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

NME — Hayden Thorpe posts picture of himself wearing Win Butler style papier-mache head more info

MTV.co.uk News — The Canadian band glimmered on the opening day of the British Summertime Festival... more info

NME — Band headline first night of annual British Summer Time event in the capital more info

NME — Frontman spins an eclectic 30-plus song set at the Shacklewell Arms in Dalston more info

Stereogum — If you perform with a giant light-up mouse helmet on your head, chances are you understand how to grab people’s attention. Whether Twitter-feuding with Arcade Fire, describing a rival DJ/producer as “McDonald’s,” or admitting that entertainer... more info