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

Stereogum — The Reflektor Tapes, Arcade Fire’s new documentary on the making of their fourth album Reflektor, premiered last Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, and The Independent took the opportunity to interview Win Butler and Régine Chassag... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — It's been a notable week for some of the biggest acts in music releasing between-album singles. more info

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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