Around The Blogs: Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Wild Light, Temper Trap

Big day for music news.

–Exclaim! says the Arcade Fire are planning to release their as-yet-untitled third album in May, with a single before that with tourdates in the spring. The new record will also be produced by Coldplay‘s producer Markus Dravs.

–Phoenix are on la Blogotheque. Versions of ‘1901’ and ‘Litszomania’ are there, filmed in locations around Paris. I was partial to the older song ‘Long Distance Call’, which got me into the band way back and is embedded below.

Phoenix – Long distance call – A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

–Dodge has Wild Light on The Laundromatinee.

–The Temper Trap have a new video for ‘Fader’.

-and Said The Gramophone has gone over their best songs of the year.