Pitchfork — "When I found out our record was coming out the same day as Broken Social Scene I wanted to call Kevin Drew and shoot a little promo video, where it's like the two of us just facing each other on a windy day and then we embrace to the strains of 'Wak... more info

DrownedInSound — A vision which is as ambitious as it is acid-fried...a little bit confused about whether they want to be Led Zeppelin, Arcade Fire, Lambchop or all three at once.... It’s also impossible not to be occasionally blown away by La La Land. R... more info

The Yellow Stereo — On May 11, The National are back with High Violet, and I can tell you right now it’s a great album, on par with anything they’ve done. “Terrible Love” opens the disc in a wash of fuzzed out guitars and the slow-burn intensity the band’s kno... more info

The Mirror — Capital FM's Summertime Ball tickets are this week's Mirror Tickets Top sellers, after going on sale just over a week ago. Capital FM’s Summertime Ball is set to take place at Wembley Stadium on June 6th, and so far JLS, Cheryl Cole, Usher, Rihanna... more info

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