Stereogum — Portishead production mastermind Geoff Barrow worked on Arcade Fire's new album Everything Now , and Barrow's krautrock-influenced trio BEAK> will open some dates on Arcade Fire's forthcoming tour. Meanwhile, BEAK>'s new single "Sex Music" is out on... more info

Stereogum — Primavera has a particular reputation, as being one of the best, most interestingly curated festivals in Europe. (Or, anywhere, for that matter.) It earns it. Especially compared to a bunch of lackluster festivals stateside through the first half of ... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire are really going all in on Primavera this year. They sold their new single "Everything Now," the first track from their upcoming album of the same name, at the Barcelona festival this weekend, and then debuted another new song at a surpri... more info

Stereogum — I don't know if you've heard, but Arcade Fire just released a new song. No matter how you feel about "Everything Now" the song, a new Arcade Fire album is still an exciting prospect, and the band have now revealed the tracklist to the upcoming Every... more info

DJmag — Shares production duties on new LP with Steve Mackey and Markus Davs more info

Stereogum — What a week for new rock tunes: Arcade Fire! Broken Social Scene! Phoenix! Radiohead! Foo Fighters! No it is not 2010! Nice to have all our friends back, though. Have a nice weekend! THIS WEEK'S 10 HIGHEST RATED COMMENTS #10 ... more info

Stereogum — What a week! We got new Arcade Fire, new Carly Rae Jepsen, new Lorde, AND new Radiohead?!?!?!?! It's almost too good to be true. If you need to be brought down to earth, definitely tune into your local political news station because shit is really ro... more info

Chorus.fm — Chris DeVille, writing at Stereogum, talks about how since Arcade Fire released great music in the past, they have become too big to fail: The mighty would have fallen by now, but their reputation is propping them up. That’s how it goes when your r... more info

Stereogum — The mighty would have fallen by now, but their reputation is propping them up. That's how it goes when your rock band becomes too big to fail. You grab enough people by the heart when they're young and impressionable, you get to be a big deal forever... more info

New York Times — Hear the 11 new songs that caught our critic's attention this week from 2 Chainz, Major Lazer, Rainer Maria and more. more info