MTV.com News — Indie band tops Eminem and last week's #1, Avenged Sevenfold.By James Montgomery The Arcade Fire's Win Butler Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images It's been an oddly major year for indie artists. Back in January, Vampire Weekend made histor... more info

Stereogum — On the heels of owning Madison Square Garden and then a two-mile strip of Chicago called Lolla, Arcade Fire’s world-beating two-week coronation is complete, or at least, confirmed by Billboard: The Suburbs, that possibly overlong but certainly emph... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Filmmaker Vincent Morisset talks to Creative Review about the artwork he provided for the digital version of the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs album. At the New Yorker, Sasha Frere-Jones examines the success of the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs album, and... more info

NME — Plus Eminem ahead of Arcade Fire in albums chart more info

MTV.com News — Their #1 album and Lollapalooza-closing set solidified their position atop the rock heap, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Win Butler of The Arcade Fire performs at Lollapalooza Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images On Wednesday... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The weekly numbers from Nielsen SoundScan aren't given the official unveiling until Wednesday morning, but perhaps Chapel Hill, N.C.'s Merge Records can be forgiven for not being totally hip to music industry embargoes. After all, it's not often the ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Canadian indie heroes Arcade Fire have announced their biggest ever UK tour dates for later this year. The group have previously played one-off shows rather than a full run of gigs across the... more info

The Music Fix — A must-see event! more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-11 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *08-14 Toronto, Ontario - Olympic Island08-27 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival08-28 Reading, England - Reading Festival08-29 Saint Cloud, France - Rock En Seine08-31 Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom09-02 Bo... more info

I Like Music — Following the release of their highly acclaimed third album, The Suburbs, the Canadian band will tour UK arenas in December 2010 more info