arcade fire

Arcade Fire are one of my favourite bands still evolving (indie) rock. They come from Montreal, Canada - a city that didnt quite make it for electronic music, but has been nonetheless steadily producing fine indie rock for a while now. Arcade Fire is a case in point. They are a 7 piece indie rock band fronted by Win Butler and his wife Régine Chassagne. They formed in 2003 and made a self-titled demo Ep they sold at shows (fans called it Us Kids Know Ep). They were quickly singed to Merge and in 2004/5 they released their debut album 'Funeral'. To this day it is one of my favourite front-to-back albums. It was nominated for a Grammy and was on the top of everyones end of year lists. At first it was a hipster thing, then wider audiences came around and they got real big real fast... so maybe you've heard of them?!
If not, 'wake up'





They bought a church outside of Montreal and turned it into a recording studio where they recorded 'Neon Bible', released in 2006.


the Neon Bible pre-release parody promotional video.



Although it was not as good as their near perfect 'Funeral' (how could it possibly be?!), it was still a hugely successful album, full of hits and deep cuts.

...hits like the Springsteen sounding 'Keep the Car Running'



(which they actually ended up performing with Springsteen himself
)

...and 'No Cars Go'


.and deep cuts like the epic 'My Body is a Cage'



...and the politcal 'Windowsill'


And just for kicks, here's Arcade Fire and Springsteen doing 'State Trooper' (I know there are better quality versions of this song up but this one is special with the commentary and slow intro and Win's solo melody :)





Now the new album 'The Suburbs' is almost out


Its first US single 'Ready to Start' will be out Aug 3.




In the UK the first single released will be 'We Used to Wait' and it will be out Aug 2.




onethirtbpm brought to my attention the news that the b-sides to the singles surfaced.
'Month of May' and 'The Suburbs'. Liking this one alot.





They are touring this summer and likely in the fall so check their website for dates and go see them live. If you are in Berlin, they play August 31 at Tempodrum.

Arcade Fire Myspace

BONUS: check out the full 15 min (basically-one-take) clip of Arcade Fire preparing for the elevator shot, playing 'Neon Bible' (which you saw above) and then walking out into a crowd and play 'Wake Up'. Nice.


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