Pitchfork - Tours — 07-02 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival07-04 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival07-09-11 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival07-13 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Blues Fest07-31 - 08-01 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival08-08 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza08-... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — If you head to the Arcade Fire’s website you will be welcomed by a mysterious post. It says: “This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:” You then have the option to attempt to put in the “password”. To t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Arcade Fire @ Mercury Lounge, 2004 (more) Arcade Fire have been fairly quiet about their forthcoming, third album. Small tidbits have leaked out, like the fact producer Markus Dravs is working on it and that is complete. Similarly, their summer... more info

The Playlist — After taking seven years between "Adaptation" and "Where The Wild Things Are," Spike Jonze hasn't been wasting any time since the latter was released last October. He's already put out the short film "I'm Here," arguably the best film we've seen so f... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The Luyas are a Montreal quintet that include members of hometown heroes the Arcade Fire, both former (multi-instrumentalist Pietro Amato) and current (violinist Sarah Neufeld. The group is set to release their debut full-length later this year; "Tin... more info

411 Mania — Godspeed to reunite, Supergrass to split, Arcade Fire and Spike Jonze to work together, Dan Deacon remixes Owen Pallet, Malcolm McLaren dies, Wilco to curate their own festival as well as new music from The Hold Steady, Wolf Parade, Thom Yorke and LC... more info

KEXP Seattle — No matter your stance on the lofty status occupied by Arcade Fire and their miniscule canon, you can’t deny that their hooks are into plenty of cool affects. Case in point: after providing the triumphant theme for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Thi... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Beck, Shyne, Robyn • LCD Soundsystem Rock Surprise Show • Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” Still Number One • Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper Talk Yardbirds • Arcade Fire, Spike Jonze Team for Video • Blur Set to Return With New Single �... more info

NME — Band and directpr are working together in Austin, Texas more info

Stereogum — According to /Film, the director will be in Austin, TX to do a short film with the band based on the concept of “friends growing apart.” MTV also got a Jonze spokesperson to confirm the collaboration and location, but he wouldn’t name any other... more info