For Arcade Fire‘s guerilla-style launch of their new single, “Reflektor,” the band paired up with a familiar collaborator: Google. The goal on both ends was to create a short film that would allow the ...
Arcade Fire’s third album The Suburbs ended up a crucial pushpin on the band’s timeline, earning them a Grammy for Album of the Year, and in turn, unintentionally launching the “Who Is Arcade Fire?” ...
Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) has written a review of Arcade Fire's Reflektor for The Talkhouse, a website that lets musicians write about new albums. (You may remember Lou Reed's rave review of ...
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The road to ""Reflektor," Arcade Fire's fourth album, began when "The Suburbs" won the Grammy award for album of the year on February 13, 2011. Since that day, the buzz has barely let up on the… By ...
Arcade Fire have revealed the video for their new single, the David Bowie-featuring ‘Reflektor’. The black and white video, directed by Anton Corbijn, was unveiled at 9pm [BST] at the band’s official ...
Jeremy Gara can clearly remember when Arcade Fire's adventures for the last album came to a close. It was a free show for 75,000 people in the heart of the band's home city in September 2011 and Gara ...
The indie rock band fuses Greek mythology and disco beats in their two-disc release. By Kyle Jaeger After taking home the Grammy for Album of the Year with their 2010 record, The Suburbs, Arcade Fire ...
During the late 1950s and 60s there was a vogue for so-called "death discs", singles in which someone's baby had literally gone for good. In the Shangri-Las' Leader of the Pack, a fatal car crash ...
In this day and age, can one band find universal appeal? Yes, says Andrew Romano, and you’ll find out why when you listen to Arcade Fire’s near-perfect new album, Reflektor. What does it mean, in this ...
One could argue that Arcade Fire is an MTV band for the new generation. Content wise, their songs have few similarities with the likes of ’90s hits like “Buddy Holly” or “Virtual Insanity,” but their ...
Let Billboard guide you track-by-track through this indispensible release from one of the genre's most beloved bands. By Chris Payne Arcade Fire has been touted as Generation Y’s answer to U2, and ...