We All Want Someone To Shout For — My live blogging of Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs got a good reaction, so I figured I’d give it another go with another big album leak. I was watching the Yankees pretty pathetic display against the Red Sox today when my buddy Brent from One Thirty B... more info

Guardian Music — Watch, bookmark and send to your pals: it's like The Box, only way cooler1 RATATAT - DRUGSSometimes it's the simplest ideas that work best. For this creepy, Lynch-style outing, director Carl Burgess trawled stock footage of grinning actors in the Get... more info

Guardian Music — Your definitive guide to the best new talent in music video starts hereFrom lo-fi web sensations to mega-budget epics, music videos have been freed from the shackles of the MTV playlist. And haven't we come a long way from Bohemian Rhapsody and that ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The NJ Underground said... LCD Soundsystem @ Wellmont Theatre (photos, setlist) Jenny & Johnny (Jenny Lewis) @ Maxwell's (photos, setlist) The Jersey Jerkoff Gets a River City Extension Ducktails video for "Art Vandelay" The Gay Blades interview LCD... more info

The World Forgot — A few weeks back I was sitting on a stationary bike reading a random issue of Rolling Stone that magically appeared in my mailbox without address, postage, or any indication as to how it appeared there.  So I sat there, cycling in place, reading how... more info

Bradley's Almanac — My complete inability to make timely Almanac updates has resulted in my giving short-shrift to this most-excellent of giveaways: A pair of tickets to tomorrow night's Teenage Fanclub show at the Royale here in Boston. So this is going to be a quick... more info

Guardian Music — For a cosy sound this autumn you could do worse than this oversized alt folk outfit in the vein of Mumford & SonsHome: Brighton, Norfolk, London.The lineup: Benedict Rubinstein (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, autoharp), Daniel Matthews (guitar, pia... more info

Guardian Music — Label of American singer-songwriter urges fans to consider artist's remuneration when buying through AmazonIt was around this time last year when singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens suffered a self-diagnosed "existential crisis", imploring in a magazine... more info

Guardian Music — Man your stations, the Manics are backNext week sees the release of Manic Street Preachers' 10th – yes, 10th – album, Postcards From a Young Man. Many of you will already have heard their latest offering, bafflingly described by Nicky Wire as "Va... more info

ContactMusic — Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler isn't sure how much longer the band will continue.The singer and guitarist said he doesn't see himself being in a band and touring in... more info