Guardian Music — The Montreal-based septet will be out to prove that a band's all-important third LP can retain the capacity to surpriseAs you might have noticed, unflagging glory seekers Arcade Fire are releasing their third album, very generously extending their lu... more info

Guardian Music — (Soft Revolution)Montreal's Stars make a very different sound to the euphoric, genre-colliding racket of the members' other group, Broken Social Scene. Their fifth album typifies Stars' more epic melodrama – in awe of Prefab Sprout, New Order and t... more info

Guardian Music — Modern music marketing is closer in spirit to the Native American practice of potlatch than you might thinkFans boggled at last week's decision by the grime star Wiley to give away more than 200 new tracks for free online. First, they asked, is it fo... more info

Guardian Music — This week there's pre-war drama, a 1980s indie disco and a bang up-to-date news reviewRadio 7 gave a welcome airing of Noel Coward pastiche Design for Murder this week (listen again here). The play's author, Marcy Kahan, has capitalised on the gap in... more info

ContactMusic — Former NEW ORDER and JOY DIVISION star PETER HOOK is spearheading a new TV talent search in Britain.The bass player will host new show The Source at his Manchester,... more info

Guardian Music — The latest side project from pop polymath Matt Kivel finds him in thrall to the drone and moan of the Velvets and ValentinesHometown: Long Beach, California.The lineup: Matt Kivel (vocals, instruments).The background: It's a great time to dabble, to ... more info

KEXP Seattle — KEXP listeners have been in love with Shout Out Louds since their 2005 debut, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, partly because of the band’s unmistakable 80′s New Wave influences — elements of The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, and many others can be heard fi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Hannibal said... Brian Eno - Another Green World 1975 Ape Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II 1992 Ape http://hannibalsite.blogspot.com Willard said... SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY w/ LaBAMBA'S BIG BAND Grapefruit Moon: The Songs Of Tom Waits (2008) Excellent, vir... more info

Guardian Music — These Parisians are so in thrall to the sound of Madchester that they named themselves after the former Stone Roses frontmanHometown: Paris.The lineup: Sebi Browne (vocals) and Benjamin Browne (bass), joined by Denis Browne Jr, Hadrien Browne, and Ti... more info

The Quietus — New Order drummer passes on knowledge gained under Hannet more info