Damn it, Arcade Fire, why do you keep teasing us? Beginning at the end of this month (in support of their soon-to-be-released new album, Neon Bible) the band is playing five consecutive nights in three big cities -- and not one of them comes from the Iroquois word for "place where trees stand in the water" (that is, they're starting in London, then in Montreal, and ending in New York). Tickets for all fifteen shows......

An extremely slap-dash look around the blogiverse has yielded the following links (excuse the tardiness of some): - Our friend Frank's got some BSS pics (one of which we ungraciously stole), and some words for those who didn't like Les Giraffes. (PS Did they remind anyone of the first Batman, when the Joker had that street party? Toronto=Gotham City) - Still tickets available for Jon Stewart in Toronto. - Brooklyn Vegan has a Saul Williams......

Nobody said it'd be easy, but no one ever said it would be this hard. It's the time of year, much like that time of year, that Mixtapes are not in the mandate. Sorry if the music selection is scant this week. 1. Okay - "Now", and Okay - "Compass" Mr Okay is intensely ill and hooked up to an IV machine all day due to a rare form of Crohn's. Incredibley, he also released......