Arcade Fire - Here Comes The Night Time

In case you may have missed it, last Saturday, after the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, musical guests Arcade Fire debuted the half-hour "Here Comes The Night Time" special, featuring all new previously unheard music from the upcoming Reflektor LP.

Directed by Roman Coppola, the special featured performances of "Here Comes The Night Time," "We Exist," and "Normal Persons," as well as "Reflektor" and "Afterlife" during Saturday Night Live. As well, a slew of guest stars had small cameos, including; Bill Hader, Zach Galifianakis, Rainn Wilson, Jason Shwartzman, Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, Bono, Ben Stiller, James Franco, and Michael Cera.

Watch the whole, commercial-less special below. Reflektor comes out October 29 on Merge.

Monday Bears: Vampire Weekend back on SNL

Vampire Weekend made their triumphant return to Saturday Night Live last weekend, in what many regard as one of the best episodes in a long, long time, thanks in large part to host and Southern beard aficionado Zach Galifianakis.

The band brought two of Contra's heavy hitters -- "Cousins" and the Gyllenhaal-powered "Giving Up the Gun," complete with a backing string-section -- in quite possibly the best live-performance we've ever seen from the Ivy League crew.

Vampire Weekend - Cousins (Live on SNL)

Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun (Live on SNL)