Nialler9 — With Staple Singers, Arcade Fire, Katie Kim, HAAI, Jon Hopkins, Strabe, Caleb Kunle, Tirzah, Desire, Chanel Loren, Solkatt. more info

Stereogum — Today, this band Arcade Fire released this new album WE . In the run-up to the album’s release, the band played surprise shows at places like Coachella and the Bowery Ballroom. Tomorrow night, they’ll be the musical guests on Saturday Night L... more info

Nialler9 — On the release day for the Canadian band’s sixth album We, Arcade Fire have announced a world tour that will kick off in the 3Arena in Dublin on August 30th 2022. Support on the European dates comes from Feist (with Beck doing an acoustic set in No... more info

JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Arcade Fire, Sharon Van Etten, Kikagaku Moyo, Graham Nash, Belle & Sebastian and Warpaint. more info

Nialler9 — The best new albums and EPs this week. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Canadian band's sixth album tries to recapture the skyscraping arena-rock of their earlier efforts, with mixed results. more info

Stereogum — It’s a huge week for Arcade Fire. Not only are they releasing their much-anticipated sixth studio album WE , it’s about to be the band’s fifth time as musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend. I guess if you join SNL‘s five-timer... more info

Stereogum — In the middle of March, Arcade Fire kicked off the rollout for their new album WE with the triumphant comeback single “The Lightning I, II.” Just two days later, founding member Will Butler — brother of frontman Win — announced he had lef... more info

Stereogum — We just wrapped up our live podcast episode about Arcade Fire’s new album, and they’re about to take the stage in London to play songs from across their discography. You can experience both right here in this post. Infinite content! (Wrong alb... more info

Stereogum — Today, Congolese-born, Montreal-based musician, songwriter, and DJ Pierre Kwenders releases his third album, José Louis And The Paradox Of Love via Arts & Crafts. A multilingual performer, Kwenders sings and raps in Lingala, French, English, Tshi... more info