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Nice!

Maybe now all the people that obnoxiously asked "Who are they?" when they won the Grammy will give them an actual listen now! Ha!

Indie faves Arcade Fire have announced that their award-winning 2010 album, The Suburbs, will be re-released on June 27th, with two new tracks called Speaking Tongues and Culture War, as well as a bonus DVD featuring a short film and a 'making of' documentary!

Hopefully this new material will hold us over until they're ready to release another album in a year or two!

Probably not, but hey! We'll be patient!

Looking forward to this one, guys!

Tags: album, arcade fire, bonus track, culture war, exciting, grammy, re-release, speaking tongues, the suburbs

Last month, we were SO pleased and impressed with the Arcade Fire, who performed an intimate, surprise show for fans in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti after raising $1 million for post-earthquake relief for the country.

We're still very happy with them, although it sounds like they had a bit of a mishap when frontman Win Butler tried to create a makeshift drum right before a performance at a refugee camp in Haiti.

Here's what he had to say about it:

"I spotted two red plastic wastebaskets just inside the clinic gates. One was mostly empty, so I dumped it out into the other one and brought it over. I thumped it experimentally. Sounded fine. I handed it to Jeremy. He thumped it. Sounded fine."

Butler went on to admit that that the wastebasket was labeled "Biohazard Medical Waste," and he immediately returned it to where it belongs.

More from Butler regarding the aftermath of his mistake:

"…That's why hand sanitizer is so exciting."

We're just glad everything seems to be okay!

Let that be a warning to everyone! When creating makeshift drums, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS check for BIOHAZARD labels!

LOLz.

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Tags: arcade fire, biohazard medical waste, earthquake relief, haiti, hand sanitizer, makeshift drums, win butler

What an unbelievable gesture! This band deserves all the accolades they've received this year!

Arcade Fire performed an intimate, surprise show for fans in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday night, on top of raising over $1 million for post-earthquake relief for the devastated country!

Sources claim the band, whose singer, Régine Chassagne, is the daughter of Haitian immigrants, performed their own hits Keep the Car Running, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), and Haiti, as well as covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Rolling Stones, and Cyndi Lauper tracks!

Truly amazing! We're sure this meant the WORLD to not only their fans down there, but the entire community!

You guys should be EXTREMELY proud of all of your efforts! We certainly are!

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Tags: arcade fire, covers, creedence clearwater revival, cyndi lauper, earthquake, efforts, fundraising, haiti, inspiration, keep the car running, performance, port au prince, r�gine chassagne, relief, rolling stones, singer, sprawl ii mountains beyond mountains, surprise

Arcade Fire aren't only rockin' the suburbs…they're rockin' the world!

Back in February, we were excited to report that Arcade Fire won record of the year at the Grammys for The Suburbs.

Now, their winning streak continues at Canada's Juno Awards, where they've dominated the competition by winning album of the year for The Suburbs, as well as group of the year!

They also won the awards for best alternative album of the year AND songwriter of the year.

Very impressive, Arcade Fire! It's been all uphill ever since Spike Jonze put your song Wake Up in the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are. Ha!

Do U think Arcade Fire deserves all the praise they're receiving for The Suburbs? What album do U think was the best of 2010?

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Tags: album of the year, arcade fire, best alternative album, juno awards, record of the year, songwriter of the year, spike jonze, the suburbs, wake up, where the wild things are

So FAB!

The Grammy Committee has confirmed that both Rihanna and Drake will be performing Rihanna’s hit single What’s My Name together for the first time!

They’ll be sharing the stage with an already fantastic list of performers, including the Arcade Fire, Eminem, and Lady Gaga!

Not to mention Cee Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow!!

We can't wait! More Grammy announcements to come!

What do U think about all these performers?!

P.S. - Rihanna's music video S&M, featuring Perez, made it to number one on MTV's The Seven if you hadn't heard!! Ch-ch-check it out!

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Tags: arcade fire, confirm, drake, grammy, lady gaga, performers, rihanna, s038m

For those of you who find The Grammys overrated, we present to you the nominees for this year's Shockwave NME Awards.

Arcade Fire and Foals lead the nominations this year with Foal nabbing four of the night's biggest awards: Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album for 'Total Life Forever' and Best Track for 'Spanish Sahara.' Arcade Fire will go head-to-head with Foals in the Best Live Band and Best Album categories.

Other artists nominated include My Chemical Romance, Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend and Muse.

Check out the full list of nominees below!

Did UR favorite rockers get recognized?

Tags: arcade fire, awards, band, foals, muse, my chemical romance, nme, nominations, vampire weekend

This is gonna be one hell of a show!

Next month, the 2011 BRIT Awards will recognize the best in music, not only with their awards, but with their lineup.

Slated to perform this year at the show will be Rihanna, Take That, Plan B, Adele, Cee-Lo Green, Tinie Tempah, Arcade Fire and Mumford & Sons.

Phew! That's gonna be something to behold! Remember the last time RiRi performed at the BRITS? Don't know how she is going to top that!

Excited?

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Tags: arcade fire, award, music, riri, take that, tinie tempah