Stereogum — As part of Arcade Fire's exhausting, very trolly Everything Now rollout, they announced that they were selling $109 Everything Now-branded fidget spinners. Of course, the fidget spinners "sold out" immediately and were never actually available. But... more info

JamBase — Previous collaborators Win Butler & Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire and Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform at a charity concert in New York City. more info

Chorus.fm — The annual Apple Music Festival will end after ten years: However, the cancellation of the festival doesn’t signal a move away from live events by Apple Music completely. The brand was recently a partner of shows by Haim and Skepta in London and Ar... more info

Stereogum — Geoff Barrow remixed Arcade Fire's Everything Now track "Creature Comfort" for a promo CD single of the song that was included in the cereal boxes that the band made to promote their new album, and today it's made its way online thanks to ArcadeFir... more info

Stereogum — ClickHole, as you probably know, is a very funny parody website. Edwin Butler, as you might know, is the not-very-funny leader of Arcade Fire who nevertheless likes to crack jokes. Put them together and you get what you see below, a video in which Bu... more info

Popdose — Every time I am about to write off this bit of malarkey we call “Americana,” something pulls me from the brink. Don’t roll your eyes at me. In the years since Mumford and Sons and The Lumineers made acoustic cool again, we’ve seen one trust-f... more info

Chorus.fm — Marc Hogan, writing at Pitchfork: Scott Rodger, who manages Arcade Fire, Paul McCartney, and Shania Twain, points me to various artists’ pages on Spotify. Arcade Fire have 5 million monthly listeners on the streaming service. Radiohead have 6 milli... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The pre-release cycle for Arcade Fire’s new album Everything Now (via Columbia Records) has been anything but boring. So it makes sense that their intimate release show (much smaller than the last time we saw them) at the Grand Prospect Hall would ... more info

New York Times — Arcade Fire, which debuted at the top last week, slipped to No. 38 while the new album by Brett Eldredge opened at No. 2. more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, notching its fourth total week atop the tally. Meanwhile, Brett Eldredge scores the week’s top debut, as his new self-titled album bows at a career-high No. 2. more info