Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Will Butler at Baby's All Right in March (more by Erik Erikson) Arcade Fire's Will Butler, who played a holiday show in Brooklyn last week, shared a "hot new Christmas jam" today called "City on a... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire’s Will Butler has shared a new Christmas track called “City On A Hill,” a piano-based original in a similar vein to his offering last year, “Christmas 2014.” It features a reference to the crucifixion and brooding lines like “... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Jaime Rubiano Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld is releasing her second solo album The Ridge in February, and she'll begin a tour in support of it in March. Joining her on drums and electronics is Stefan Schneider, who's... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire’s violinist Sarah Neufeld will release a solo album early next year titled The Ridge. She released the LP’s debut single and title track today, which features fellow Arcade Fire member Jeremy Gara on drums. “The Ridge” is an explo... more info

Stereogum — The Talkhouse is a website dedicated entirely to musicians writing about music. This is a noble goal and an interesting way out of the rock-critic echo chamber. But every once in a while, it will forcefully show us that a gifted musician can also be ... more info

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