Music

This Week In New Music - May 24-28, 2010

by Ciaran Thompson

In case you’re tuning in for the first time this week, every Friday we’ll give you a roundup of our top music news stories:

The Arcade Fire released fresh details of their forthcoming album The Suburbs. Listen to the single of the same name and its B-Side “Month of May.”

We had the exclusive premier of the new music video for Vampire Weekend’s track “Holiday” off their latest album Contra.

Have a look at the top five music autobiographies including Bob Dylan’s Chronicles, Cash by Johnny Cash and Anthony Kiedis’ Scar Tissue.

Rage Against The Machine’s Zack de la Rocha is taking a stand against the state of Arizona and their new immigration law SB1070.

Check out photos of LCD Soundsystem in Toronto at the Kool Haus.

Crystal Castles perform their new track “Celestica” off their self-titled second album on Later…with Jools Holland.

The Black Keys give an awesome performance of “Tighten Up” on Late Night with David Letterman.

New artists have been added to the bill for the 4th annual Sled Island Music and Arts Festival happening in Calgary on June 30 – July 3.

On this week’s Throwdown, We Are Wolves’ “Blue” takes on “The Mama Papa” by Plants and Animals.

Liam Gallagher and the other ex-members of Oasis, excluding Noel, have chosen the name Beady Eye for their new band.

The Strokes are hard at work rehearsing for their upcoming tour and we have a picture to prove it.