Stereogum — Father John Misty debuted his great new cover of Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” earlier this week and, in a new interview with NME, he opened up about the inspiration behind choosing the song, and it turns out to have been for completely mundane, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Will Butler (more by Debi Del Grande) Arcade Fire's Will Butler has been pursuing his solo career this year, having visited NYC a few times. He'll return this Wednesday (7/1) at The Well for the venue to celebrate Canada... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In honor of Arcade Fire topping CBC Music's list for "the 100 best Canadian bands ever," Father John Misty has delivered a trip back to 2012 with a revitalized cover of the title track for Arcade Fire's Grammy-winning album "The Suburbs."  more info

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Stereogum — Father John Misty has been doing a lot of covers lately, and he recently trotted out another one during a live acoustic session for the Canadian network CBC. Perhaps as a nod to his Canadian hosts, he covered Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs,” playin... more info

Perez Hilton — What a big night in Canada! At the 2015 Much Music Video Awards, some lucky celebs ended up big winners. Not everyone could take home a trophy, but we've got the whole list of the stars who did walk away with an extra token of success! Check out the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: DJ Windows 98 at SXSW 2015 (more by Amanda Hatfield) DJ Windows 98, the DJ moniker of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, plans to grace NYC with another of his sets on August 27 at Le Poisson Rouge. Tickets... more info

Stereogum — Tim Kingsbury is the latest Arcade Fire member to splinter off from the band and start his own solo project. It’s called Sam Patch, and he’ll be joined by AF drummer Jeremy Gara and Toronto musician Basia Bulat. Arcade Fire Tube reports that thei... more info

Stereogum — During their second show at Montreal’s Bell Centre last night, U2 played “Lucifer’s Hands,” one of the new songs included as bonus tracks on the Songs Of Innocence deluxe edition, live for the first time. The band also dedicated a performance... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Last August, the Arcade Fire frontman was enjoying food and drinks with the band at Toronto's Rhum Corner. Butler decided to ask restaurant co-owner Roland Jean if he could play some rara, a type of Haitian Creole festival music. Jean... more info