Lost In Your Inbox — I'm finding it a little hard to focus on anything new at the moment. Having totally immersed myself in Sufjan Stevens' EP All Delighted People and Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, I'm a bit overloaded. Also, my son just left for colle... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday the Drums were referencing ’50s and ’60s girl groups in their “Down By The Water” video. Today they continue the nostalgia in a different vein via a live, ’80s-ready cover of Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait” (that made me thi... more info

Guardian Music — Bramham Park, LeedsWhile its sister festival in Reading became a mudbath, bright sunshine helped the northern leg of this year's veteran rock event in Leeds get off to an unusually civilised start.With the infamous "urine alley" finally replaced by c... more info

Guardian Music — A divide has formed at Leeds – great new music in the tents (Foals! Wild Beasts!) and tired old relics on the main stage, including Limp Bizkit and Blink 182. Now, who's for yet another song about masturbation?Pictures from Reading and Leeds 2010Fo... more info

Guardian Music — As they prepare to headline the Reading and Leeds festival, we join Win Butler and co in Jon Stewart's Green Room: 'There's so many of you, and we only got you two sandwiches!'America's funniest fake news programme is filmed in an unassuming building... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Wow, what a month. Starting with a sweat-inducing Best Coast gig and ending with an even hotter Libertines reunion August has been one of the biggest of the year to date with brilliant albums released every single week. Far ahead from the crowd for m... more info

Silent Uproar — Arcade Fire has unveiled their complete North American tour schedule around their new album, The Suburbs. They play a string of shows in September and October before heading to Europe. [arcadefire.com] more info

LargeHeartedBoy — When the Arcade Fire's new album The Suburbs hit #1 the week of its release, it was a huge accomplishment for both the band and its label, Merge Records. Possibly my favorite music book of 2009 was John Cook's... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — This is a damn fine album, folks, it really is. I like it a lot. I've been digesting it for a little over two weeks now and I think I can say that tracks 1 through 10 are nearly perfect. The flow is flawless. There's an urgency to thi... more info

Altsounds — Tracks from Arcade Fire's new album The Suburbs hold nine out of ten spots on the singles chart at Last.fm, despite the band choosing not to offer their new album up on music streaming services. The Last.fm chart measures everything that users ... more info