Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Arcade Fire's Will Butler has a solo album, Policy, which will be out in March 2015 via Merge. He's just released a video trailer for it featuring snippets of songs from the album set to a variety... more info

Time — The multi-intrumentalist and Oscar-nominated composer will be releasing his first solo album in March, 2015 more info

Stereogum — Last night, Mavis Staples threw a star-studded tribute concert in Chicago for her 75th birthday. Celebrity guests and performers were abundant, including Jeff Tweedy, Gregg Allman, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, and Bonnie Raitt. Arcade Fire’s Win Bu... more info

Stereogum — For a little while, we’ve known that Arcade Fire member Will Butler was at work on his first-ever solo album. Last week, we posted video of him playing a few promising solo songs at a secret show in Brooklyn. And now, we know a few details about th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Perhaps you've noticed that Arcade Fire's Will Butler (brother of the band's lead singer Win Butler) has played as a solo artist a couple times recently. Well he's now announced that he'll put out his first solo album, Policy,... more info

Stereogum — Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham has released his second installment of Turned Out A Punk, the podcast in which he talks with fellow punk-enthusiasts. This week he sat down with Arcade Fire’s Jeremy Gara and Richard Reed Parry to talk about growing up ... more info

Stereogum — On Thanksgiving night, VH1 will premiere A Very Bonnaroo Thanksgiving, which features footage from this past year’s festival. The special will include performances by Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire, Elton John, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Macklemore & Ryan ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (photo via @qbertplaya) Will Butler takes somewhat of a backseat to his brother Win in Arcade Fire but he'll be stepping into the spotlight on his first solo album which should be out sometime next year. He previewed songs last... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Will Butler isn't the only Butler brother in Arcade Fire experimenting with solo work. Will's older brother Win, who also happens to be Arcade Fire's frontman, performed a DJ set at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans at the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Will Butler w/ Arcade Fire during Barclays Center Run (more by Mimi Hong) Will Butler of The Arcade Fire (and Academy Award nominee) is currently finishing up his debut solo album. He'll be in NYC on Wednesday (11/12) at Baby's... more info