While Montreal's Arcade Fire have been known to think worldly in throwing their weight behind relief efforts in Haiti, they're also thinking locally and helping out a florist in their hometown. Yesterday the group tweeted the following after the Dragon Flowers on Bernard Street in Montreal was destroyed by fire on Monday evening and left florist Tamey Lau without her...read more

NEW YORK (AP) - Neil Diamond is donating this week's sales from "Sweet Caroline" after the tune became a source of comfort following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. Sales from Diamond's song are up by 597 percent, Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday. Diamond's representative said the singer will donate the recent sales to marathon bombing ...read more

The National's lead singer Matt Berninger has always been somewhat of an outsider in his own band. Guitarists Bryce and Aaron Dessner are twins, while bassist Scott Devendorf and drummer Bryan Devendorf are brothers. Part of that isolation is why Matt invited his sibling Tom, who's nine years younger and pictured above on the right, to join the band's tour following their...read more

Watch Animal Collective's Panda Bear discuss contributing vocals to Daft Punk's Random Acces Memories, in the fifth installment of the video series "The Collaborators," which documents the recording of the album. "It's a huge honor for me, but to talk about it more than that is still a little bit difficult at this point," he says. "I feel like it's a cool way to say thanks...read more