NHRA have tapped Skid Row and Sevendust's Lajon Witherspoon for their debut music compilation

Last week was a good week for Arcade Fire fans: You heard new sounds, saw new cover art, and got a letter from Arkady Fireovitch. Continuing The Suburbs‘ roll out, the band has announced its first U.S. headlining tour since 2007’s Neon Bible trek. Spoon will open the New York, Philadelphia, D.C., and Atlanta dates. [...]

Texan trio will play gigs in London, Leeds and Dublin in November

Vidal Sassoon The Movie features a soundtrack produced by David Spelman, with music by American Music Club's Mark Eitzel, The Jam, Noel Coward, The Loving Spoonful, Jesse Harris, Gustav Mahler, and post-rock chamber ensembles Clogs (featuring guitarist Bryce Dessner of The National), Redhooker, and Arcade Fire side project Bell Orchestre.

In which Dev’s asscrack is amongst the least NSFW images rendered. “Foolin’”’s beachy reggae hop doesn’t exactly scream S&M sequences and man-love spooning, but the Isaiah Seret-directed video succeeds admirably on those terms, and as a document of Banhart’s various he...