Although death overshadowed the Montreal band's debut album, it was still one of the most life-affirming records of the decade More top 10 albums of the decade There is some debate as to how many of Arcade Fire's extended family members died during the making of the band's debut album. But irrespective of the number, death permeated everything from the title to songs about losing loved ones. And yet,...
It's a 'progression' - we love a progression. The sound is more ambient, soupier, more lush and less varied than previous albums. It's sort of like Bon Iver, or even Arcade Fire - but obviously completely sounds like its own thing as well. Whilst we'll miss the individual little geological and geographical vignettes rendered in perfect folk splendour, it's nice to have a more cohesive work. Some of...
Spike Jonze, or whoever's cutting these trailers for Where the Wild Things Are , definitely has an accurate sense of the aesthetic preferences of what appears to be the film's target demographic. This French language trailer for Where the Wild Things Are (or Max et Les Maximonstres ) doesn't have any Arcade Fire in it, but the choice of this new Charlotte Gainsbourg track makes the clip no less likely...
NME ‘s Top 100 Albums of the Decade : 1. The Strokes – Is This It 2. The Libertines – Up the Bracket 3. Primal Scream – xtrmntr 4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell 6. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 7. Arcade Fire – Funeral 8. Interpol – Turn On...
The Balconies dominate Ottawa Xpress' Best of Ottawa poll + new shows announced . MySpace Joel Plaskett, Deep Dark Woods , Catherine Maclellan & Jim Byrnes among Canadian Folk Music Award winners. folkawards.ca Merge Records to re-issue The Arcade Fire's Funeral on vinyl Dec. 15. via Twitter Ring in the New Year with Joel Plaskett in Halifiax. TicketAtlanta Spencer Krug releases solo Moonface...
NME (New Musical Express) is a British music magazine that's been around since 1952. As we close in on 2010 NME has listed the top albums of the past decade. How many of these have you heard? 1. The Strokes - Is This It 2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket 3. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR 4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell 6. PJ Harvey - Stories...
In 1999 Pavement released what would turn out to be their final album. "Terror Twilight" was to be the band's swansong. Their final point. By November they had played their final show, bringing an end to the most important band of the 90s. In some quarters, these ones, the most important band of all time. Of course they shared this last decade of the century with other seminal bands such...
- The Arcade Fire’s cover of “Born A Train” was featured in Part Three. Here they are again with a version of “All The Umbrellas In London” from a concert in Tokyo: The Arcade Fire – All The Umbrellas In London (Live) - A couple other live covers: Ben Gibbard – The Saddest Story Ever Told (Live) Kings [...]
Tuesday night at the Fremont Abbey the Seattle Rock Orchestra, now well over 50 musicians strong, celebrated the Arcade Fire's beloved debut album Funeral by playing it start to finish to a sold out crowd. Their performance was so fantastic, so full of love, that I now want every show ever to be exactly like that one. EXACTLY like that one. I want dozens of violin, cello, and viola players to be crowded...
Filed under: News , Electronic , You Oughta Know , Canada Marcus Paquin, mastermind behind CMJ -breakout act Silver Starling , is an emo kid at heart. It's not that he's into black eyeliner and skinny jeans, but in that he isn't afraid to express his emotions. "I've never been able to help myself. When I listen to a record that moves me, I'm the guy who's covering his face because he's bawling...
The fine folks over at A.V. Club have posted their best-of-the-decade music list today, and at number one they've got the White Stripes' White Blood Cells. That pick is sure to start some rabble-rabble below, but it's a solid pick, backing away from the easy gimme of putting Kid A on top. Though I do take umbrage with calling White Blood Cells "true," since most of the songs are far from...
Truth be told, I’ve been hunting for news like this for weeks now, scouring the Interwebs for new signs of life from Interpol—aside from Paul Banks’ slightly underwhelming pseudo solo album and Carlos D’s film career, of course. And just when the most that I could hope for was a speculative “?” post (Arcade Fire one was a hit, right'), drummer Sam Fogarino dropped...
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