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

Stereogum — Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the husband-and-wife duo behind Arcade Fire, have been doing just fine for themselves in the music world. But now they’re expanding into another universe. Together with another husband-and-wife duo — Jen Agg and ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — An original creation by Arcade Fire touring members or vintage bass and space are the latest essential tracks.An original creation by Arcade Fire touring members or vintage bass and space are the latest essential tracks. more info

Stereogum — Owen Pallett’s sophomore solo album under his own name, the gorgeous, meticulous In Conflict, was one of 2014’s best. Today the Canadian musician and Arcade Fire collaborator released a video for one of the album’s tracks, “The Sky Behind The... more info

Stereogum — Jay Z bought the Swedish company Aspiro’s streaming music service Tidal less than a month ago, but that didn’t stop him from rolling out his rebranded product today with lots of fanfare from his famous friends. Rumors before the 5PM livestream su... more info

Stereogum — Jay Z wants you to know that Tidal, the Scandinavian high-fidelity streaming service that he bought earlier this month, is a big deal. So he didn’t just get some of music’s biggest stars to tweet about the service’s big relaunch, which is happe... more info

Stereogum — Win and Will Butler of Arcade Fire and economist/New York Times columnist Paul Krugman headlined a panel discussion at SXSW today on the “celebrity economy in music” and how artists in the future will make a living. Moderated by Grantland’s Rem... more info

Stereogum — Will Butler has been playing with Arcade Fire for upwards of a decade, and he’s evidently spent some time thinking about how he’d present himself if and when he ever went solo. Yesterday, Butler released Policy, his first-ever solo album. Last ni... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Erik Erikson Will Butler @ Baby's All Right 3/7/2015 Following his show at Bowery Ballroom, The Arcade Fire's Will Butler played his second of two NYC shows on Saturday night (3/7) at Baby's All Right. (He had tested... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Arcade Fire singer Win Butler is having a pretty busy weekend in New York, doing non-Arcade Fire things. Tonight (2/13), he's playing the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at MSG with Common and others, and also DJing The Hold Steady's... more info