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

NME — Former LCD Soundsystem frontman is not recording with Manchester band more info

NME — Bernard Sumner and Tom Chapman suggest pairing up could be in the works more info

NME — Musician collaborates with IBM on experimental new project more info