Oh, and one other thing: note this slice ... [Oopsies]
Oh, and one other thing: note this slice from the MySpace page of the Arcade Fire, who, because they're on an indie, can't use the embedded Amazon MP3 widget and are stuck with Snocap for commerce purposes. Did you guys know that Stephen Pearcy was a member of the Arcade Fire? I mean, I know they have a lot of members, but... [MySpace] 9:45 AM on Thu Sep 25 2008 By Maura Johnston

Anglo For Your Ear: The Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon"
It's obvious Arcade Fire (see "No Cars Go") cribbed a lot of their style from this '80s British music collective...

A fan's perspective!!! Part 1
This is one hell of a missive. Here is how it happened on Thursday night (I'll send Friday night next): On Thursday late afternoon, I texted my Canadian rocker pal, Lola at work, and say we've got to get down to Porchester Hall and at least TRY to get in. Somehow. She tells me I am mad. But then she relents, as I promise her cider. We get to the venue as people start filing in. We buy cider and make pals with the flyer kids out the front of the venue. We let everyone know that we are looking to buy a ticket

Joanna Newsom: Newsom joins legions of artists for Obama
Joanna Newsom will join the likes of Arcade Fire, Jim James, Andrew Bird, and Bruce Springsteen this upcoming Monday, Oct. 20, when she plays Nightingale Concert Hall at University of Nevada campus in Reno to support Barack Obama's bid for the presidency. The show is free and open to anyone who has a Nevada student ID or driver's license. The show is intended to drum up interest in the swing state's early voting program, which is open from November 18th until the 31st. With Newsom behind him, what artists'

Members Of Arcade Fire, Beirut, LCD Soundsystem Form Supergroup
In addition to Pratt, the live version of Team B includes: Tracy Pratt (Beirut), Jon Natchez (Beirut, Stars Like Fleas), Ryan Smith (Twin Thousands, Stars Like Fleas), Jason Poranski (Beirut, FreeTime) and Mike Fadem (Jealous Girlfriends). Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), Perrin Coultier (Beirut) and Richard Reed Perry (Arcade Fire) are also listed as collaborators. The band’s debut show is scheduled for tonight at the Union Pool in Brooklyn. Written by Blake Garris > Music | 12:00 pm | More on: A

Polaris Music Prize and $20,000 up for grabs to honour best in Canadian music
TORONTO - The Polaris Music Prize and $20,000 are up for grabs Monday to recognize one of the top Canadian albums of the year. A jury of 185 music writers, broadcasters and bloggers drew up a short list of 10 of the best Canadian albums released between June 1, 2007, and May 31, 2008. The prize is meant to honour, celebrate and reward creativity and diversity in Canadian music, without any consideration given to sales figures. This year's nominees include Black Mountain, Caribou, Kathleen Edwards, Sta

Juliana Hatfield: Juliana Hatfield @ Café du Nord, SF (Photos)
Photo gallery of Juliana Hatfield at Café du Nord in San Francisco (September 25, 2008).

Juliana Hatfield’s Bad Boy Decisions: An Excerpt From Her Memoir “When I Grow Up”
In her new memoir When I Grow Up (Wiley & Sons, due September 29th), singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield takes readers from the moment she knew she’d become a performer (a waking vision after school one day) to the daily grind of being a touring musician to receiving her $400,000 advance from a major label to denying she was dating the Lemonheads’ Evan Dando in the press — inadvertantly outing herself as a 23-year-old virgin in the process. “When I was a young girl, I thought I w

New Album Releases 11/25/08: Guns N' Roses, Kanye West, The ...
The Killers third full length album Day & Age is a return to the wave-pop of Hot Fuss and a step away from the loftier ambitions of Sam's Town. Jeff Beck turns in a blistering live set of guitar mechanics on Performing This Week. ... [Read original...] Try These Related Topics Panic! Fall Out Boy   Try These R

Ben Folds ‘You Dont Know Me’ Video Ft. Regina Spektor
Ben Folds is out with the video to his new single 'You Dont Know Me', featuring Regina Spektor, from the Winston-Salem, North Carolina singer songwriter's upcoming album 'Way to Normal', out September 30th via Epic Records. Watch it below. Tags: Regina Spektor | Posted on September 10, 2008 at 7:11 pm in Multimedia (No Ratings Yet) Leave a Reply Comment Rules: No profanity, comments must be related to the post, URLs posted will not be clickable (href is disabled), e-mai

Ben Folds: You Don't Know Me (on Conan O'Brien, ft. Regina Spektor)
Ben Folds appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien to support his album Way To Normal last night, performing album track "You Don't Know Me." Because Mr. Folds is a showman if nothing else, there's a couple of interesting details in the clip: a pretty cute Regina Spektor's novelty Obama belt, the little drummer boy who comes out onstage about halfway through, and Saturday Night Live's Jason Sudeikiss who spends the duration having technical difficulties with his trombone. [Stereogum]

Not from Regina: ’Music Box’ on Carson Daly
Regina's performance of the song 'Music Box' (previously taped) will be aired on NBC's 'Last Call with Carson Daly' show on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 (actually, early morning of Thursday, February the 7th...) See your local programming guides for the times. Don't forget to set up your DVRs!

