Stereogum — Arcade Fire have been so big for so long that it’s easy to forget they emerged from the Montreal underground scene as long-dormant indie-pop quirk-masters the Unicorns, whose Nick Thorburn later went on to form the long-running Islands. In fact, as... more info

Stereogum — After 10 years broken up, the Unicorns are finally back together and touring (and opening for Arcade Fire!), and though we have yet to hear any new original material, they’ve shared a cover of “Rocketship” by Daniel Johnston, likely to be inclu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Canadian lo-fi pop faves The Unicorns are officially reuniting this year, and as announced, will be opening five dates on Arcade Fire's tour including two in California and all three NYC shows (one of which also includes Television). They've... more info

NME — Antibalas and Pulp's Steve Mackey also added to line-up of 'Reflektor' tour more info

NME — Richard Reed Parry and Sarah Neufeld of the band will join forces with the London Contemporary Orchestra more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Television at Rough Trade in 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) The Polaris Prize-nominated Arcade Fire already have some incredible openers lined up for their tour including a Unicorns reunion at all three Barclays Center shows (Aug. 22, 23 & 24)... more info

NME — Jessy Lanza, Owen Pallett and Basia Bulat are also in the running for the Canadian music award more info

Stereogum — The Polaris Music Prize is one of the only music awards that tends to get it right. The award is given out annually to what is deemed by a large voting pool to be the best Canadian album. We already posted the long list which had a ton of good stuff,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The short list for the 2014 Polaris Music Price, Canada's annual award for a great album, has been announced. It includes Arcade Fire, Drake, Mac DeMarco, Chromeo, Owen Pallett, Tim Hecker, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Timber Timbre, Tanya Tagaq,... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Following in the footsteps of Arcade Fire & McBusted, the trio of acts closed the Hyde Park event last night... more info