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We will get to Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend in a bit, but this recent news about Arcade Fire is more intriguing due to its speculative nature. The fine folks at Stereogum have done some reporting and have received a tip that "Arcade Fire have been in the Magic Shop studio for the last three weeks working on their long awaited Neon Bible followup." The post also elaborates how member of the band are scoring the soundtrack for the Richard Kelly (the man responsible for Donnie Darko and also, unfortunately, Southland Tales) horror flick The Box. Read the full post here.
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