ContactMusic — Arcade Fire don't care about being famous all over the world. Despite their huge popularity, the band still feel as though they "don't belong" in the mainstream charts and can't understand why so many other bands are preoccupied with getting hits.Ric... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — “It was 40-below when we left Montreal to come here,” Win Butler said during a break in Friday night’s Arcade Fire show at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, simultaneously L.A.’s best- and worst-kept musical secret of the weekend. “So L.A., le... more info

Guardian Music — Forget the hype and hoopla of the Brit awards – it's time to salute pop's unseen heroesThe voting academy for this year's Brit awards is made up of 1,000 specially invited members from across the UK music industry: music critics, music writers, onl... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — There's plenty of suspense sealed up in the envelopes at the Grammy Awards, but the true winners will be determined during the performances. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Rihanna, the Arcade Fire, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Miranda Lambert are among the Grammy performers. Will their appearances at the 53rd Grammy Awards be make-or-break performances? A look at Grammy Award rehearsals. more info

Music For Ants — Spokes brings life to the meaning of post-rock, rustling through dead leaves with a play on shoe-gaze and shaken-up folk. This five-piece band out of Manchester comes out of the woodwork with a demeanor of two equal measures… the fearless experimen... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The weeklong roll-out for the Arcade Fire's secret show in L.A.finally has some answers about when and where the Grammy-nominated and Coachella-headlining act will play tonight. They're playing the Ukranian Cultural Center at 4315 Melrose Ave. at 9 p... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Everyone loves a good mystery. The members of Arcade Fire have long been practitioners of secrecy, and this week was no different. News has gradually trickled out via numerous Twitter accounts -- the band, the band's manager and promoter FYF... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday the Arcade Fire visited L.A.’s KROQ and performed acoustic versions of The Suburbs‘ “Month Of May” and “Ready To Start.” It’s a small space for such large group of Canadians — the proceedings have a clown-car feel. Take a lo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The National played Milk Studios Wednesday. Kanye West didn't play, but he was hanging out at the "Best New Menswear Designers in America Fall 2011 Collections event" at Ace Hotel last night. Creep (with Nina Sky) are playing Tribeca... more info