7 Worlds Collide was the title of former Crowded House/Split Enz singer/songwriter Neil Finn's 2001 live album. I bet you could count more worlds colliding than that if you added up all the bands represented in this tender Radiohead cover from the live shows promoting Finn's forthcoming 7 Worlds Collide follow-up, with proceeds going to Oxfam In...

Photo by Mark SmithCrowded House/Split Enz singer/songwriter Neil Finn's last solo album, 2001's 7 Worlds Collide, was a live affair recorded with a bunch of talented friends, including former Smiths/current Modest Mouse/Cribs guitarist Johnny Marr, Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien and drummer Phil Selway, and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Lisa...

Photo by Drew AngererApart from a little electioneering and some rumor-policing, rather popular Montreal band the Arcade Fire have kept mighty quiet here in the oh-eight, understandable considering their whirlwind 2007. But quiet doesn't mean dormant, as suggested by a piece of tantalizing Arcade Fire news dug up by none other than David Byrne."...

But do they bring their "A" game? (Sorry.) The band, seemingly piloted by Arcade Fire/Beirut member Kelly Pratt, includes LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney on drums plus Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier from Beirut and Richard Reed Parry from Arcade Fire. They've completed a record, but don't have a label just yet. As K Pratt notes, "I have pressed ...

It will be too chilly to hold a show at the outdoor Maryland venue for which their latest LP is named, so Animal Collective will just have hit that one when summer comes around. For the time being, however, we've got quite a few new Animal Collective dates come January, with a European run to be followed by a trio of gigs in the States. It's all...