NME — Win Butler also says he doesn't buy into suggestions that there's nothing left to explore in rock music more info

Guardian Music — CSS feat Bobby Gillespie Hits Me Like A Rock (V2) Who'd have thought that Bobby G sighing over a track that sounds like Aqua covering The Tide Is High by Blondie would sound so fun? It reminds me of the music that was in the charts when Smash Hits us... more info

KEXP Seattle — Canada’s premier music festival Pop Montreal is celebrating its 10th year in the circuit, and included in this year’s gift bag is Arcade Fire, performing an entirely free, outdoor show Thursday, September 22nd at the place des Festivals of Quarti... more info

Guardian Music — Damon Albarn's latest musical travels and Sufjan Stevens's dance epiphany should help you get your clicks this weekDamon Albarn finds it difficult not to make music. In the last year, he's launched an opera; made a Gorillaz album on his iPad to reli... more info

Topix — Arcade Fire is seen here at the 2011 Juno Awards. Arcade Fire will perform a free concert September 22 in Montreal, their first show in the city since scoring at the Grammy Awards last winter. more info

Pop Candy — Greetings! It's a steamy Tuesday over here -- then again, that's the story every day. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — A deluxe edition of The Arcade Fire's The Suburbs is in stores tomorrow, with two bonus tracks and a DVD with the Spike Jonze short film Scenes from the Suburbs, the documentary Behind the Scenes from the Suburbs, and... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Daily Beast is streaming the expanded deluxe edition of the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs album (out tomorrow). Slate offers tips for Brooklyn living to author Martin Amis. The Guardian looks back on 30 years of MTV. The Observer interviews... more info

Topix — Blood was in the water, the rumours became true, and the newest Grammy-winning band from Canada stole thunder from U2 in Sackville, N.B. Arcade Fire, under the alias Shark Attack!, dropped in unannounced on the marsh-set university town to headline t... more info

Altsounds — *The Dying Seconds* from Dublin began making music for the right reasons – for themselves. But with all things special, word spread fast. The beginning twitters came from local and online press with glowing live reviews making comparisons fr... more info