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Stereogum — Arcade Fire will put out a new 7″ of previously unreleased material later this month in conjunction with the release of their tour documentary, The Reflektor Tapes, which is slated to his theaters on 9/23. According to Arcade Fire Tube, the 7″ in... more info

Stereogum — Los Angeles last hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1984, before half the Stereogum staff was born. The City of Angels braintrust believes 2024, which will mark 40 years since then, is a good time to bring the summer games back for the third time. (L... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this summer Diplo, Skrillex, and two of Arcade Fire’s most prominent members Win Butler and Régine Chassagne were hanging out together in the studio. Apparently, that friendship circle has grown to include Madonna by proxy, as her and Dipl... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire’s feature-length documentary The Reflektor Tapes is coming out in a couple of weeks. We’ve seen a few trailers already, and now Arcade Fire have just shared another promo on Noisey. The new clip features footage of the band performing... more info

Stereogum — It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Soulwax, the Belgian dance-rockers who were remixing people like Arcade Fire and Pulp not that long ago. But today, on his Beats 1 show, Zane Lowe debuted Soulwax’s massive new remix of “Let It Happen,... more info

Stereogum — We’ve seen a couple trailers so far for Arcade Fire’s documentary The Reflektor Tapes. Arcade Fire Tube points out that the latest teaser features in-studio footage with producer James Murphy. The scene reveals that the band painted their faces f... more info

Stereogum — At SXSW back in March, Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws, and Marshall Crenshaw all participated in a panel called “I Wrote That Song,” now in its third year, where they ... more info

Stereogum — Sam Patch is the latest side project to come out of Arcade Fire’s million-plus members — it’s made up of bassist Tim Kingsbury, drummer Jeremy Gara, and Toronto musician Basia Bulat. The new band had their debut performance last night as part o... more info