Ahead of the release of his eleventh full-length album (excluding two collaborations with Susanna Hoffs), power pop legend Matthew Sweet is giving away free music.

In exchange for your email address you can download four new recordings from Matthew via Noisetrade.

The download EP features an acoustic version of ‘She Walks The Night’ (a track from the upcoming album, entitled ‘Modern Art’) plus three tracks from Sweet’s back catalogue – ‘The Ugly Truth’, ‘Time Capsule’ and ‘Divine Intervention’ – all recorded live at McCabes.

To download the free EP, visit Matthew Sweet’s page on Noisetrade here.

Arcade Fire were winners of the Polaris award for their album ‘The Suburbs’ on Monday night.

The full nominees for the 2011 award were as follows:

‘The Suburbs’ – Arcade Fire
‘Feel It Break’ – Austra
‘Native Speaker’ – Braids
‘Kaputt’ – Destroyer 
‘Tigre Et Diesel’ – Galaxie
‘Seeds’ – Hey Rosetta! 
‘Long Player Late Bloomer’ – Ron Sexsmith
‘New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges’ – Colin Stetson 
‘Creep On Creepin’ On’ – Timber Timbre
‘House Of Balloons’ – The Weeknd 

The Polaris is the Canadian equivalent of the British Mercury prize.

‘The Suburbs’ was a worldwide success, scoring the band a #1 album in the US, UK, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland, Canada and Norway and broke the top 5 in Germany, Finland, Spain and The Netherlands.

Jane’s Addiction’s fifth studio album ‘The Great Escape Artist’ was initially said to have a release on September 26th. At the end of August it was reported the album had been pushed back and would be released on October 4th.

Reports suggest the album’s release has now been delayed further. It it now expected to hit stores on October 17th. No official reason has been given for the rescheduling.

‘The Great Escape Artist’s confirmed tracklisting is as follows:

1. “Underground”
2. “End to the Lies”
3. “Curiosity Kills”
4. “Irresistible Force”
5. “I’ll Hit You Back”
6. “Twisted Tales”
7. “Ultimate Reason”
8. “Splash A Little Water On It”
9. “Broken People”
10. “Words Right Out of My Mouth”

Lacuna Coil are to release their new album ‘Dark Adrenaline’ on January 24th.

The album is released via Century Media records and features the following tracklisting:

01. Trip The Darkness
02. Against You
03. Kill the Light
04. Give Me Something More
05. Upsidedown
06. End of Time
07. I Don’t Believe in Tomorrow
08. Intoxicated
09. The Army Inside
10. Losing My Religion
11. Fire
12. My Spirit

The album is preceded by a single release of ‘Trip The Darkness’, which will be released digitally on October 17th.

According to reports, the powers that be at the London Underground have refused to display promotional posters for the upcoming Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration, ‘Lulu’.

Their official reason for the snub? The text looks too much like graffiti. Are they being too harsh? Judge for yourselves:

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‘Lulu’ is released in the US on November 1st and the rest of the world one day earlier, on October 31st.

The final confirmed tracklist is as follows:

01. Brandenburg Gate (4:19)
02. The View (5:17)
03. Pumping Blood (7:24)
04. Mistress Dread (6:52)
05. Iced Honey (4:36)
06. Cheat On Me (11:26)
07. Frustration (8:33)
08. Little Dog (8:01)
09. Dragon (11:08)
10. Junior Dad (19:28)