Guardian Music — He's Britain's most innovative, radical, creative and, yes, ridiculous, pop star, whose overt sexuality, visual flamboyance and unusual lyrics set him apart from all his contemporaries. He tells Miranda Sawyer how, at 16, and after enduring years of ... more info

411 Mania — Slipknot plan to celebrate 10th anniversary, Killswitch Engage name new album, Metallica could tour with Megadeth, album updates from Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Mars Volta, Elbow and more, free downloads from Dave Matthews Band a... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Being a rock band, the idea of adding a string quartet to Montreal's Arcade Fire would have been a tough sell. more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Arcade Fire’s Win Butler spoke with the Montreal Gazette last month. In the interview, Butler had this to say about working on the follow up to 2007’s masterpiece Neon Bible: “We feel really creative right now. We’re in a really good space as... more info

NME — 'We feel rejuvenated,' says Win Butler more info

Troubled Souls Unite — Or: The Death of True Music ElitismI was sitting in the Yeshiva College writing center the other week, when I overheard a few professors discussing how much easier academic research is, now that everything is on the internet. And it got me thinking a... more info

Idolator — ARTIST: Dirty Projectors TITLE: Bitte Orca RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2009 WEB DEBUT: April 9, 2009 ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: From where I'm sitting, Dave Longstreth's band has had an odd ascent onto the doorstep of indie stardom. The album I thought would've ... more info

Buzzgrinder — While the trailer for Where the Wild Thing Are got me all teary-eyed, I think I might like the "trailer" for Everyone Poops better. more info

MTV.com News — Singer talks about Spike Jonze's controversial film of Maurice Sendak's book.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tom Thorogood The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Late last month, the Interwebs went berserk when the trailer for Spike Jonze's much-discus... more info

!tashed — Arcade Fire have released a documentary on DVD to fight them electronic boys. It is called Miroir Noir or “Black Mirror” in french which was the title of their opening track from their album Neon Bible. It is a 70 minute movie/documentary follow... more info