The Arcade Fire

Photo by Sarahanah/ Hooves on the Surf One of the best things about music blogs is (re)discovering old, random gems, that link two of your favorite bands in the world together. It happens more often than you imagine. This time, I owe buckets of gratitude to We All Want Someone To Shout For for bringing Arcade Fire’s cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” back in my life. There was a time when this cover was a fixture in my daily playlists, but between new laptops and iTunes library transfers, it was somehow lost and I forgot all about it. I wanted to take ... Read Full Story

King of Leon have September 22 [UK] and 23 [US] set as the release dates for Only by the Night their fourth album. The album's third track, "Sex on Fire", will be the lead off single and it easily outshines an earlier free MP3 offering found on the band's website of the new record's second track, "Crawl". Today I bring you a couple of songs off of the band's Day Old Belgian Blues EP. Released in June of 2006 it gives the listener a stellar live recording from a 2004 show at Belgium's AB Box (Ancienne Belgique). molly's chambers [ mp3 ] taper jean ... Read Full Story

Arcade Fire have digitally released a film called Miroir Noir: Neon Bible Archives . The archive was directed by Vincent Morisset and shot by Vincent Moon . The band, who took a year off to write songs, read books, “and keep our plants alive,” are offering the digital version in three sizes with respective prices. The DVD version “will ship no later than 3/31/2009.” A limited edition DVD also includes video footage of their memorable Saturday Night Live performance as well as their performance at BBC . “The film follows Arcade Fire through the making and touring of their 2007 album Neon Bible, documenting ... Read Full Story

Spoon - Well-Alright “Well-Alright” sounds like classic, old school Spoon, with it’s thumpin’, toe-tappin’ bassline and Britt Daniel’s jerky vocal delivery. This easily makes it one of Dark Was The Night ’s most fun songs. On the compilation, it follows Sufjan Steven’s 10 minute epic “You Are The Blood.” I’ve never thought of using Spoon as a pallet cleanser, but the DwtN people did and it worked out pretty great. Listen to “Well-Alright” below: Spoon - Well-Alright Arcade Fire - Lenin If you’re an avid Arcade Fire fan like myself, I know you’re just dying to hear anything new from this band. They’re currently ... Read Full Story

Let’s start off with the Beastie Boys. The boys are finishing up their 8th studio album, and its apparently shaping up to be a “pretty weird” one, says lead rapper Adam Yauch. Far from their all-instrumental album The Mix-Up, this one includes “a lot of rhyming and playing and sampling — all combined.” It should be pretty cool…thanks to Entertainment Weekly for the heads-up. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album was prematurely evaluated over at Stereogum , and they seem to like it. A lot. Judging from the first two singles, I think PMA is going to like it, too. James Taylor is working ... Read Full Story