KEXP Seattle — As they prepare for August’s release of The Suburbs, Arcade Fire have been performing secret gigs around Montreal. Last night (Wednesday), they posted directions to Montreal’s South Shore shopping mall parking lot, where they place a free show. T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (extended Longueuil walk version) (MP3) Arcade Fire @ Longueuil, Montreal, June 9th Montreal band Arcade Fire thrilled nearly 10,000 fans with a free concert Wednesday night in a South Shore shopping mall parking l... more info

Silent Uproar — Lollapalooza 2010 has announced its schedule, which includes sets from Soundgarden, Green Day, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, The National and Spoon, among many others. [2010.lollapalooza.com] more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Roberto Panetta poses w/ Arcade Fire in Sherbrooke "Arcade Fire might have been trying out new material in an out-of-the-way venue, but there was nothing tentative about their take-no-prisoners show in Sherbrooke, Quebec, [Monday] night. Following up... more info

Song, by Toad — The Great Arcade Fire Hoax?  It is this: “The prevailing belief amongst j0urnalists that the Arcade Fire invented music. They invented bands with actual instruments, and anything vaguely epic.  None of these things existed before Funeral, and the... more info

Guardian Music — Richard Ashcroft's new album has a tracklist that's funnier than anything pop satirists could come up with. But which other running orders out-spoof the spoofs? Ten years ago, my colleague on the soon-to-be-defunct Select magazine, Steve Lowe, had a ... more info

Pitchfork — The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have just announced the schedule for the three-day marathon, which comes to Chicago's Grant Park August 6-8. And as with any gigantic eight-stage festival, you might need a little help navigating the mons... more info

Stereogum — On Friday the Arcade Fire debuted news songs in front of 75 people at Montreal’s Notman House. There were more in attendance last night at a warm-up show at the Granada Theatre in Sherbrooke, Quebec where the band continued showcasing bits and piec... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — So Arcade Fire played their first “official” show of their 2010 tour at The Théâtre Granada in Sherbrooke, Quebec. It wasn’t as intimate as their show last Friday. They played some of their new songs that we can expect to appear on their new ... more info

Pitchfork — After playing a tiny show in a run-down Montreal mansion over the weekend, Arcade Fire started their 2010 tour in earnest last night at Sherbrooke, Quebec's Théâtre Granada. According to reports, they played a whole bunch of new tracks from their f... more info