Stereogum — Much like their Canadian peers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Arcade Fire, the Besnard Lakes have been orchestrating their own sort of cinematic-rock splendor for over a decade. Their sweeping compositions incorporate a slew of classical instruments... more info

Stereogum — Deadmau5 has no qualms about speaking his mind, which is the kind of thing that has gotten him into beefs with all sorts of people, from David Guetta to Arcade Fire (although that one was kinda their fault). A few months ago, after he badmouthed the ... more info

Stereogum — “What I Want” is the latest memorable video from Arcade Fire member Will Butler’s solo album Policy. The song is a frantic garage-rocker about anxiously considering whether to settle down together, and director Brantley Gutierrez’s video puts... more info

Stereogum — Nicolas Godin, one half of the french electro-lounge duo Air, released a solo album in September titled Contrepoint, inspired by the masterwork of Johann Sebastian Bach. He’s now the subject of a short documentary by La Blogothèque, who have previ... more info

Nialler9 — After the release of their debut track, ‘Go’ which established their stadium-rock leaning swagger, the Belfast band Pleasure Beach have followed up a successful Hard Working Class Heroes gig with the recorded version of live standout ‘Dreamer T... more info

Stereogum — Exactly one month ago, Arcade Fire soundtracked LA’s bid for the 2024 Olympics, and now they’ve lent their music to another commercial. The Aaron Sorkin-written, Danny Boyle-directed, Michael Fassbender-starring Steve Jobs is out next week, and e... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — SoHo recording studio The Magic Shop opened in 1988 and has birthed many well known albums, such as Sonic Youth's Dirty, The Arcade Fire's The Suburbs and David Bowie's The Next Day. Unfortunately, the ever-skyrocketing NYC real estate market... more info

Stereogum — Just a few days ago, we learned that Arcade Fire were planning a deluxe reissue of their Reflektor album, set to accompany their new tour-documentary movie The Reflektor Tapes. And just like that, the reissue is out now, and it includes six previousl... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire recently played a game of Jam Or Not A Jam with CBC Music — Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, and Tim Kingsbury were all played a mix of super popular songs and some older ones and asked to give their opinion, and then say whether it was a... more info

Stereogum — Last week, we learned that Arcade Fire would be releasing a 7″ with two unreleased tracks to accompany their tour documentary, The Reflektor Tapes, and it turns out that’s only one part of a larger re-release of the Canadian crew’s fourth album... more info