Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Win at Pop Montreal's 2012 Pop Vs. Jock game (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Win Butler is returning to Madison Square Garden next week (2/13) -- not with Arcade Fire, but to play basketball on the Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week, we learned that Arcade Fire co-leader Win Butler, a big basketball fan who reportedly plays a lot of ball on the road, might be playing in the NBA’s Celebrity All-Star Game during this month’s All-Star Weekend festivities. Now,... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler is a basketball fiend and a friend of San Antonio Spurs three-point specialist Matt Bonner. He plays basketball on the road. He’s played in the POP Montreal Festival’s POP Vs. Jock charity game for a few years runn... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire member Will Butler’s solo record Policy is shaping up to be mighty intriguing. Lead single “Take My Side” was a wiry blast of garage rock, a sound Butler veers far away from on the album’s second single. “Anna” is a propulsive... more info

Nialler9 — Arcade Fire’s Will Butler is to play a gig on April 25th in Whelan’s, playing songs with a four-piece band from his solo album Policy due out on Merge Records in March. Tickets are €24+ on sale from Ticketmaster on Friday at 9am but I have a p... more info

Stereogum — Canadian indie-pop trio the Unicorns broke up more than a decade ago, then reformed last year to support Arcade Fire and headline the Pop Montreal Festival. Right now, it’s still anybody’s guess whether they’ll perform in 2015. In the meantime,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Arcade Fire at Barclays Center in 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) DJ Windows 98, who you may recall is the DJ moniker of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, is returning to NYC for two appearances in February. First,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As discussed, Arcade Fire's Will Butler is releasing his debut solo album and touring in March, and that tour includes a NYC show happening March 7 at Baby's All Right. The Baby's show sold out, but now Will's added... more info

Stereogum — Arcade Fire’s Will Butler shared an original Christmas track yesterday called “Christmas 2014″ to celebrate the holiday season. It’s a sparse and simple two-minute-long piano ballad that incorporates a number of religious references and would... more info

Nialler9 — Best of 2014 : Albums | Songs | Readers Irish Albums | Readers Irish songs | Remixes | Videos  Artwork by Stephen Maurice Graham. Here are the final Readers Poll results for this year. Thanks for all your votes. Readers’ favourite Irish gig... more info