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Arcade Fire Wins Big at Juno Awards

Arcade Fire won big at Canada's Juno Awards in Toronto this weekend. Their album The Suburbs won Best Album of the Year as well as Best Alternative Album Of The Year. Arcade Fire also took home the Group Of The Year and Songwriter Of The Year (for the songs "Ready to Start," "We Used to Wait" and " Sprawl II.") awards.

Check out the video of their live performance of "Rococo" at the awardshow.

This follows Arcade Fire winning the Grammy Award for Album of the year award. The Junos are the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards, but dedicated to Canadian music

Final LCD Soundsystem Shows go Down This Weekend

The week of final LCD Soundsystem shows happens today, with the start of a four-day residency at New York Ciry's Terminal 5. The final LCD Soundsystem shows will happen this weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Daily Round Up: John Digweed, Iggy Pop and Alice In Chains

John Digweed will soon head to Miami for the Ultra Music Festival, but will also play at Vagabond, according to ResidentAdvisor. Digweed will play a Saturday label showcase for Bedrock along with Hernan Cattaneo, Christian Smith, Guy J and Kazell.

Iggy Pop will release a collection of bootleg recordings called Roadkill Rising,: The Bootleg Collection 19977-2009 and include songs like "Real Wild Child" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog."

Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in his home on Tuesday, with no cause of death being released, although he was arrested last month on possession of a controlled substance. Try not to draw early conclusions of cause of death, but given the history of Alice In Chains, there's definitely potential for a drug-related death.

The Daily Round Up: Flaming Lips, British Sea Power, Decemberists, Sub Pop Signs Dream Pop Bands

Sub Pop has signed two new Dream Pop acts to its roster ... Memoryhouse from Toronto and Still Corners from London. Memoryhouse evoke their experience through a combination of surreal visuals and sound, and will release a full length album later this year. Check out their video for "Heirloom." Still Corners will release a full length album on Sub Pop this Summer.

Decemberists are set to release "Live at Bull Moose" on Record Store Day, which is of course, a recording of an in-store performance from the store Bull Moose in Maine.

Flaming Lips and British Sea Power will play a show at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in the U.K., the third largest telescope in the world. The show happens on July 2nd and also features OkGo and Alice Gold.

It's Brilliant! It's Tragic! It's Art Brut!

Art Brut return with their Frank Blank-produced album Brilliant Tragic! on May 23 on Cooking Vinyl. There's also a single for the song "Lost Weekend" due out the week before that, on May 16. This is the second time that Art Brut has worked with Frank Black.

 

Check out a MP3 of the new song "Unprofessional Wrestling."

Chad VanGaalen Emerges from Studio With A New Album

Chad VanGaalen will release a new full length album called Diaper Island on May 17, via Sub Pop Records. He's expanded his studio to a bigger room, which has translated into a bigger and more wide-ranging sound.

He's also done all of the artwork for Diaper Island (as he always does), and is currently completing the visuals for a music video.

Autolux Release Digital EP With New Tracks

Autolux have released a five song digital ep titled The Bouncing Wall, on TBD Records.

The release includes a repackaging of a European 7" single, which has two songs from Transit Transit, a new instrumental track, as well as a remix by Bobby Evans and a song written for an art installation done by artist Mark Whalen called "Paralleled Opposites."

Joan of Arc to Release New Album Life Like

Joan of Arc are set to release a new album titled Life Like on May 10 via Polyvinyl Records. It looks like the band has ditched electronic stylings for this album and rolled with a guitar-bass-drum approach.

There's a tour planned, with stops at SXSW and various hot spots on the west Coast. Check out a MP3 of the song "Love Life."