Stereogum — Pulp and LCD Soundsystem, two bands from the Gen X hipster hall of fame, are playing a pair of big gigs together in LA. The groups have announced two co-headlining shows at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 25 and 26. It marks a continuation of the band... more info

Stereogum — An Arcade Fire rollout is happening. It’s been two and a half years since multiple people accused Win Butler of sexual misconduct, but the entertainment industry has not exiled the band. They’re still headlining festivals and making appearance... more info

Antimusic Rock — South Carolina's High Water Festival will return to North Charleston's Riverfront Park next year on April 26-27. more info

Magnet Magazine — 20 years ago today, Arcade Fire released Funeral. Your moment of zen. Read our classic Arcade Fire feature from that time: The post Arcade Fire Released Debut Album “Funeral” 20 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — School, career, friendships, family, romance, politics, sports: In the fall of 2004, these were trivialities, minor disturbances that kept me from my life’s true purpose at the time. Which was listening to Arcade Fire’s Funeral. This was a rar... more info

Stereogum — Former Arcade Fire guy Will Butler and his backing band Sister Squares released a quite solid album last year. Today they’ve shared a new one-off single. “Burn It Away” is mostly low-key but works its way up to moments of intensity. “I wan... more info

Stereogum — Rick Rubin held a secret music festival in Tuscany for the summer solstice. As Variety reports, the event, called Festival Of The Sun, took place in Casole d’Elsa, a medieval village in the Sienese countryside where Rubin purchased a farm in 2... more info

Stereogum — There’s a lot of indie-adjacent stuff on Broadway these days, and some of it did extremely well at last night’s Tony Awards. This year’s big winner was Sterephonic , a play about a fictional ’70s rock band that looks and acts a whole lot ... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Leslie Feist released Multitudes , her first album in six years. It was one of our favorites of 2023. The Multitudes promotional cycle was relatively quiet, and the thing that most people remember is Feist dropping off of an Arcade Fir... more info

Stereogum — Stereophonic, the Broadway play about a fictional ’70s rock band, was nominated for 13 Tony Awards last week. It features original songs written by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire — Butler picked up a nomination for Best Original Score (... more info