Just days after being the only bright spot on an abysmal Saturday Night Live (give or take a Regine vocal performance), Arcade Fire hopped the Atlantic and landed in Jools Holland's London studio…   Read Story »

It's late Saturday night, so can we group liveblog this? The ScarJo/Arcade Fire combo bodes well. I'm told we should expect "We Used To Wait" and "Sprawl II." Don't hold me to that, "wait for…   Read Story »

Arcade Fire member and Northwestern alumnus Will Butler (he was a poetry/Slavic languages major) returned to the school last night to talk about his band and their work with Partners For Health, a…   Read Story »

Because of a NATO summit scheduled to take place in the city November 19 and 20, Arcade Fire's November 18 show at Lisbon's Atlantic Pavilion has been canceled. Billboard reports that officials are…   Read Story »

Boy George pal Mark Ronson and his Business Intl. covered "We Used To Wait" on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 show. If you recall, our surprise CMJ headliners the Drums offered their take on The Suburbs…   Read Story »

Rain cut this show a little early, but Arcade Fire made up for it by sticking around, posing for photos, signing things: A lucky 300 folks crammed into the Big Sur space, on Will Butler's birthday,…   Read Story »

Arcade Fire were the stars of the Terry Gilliam-directed first installment of American Express, VEVO, and YouTube’s five-part UNSTAGED series. They show up in this new edition, too, via John Legend…   Read Story »

Arcade Fire are on the cover of this month's Spin Magazine. The short excerpt online is about a semi-friendly game of table tennis between Steve Malkmus and Win Butler. But the full piece in the…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

Arcade Fire's "We Used To Wait" video uses Google maps and satellite images to personalize the HTML5 video's imagery, adding an extra tinge to the song's bittersweet nostalgia. But there are plenty…   Read Story »