NEW YORK -- The Arcade Fire, the acclaimed Canadian indie rock band that exploded onto the international scene with 2003's "Funeral," is nearing completion of its as-yet-untitled third album and plans to return to the stage in 2010. Full Article at Hollywood Reporter

Leotards, hair bows, giant orbs, razorblade sunglasses and exploding firework bras - these are some of the most memorable fashion moments of 2009, and they all involve one person. Love her or hate her, Lady Gaga is the style heroine of 2009. Full Article at New Zealand Herald

THE Hogon Club is the most popular live music venue in Bamako, the hot, dusty capital of Mali in West Africa. Each night locals and tourists fill its three open-air verandas to watch an array of the country's musical talent. And what talent. Full Article at The Australian

NORTHERN STAR: The lush electrorchestral sweeps and the lazy trip-hop underlay would be enough to deserve permanent rotation status on your iPod -- and that's before Oslo-born Kate Havnevik even starts to sing, with a Kate Bush-meets-Bjork vocal vibe. Full Article at NBC New York

Saxon (in gold), Hellfritsch (plaid), and Rabinovitch (red) amid props from Bjork's "Wanderlust" video Five earnest faces around a communal dinner. Full Article at Esquire

The Icelandic singer, who is a fan of the 80s children's TV characters, has written a track called The Comet Song with her collaborator Sjon for the forthcoming film, Nme.com reports. Full Article at Irish Independent

Bjork has penned a song for a new film based on the 1980s children's TV series 'The Moomins'. The Icelandic singer has written the song 'The Comet Song' with author and frequent collaborator Sjón for the movie 'Moomins And The Comet Chase'. Full Article at NME

Bjork has written a new song for the forthcoming Finnish children's movie, 'Moomins and the Comet Chase.' The Icelandic singer will lend her unique pop approach to the film, which explores the hippo-like trolls created by author/illustrator Tove... Full Article at Spinner.com

There's something in Max Bemis' overwrought lyrics and vocals that suggests he's in on his own joke, and that may be what makes Say Anything a bit more tolerable than most of its emo peers. Full Article at Tampa Bay Online

Bjork Eccentric Icelandic singer Bjork’s altercation with a female reporter in 1996, took the term catfight to a new level. Repeatedly punching the journalist in the face, Bjork later claimed she had been harassed by said snapper for four days. Full Article at Mirror.co.uk

The cover to Kate Miller-Heidke’s Curiouser comes with a parcel of mixed messages: Just who is the Australian girl Kate Miller-Heidke and where does she want to land in the pop-music landscape? Full Article at PopMatters

Turntables are becoming as much a part of a touring rock band these days as a guitar or the lead singer’s skinny blue jeans. But it’s still a novelty when someone actually knows how to use them. Kid Koala is no rookie. Full Article at andPOP

N ico's Choice Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony At Koerner Hall in Toronto on Thursday Nico Muhly has written music for films and dancers, and for pop stars such as Bjork, Grizzly Bear and Antony Hegarty (of Antony and the Johnsons). Full Article at Globe and Mail

First of all, I love indie. I love it like a 15-year-old boy loves Megan Fox, sans anything involving posters on ceilings. So before you get up in my face with loud, defensive, aggravated comments about how great it is — I know, I know. Mellow. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T

trumpeter, and Byron, the heralded New York clarinetist and sax man, get their turns to fill the gorgeous but acoustically daunting Grace Cathedral with music, as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival's long-running Sacred Space series. 1. Full Article at Contra Costa Times

Well, our blog about the best lyricists around today certainly generated a bit of a kerfuffle. Yet, in all the comments, there was a noticeable lack of female wordsmiths. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T

English songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Imogen Heap is a one-woman machine. For over 11 years, she has made a distinctive brand of music that is a mix of electronica, experimentalism, electro-pop, and rock. Full Article at Blogcritics.org

We’ve all heard stories of drama happening on a movie set, like ghosts or actors showing up late (I’m looking at you Lindsay Lohan). Full Article at Outside the Beltway

Okay, so this is so overdue, it's basically irrelevant, but basically, I need to clear my conscience of these missing reviews before I move on to cool new things like Saul Williams on October 27th! Full Article at Places Parallel