ARCADE FIRE HEAT UP DAILY SHOW

Arcade Fire celebrated reaching #1 with their brilliant new album The Suburbs this week by webcasting a live show from MSG, then stopping by The Daily Show with John Stewart last night to perform two songs.  My professional review of the new disc can be read right here, right now: Buy this album immediately.  Here is Win Butler and Co.'s performance of "Ready to Start".  Hell yeah, Canada.

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YEASAYER + KRISTEN BELL = WHAT?!?!

So my favorite tune from the Yeasayer's Odd Blood album, "Madder Red", finally gets a video.  Next I find out that it stars actress Kristen Bell, who manages to juggle her ridiculous sex appeal with the ability to take on one awful role after another, Forgetting Sarah Marshall aside.  Yeasayer keep it weird as usual, this time with some sort of pirate-eyed scrotum-like house pet pining for the affections of Ms Bell in a looped vision of love and feelings of inadequacy. Sound familiar? Go!
 

BROKEN BELLS IN SPACE

Broken Bells are continuing their side-project space odyssey, literally.  Check out the cosmic new video for "The Ghost Inside"featuring the lovely ginger beauty Christina Hendricks AKA Mad Men's deliciously curved Joan Holloway.  The video is part Total Recall and part daydream, and possibly fetishistic if you're a sick weirdo.  Try it on.  See how it fits.  "Just like a whiskey bottle drained on the floor..."

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM TOUR with HOT CHIP and SLEIGH BELLS

James Murphy's brain has hatched another brilliant idea! The beat scientist will take his LCD Soundsystem show on the road this Fall with special guests Hot Chip and/or Sleigh Bells.  The shows will be held in a mix of indoor and outdoor venues from coast to coast, and should prove to be quite the dance party.  LCD's latest effort, This is Happening, is out now and I for one can't get enough of it.  Get your dancing shoes on for this one, people! LCD Soundsytem tour dates after the jump...

NEIL YOUNG TO PLAY FOR GULF COAST

Americana's finest pilgrim rocker, Neil Young, will play a short series of concerts in late September to benefit to the Gulf Coast residents in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi who are suffering as a result of the oil spill.  Young is asking fans to bring non-perishable food items to the shows, and will also contribute all the proceeds from limited-edition merchandise to the Bay Area Food Bank. The performances are sure to be special, and of course also for an amazing cause.  If you are unable to attend these landmark shows, remember you can still donate and help get the Gulf back on its feet! Cheers!

Neil Young Gulf Coast Tour Dates
Sep 20 Marina Civic Center Panama City, FL On-sale 8/13 10 a.m. EDT
Sep 25 IP Showroom Biloxi, MS On-sale 8/11 @ 10 a.m. CDT
Sep 26 Saenger Theatre Mobile, AL, On-sale 8/14 @ 10 a.m. CDT
Sep 28 Saenger Theatre Pensacola, FL On-sale 8/14 @ 10 a.m. CDT