Brooklyn Vegan — LCD's final bow at MSG, 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As mentioned, Saturday (11/22) at Le Poisson Rouge is the release party for the new issue of Radio Silence which features Stephin Merritt, Tanya Donnelly, Matthew Friedberger, readings by Gr... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Harris' debut album had more in common with James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem than the Electric Daisy Carnival behemoth he is today.  Harris' ascension to the dance world titan has been a rocket launched at top speed with one guest spot by Ri... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2011 Arcade Fire and a bunch of their friends made a 21-minute horror movie called Festi. Today they’ve posted that movie, which involves murder and intrigue backstage at the band’s 2011 festival tour. Guests include James Murphy, the Nat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It's Halloween and the horror short films keep coming. First Avey Tare, and now Arcade Fire have put one out called Festi. The band gives the following description:Festi, an Arcade Fire production. In association with people in Austin. A... more info

Stereogum — Foo Fighters will soon return with Sonic Highways, which is both an album and an HBO show. And in a new trailer for the TV show, we see a deeply random assortment of musicians who will apparently appear: Billy Gibbons! Carrie Underwood! Slash! Some o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — NY Super Week, the lead-up to NY Comic Con, is almost upon us, running from October 3 - 12 at places all over NYC. Since we last posted about it they've added a LOT more events. Among them: --James... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Hazlitt interviewed author David Mitchell. LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy has turned the data from the US Open into electronic music. Author Dylan Landis interviewed herself at The Nervous Breakdown. Bookworm interviewed author Joyce Carol Oates. The... more info

NME — LCD Soundystem man used data from tennis tournament to create music more info

Stereogum — Back towards the start of the U.S. Open, James Murphy announced that he was teaming up with IBM to create an algorithm that would turn raw data from tennis matches into music. All of the music from the tracks are automatically created, but Murphy has... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — New Order & Mute's Daniel Miller clink glasses, sign contract... Mute Records have signed New Order and will release the band's next album. Says label head Daniel Miller:This is an exciting new chapter for both Mute and New Order and... more info