Obama Fund-raiser Brings ‘Limeys’ Franz Ferdinand to Tiny Venue
Andrew Bird and — wow! — Franz Ferdinand.Photo: Ehren Gresehover Though the election is a month away, the mood at Barack Rock — a comedy, rock, and, yes, comedy-rock benefit at the Music Hall of Williamsburg for "that one" — was more relaxed and celebratory than the tenor of the hard-fought campaign would lead anyone (or at least any Democrat with at least a four-year memory) to believe. The pupu platter of indie-rock bands —

Video-game reviews | "Final Fantasy Fables,""The Last Guy"
Video-game reviews of "Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon" and "The Last Guy."

Hugh Hefner's Search For A 'Girl Next Door' Ends Here [To Do]
newVideoPlayer("/todobunny_def.flv", 506, 423,""); Hugh Hefner's had better weeks. In the span of three days this week, Hef managed to lose not one, not two, but ALL THREE of his Girls Next Door. But don't feel too bad for the doddering old coozehound. After all, we think that we may have found a replacement girl that can quickly step into Holly, Kendra and Bridget's high-heeled shoes. Yes, that's right, our very own Molly McAleer is actively campaigning for the job (with a few caveats, natch). She makes h

Music In The Morning: Final Fantasy - 'The Butcher'
"The Butcher" is the first song from the new Final Fantasy disc, Spectrum, 14th Century.

Final Fantasy: The Butcher (Video)
This Jesi the Elder directed clip is the first from Final Fantasy's forthcoming Spectrum, 14th Century EP. For "The Butcher," the video employs some quite violent, vaguely Henry Dargeresque animation for the mid-tempo, gloomy track. The entire EP was conceived in collaboration with Beirut, and you can certainly hear it in the instrumentation, which is heavy on horns. [Stereogum] Posted in: Final Fantasy , VIDEO Rate this Track

Tour Tracker: Lil Wayne, Andrew Bird and Where’s The Band?
Lil Wayne actually leaves the recording studio for some year-end shows, Andrew Bird flies around the U.S. in 2009 and Where’s The Band? Tour features the frontmen of Thrice, Saves the Day, Get Up Kids and Bayside. Follow the jump for the complete set of dates. Lil Wayne December 6 - Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross Arena December 14 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena December 18 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center December 19 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center December 21 - Universal City, CA @ Gib

Album: Ra Ra Riot, The Rhumb Line (V2/Cooperative Music)
The fact that they write jaunty songs about death is the least surprising thing about Ra Ra Riot, a band from upstate New York who make very little effort to sound like their name. What they do sound like is a blend of various, mostly British influences: 1980s-era Kitchenware and Postcard Records and even, at one point, a Paul McCartney solo record. Weird. And did I mention the album is a life-affirming tribute to a drowned drummer? Anyway, all of thi

Barack Obama, Barbra Streisand: Barbra Streisand sings for Obama
Hopefully the last time you'll hear these three mentioned in the same sentence, Barbra Streisand has joined artists like will.i.am and Arcade Fire in their support of Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama. On September 16th Streisand will sing at a 2,500 dollar per-person fundraiser held in the candidate's honor, which more than 700 people are expected to attend. Before that though, Obama will attend a 28,500 per-person fundraiser for about 250 people. [Variety] Posted in:

Video: Final Fantasy: "Blue Imelda"
A sense of carefully crafted naturalism fills "Blue Imelda", from Final Fantasy's Beirut-assisted Spectrum, 14th Century EP. Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett has described the EP's tracks as "fake field recordings," so it stands to reason that this one would convey a sort of ordered casualness through its intricately arranged steel pans, bird noises, and choral vocals. The video, directed by M Blash, shares this feeling of cultivated wildness, alternating in a haphazard fashion between a bottle-toting long-hair

New Final Fantasy Video - "The Butcher"
At the end of August we premiered "The Butcher," a lilting, chirping track from Spectrum, 14th Century, the first of Final Fantasy's two forthcoming EPs. For the five-track collection, Owen Pallett collaborated with Beirut outdoors in Quebec on so-called "fake fields recordings" during the Flying Club Cup sessions. (Steel drums interact with bird songs, wooden percussion, nighttime crickets, hand claps, horns, shakers, Pallett's voice/string arrangements.) Lyrically and sonically, Spectrum's meant to depict