Rolling Stone — Who: Dead Man’s Bones finds Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling and his friend Zach Shields spinning fireside ghost stories into mesmerizing “Monster Mash” sing-alongs with the help of L.A.’s Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir. Sounds like: T... more info

Stereogum — Buttery smooth Living Room darling Norah Jones has done many things in the years since releasing her Grammy-magnet debut Come Away With Me to suggest she wanted to be more than just the artist who puts out records the whole family can agree upon d... more info

8/1 — I heart Arcade FireMP3: Arcade Fire - Wake Up [Where The Wild Things Are Trailer Version] more info

I Guess I'm Floating — There's no doubt that Vampire Weekend will continue to be a commercial success, but will they be a "one-hit-wonder" with the indie kids? Will there be a "wicked backlash"? Can they "do it again" in 2010? Will Carles still be "relevant enough" to b... more info

Spinner.com — Pop Montreal has had its share of great loft parties in the past. Word would travel via late-night text and festival-goers would soon find themselves wandering up a flight of stairs where the likes of Arcade Fire and Patrick Watson would hold nightly... more info

NME — Klaxons, Arcade Fire champion set for morning show from Monday (Oct 5) more info

XLR8R — Fans of Toronto's gamer-geek-with-a-violin Final Fantasy (a.k.a. Owen Pallett) can expect a new, third LP, Heartland, via Domino in January of next year. Started in November of last year, Heartland saw Pallett collaborating with Arcade Fire drum... more info

Said the Gramophone — In 2004, Howard Bilerman, the producer/engineer of albums by Silver Mt. Zion, Arcade Fire, British Sea Power, Basia Bulat and many more, wrote one of Said the Gramophone's first guestposts. In the midst of praising Bob Dylan's "One of Us Must Know (S... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 30. M.I.A. - "Galang"; This is the song that turned M.I.A. into an international star. The song is catchy in its repetition and shows off a variety of styles and sounds all mixed into one crazy bag. It's what started the craze and set the rise of M.I... more info

Stereogum — SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It's out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at Merge. more info