Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem to team up?

Arcade Fire have been updating their website, and at the same time are being very cryptic. All that is on the homepage is a message that tells visitors to come back on October 6th (that's tomorrow). The Internet has been buzzing with guesses as to what the band are going to reveal.

This could well be the secret. James Murphy, the man behind LCD Soundsystem, has expressed an open desire to produce an album and has remixed the track 'Black Mirror'. There's two likely possibilities:

a) a remix album/EP of sorts.
b) perhaps far off, an album of new material.

Either of those two options would make sense. LCD Soundsystem recently played the Hollywood Bowl with the Arcade Fire and the two bands seem to be good friends. The remix album/EP looks the most likely though.

I'm a fan of both bands. Arcade Fire have released two outstanding albums that pull the right emotional strings, whilst LCD Soundsystem are the leaders in their own genre by a long country mile (only Hot Chip could potentially rival them). I can't wait to hear the news tomorrow morning.

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Radiohead's worm buffet

After months and months of waiting, we may not have to wait too long for concrete information about the next Radiohead record. Over the last few days on the band's official website, they've been posting very cryptic messages using what they call the 'worm buffet'. Predictably, Radiohead fans have been spending day and night decoding these messages. So far, this is what has been seemingly 'discovered':

· 'Bodysnatchers' could be the first single off the new album.

· The way the record is put out may be far less than conventional.

· Radiohead are currently in a meeting with an unknown record label.

· 'Up On The Ladder,' a track that debuted live in 2002 but has since then sunk without a trace, could feature on the album.

· The release date could be March 23rd/24th.

It's all fascinating stuff. I've been waiting a good year and a half since hearing some of the new songs live and am very excited now that Radiohead seem to be on the home stretch. Expect any other exciting updates to be posted here (I can't help it, since Radiohead are probably my favourite band ever).

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