Mick Jagger and Arcade Fire - “The Last Time” (live on SNL) //

Arcade Fire has a new front man and his name is Mick Jagger. 

-MW

Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello and Arcade Fire Play “This Land Is Your Land” at SXSW //

A clear musical highlight of SXSW 2012. 

-MW

Arcade Fire - “Abraham’s Daughter” //

Arcade Fire get their Hunger Games on with this new song from the movie’s soundtrack.

-MW

Arcade Fire feat. Neil Young - “Helpless” (live at the Bridge School Benefit) //

Neil Young joins Arcade Fire for the best Canadian collaboration since The Last Waltz.

-MW

Gotcha Covered - Mr. Little Jeans x The Suburbs (Arcade Fire) //

I have a friend who owns a cat. As a kitten, she was called “Moxy”. Moxy was a sweet-natured feline that picked up the nickname “Shnilton.” A few months later, Shnilton became “Uncle Shnilly.” Uncle Shnilly is a fine lady who likes to lounge and lap beer.

This cat has absolutely nothing to do with this cover. Except, perhaps, for the loosely related moral of the story, and that is: “don’t let the stage name confuse you…” 

Mr. Little Jeans is actually a Ms., and she doesn’t wear denim all that often. Instead the budding pop star, born Monica Birkenes, took her pseudonym from a character in the movie Rushmore. “You know the Indian guy?” she asks. “The one who does all the Wes Anderson movies? It’s him—that’s his name in the film. He makes me smile every time.

-k

Bonnaroo 2011 Highlights //

Enjoy some video highlights from this weekend’s Bonnaroo Festival, still in full swing today down in Manchester, Tennessee.

-MW

Arcade Fire - “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” feat. Cyndi Lauper at New Orleans Jazz Fest //

One of the more exciting things to happen at this past weekend’s New Orleans Jazz Fest was Cyndi Lauper joining Arcade Fire onstage to sing “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (and staying for “Sprawl II”).

-MW