade Fire, The Weeknd, and a Halloween weekend in New Orleans. more info

NME — Win Butler was once coached at basketball by Drake more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Islands have taken quite a few forms since their inception after the band’s brainchild Nicholas Thorburn’s prior band The Unicorns broke up. In 2006 they released their charming debut album Return To The Seam. Since then Islands did a small reuni... more info

Stereogum — The fourth edition of the Pop Vs. Jock celebrity basketball game is set to go down later this month in Montreal. Players this time around include Arcade Fire’s Will and Win Butler, the Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture, Vampire Weekend’s Chris Tomson, ... more info

Stereogum — Before Arcade Fire were, you know, Arcade Fire, they were just another band (ahem, a Band To Watch, I mean). Recently, footage has surfaced via Reddit of an early iteration of the group featuring Win Butler and Régine Chassagne and a bunch of member... more info