Nialler9 — Arcade Fire’s Will Butler is to play a gig on April 25th in Whelan’s, playing songs with a four-piece band from his solo album Policy due out on Merge Records in March. Tickets are €24+ on sale from Ticketmaster on Friday at 9am but I have a p... more info

Stereogum — Canadian indie-pop trio the Unicorns broke up more than a decade ago, then reformed last year to support Arcade Fire and headline the Pop Montreal Festival. Right now, it’s still anybody’s guess whether they’ll perform in 2015. In the meantime,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Arcade Fire at Barclays Center in 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) DJ Windows 98, who you may recall is the DJ moniker of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, is returning to NYC for two appearances in February. First,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As discussed, Arcade Fire's Will Butler is releasing his debut solo album and touring in March, and that tour includes a NYC show happening March 7 at Baby's All Right. The Baby's show sold out, but now Will's added... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire’s Will Butler shared an original Christmas track yesterday called “Christmas 2014″ to celebrate the holiday season. It’s a sparse and simple two-minute-long piano ballad that incorporates a number of religious references and would... more info

Nialler9 — Best of 2014 : Albums | Songs | Readers Irish Albums | Readers Irish songs | Remixes | Videos  Artwork by Stephen Maurice Graham. Here are the final Readers Poll results for this year. Thanks for all your votes. Readers’ favourite Irish gig... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has joined his friend and collaborator James Murphy among the growing ranks of rock stars with their own signature coffee. Butler partnered with La Colombe Coffee to create RaRa, a specialty coffee grown in Haiti and r... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Will Butler's first solo album, Policy, will be out March 10 via Merge. Around the same time, the Arcade Fire member will be heading out on his first solo tour, which includes dates at SXSW and one in NYC... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Arcade Fire's Will Butler announced his debut solo album, Policy, and then put the album trailer featuring song snippets, and now he's put out the first single "Take My Side." Take a listen to that below. The album's out... more info

Stereogum — This morning we saw Will Butler’s spazzy trailer for debut solo album Policy, and now the Arcade Fire member has shared that project’s lead single. It’s called “Take My Side,” and it’s a jumpy, wiry rock ’n’ roll track that fits in be... more info