In a recent interview with Arcade Fire they spotlighted back on their big year and revealed a particular highlight of 2010:Robert Hilburn made a comparison to The Beatles made.
Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler to liken the fervor for the band’s well-received third album The Suburbs to the kind of anticipation a new Beatles album once inspired.
The former Los Angeles Times contributor e-mailed said that Hilburn wrote him an email as the record was coming out, and he was like, ‘Guys, it kind of feels like a Beatles album is coming out,” said Butler. “There’s something electric in the air."
Despite the rise in digital formats Arcade Fire believe that albums can last in the music industry revealed by the band member.
'The Suburbs'was named Gigwise's album of 2010,the band member said that they will continue to bring music in the same pattern.
"I hope that something pure can last. A lot of things like that end up being memos. I keep trying to remember the good things that get lost along the way and trying to apply those lessons to the way the world actually is,'' frontman Win Butler told The Scotsman.
He added: ''I've been moved by albums a lot more than I've been moved by singles and we're an album band. I'm not going to stop making albums because of some fad of digital distribution.''
Meanwhile, Arcade Fire will join The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys at next year's Benicassim festival in Spain.
Fans heading to Arcade Fire's UK and Ireland tour dates from Wednesday (December 1) have been given a hint as to what songs the band will play.
The collective play eight gigs, calling at venues in London, Dublin, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff.
Recent gigs at Lyon's Halle Tony Garnier (November 26) and Munich's Zenith (28) have seen them play a set featuring material from across their career, though with more tracks coming from their latest album 'The Suburbs'. As is traditional, the band have been ending their gigs with 'Wake Up'.
The band's setlist in Munich was:
'Ready To Start' 'Month Of May' 'Neighborhood #2 (Laika)' 'No Cars Go' 'Haïti' 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)' 'Modern Man' 'Rococo' 'My Body Is A Cage' 'The Suburbs' 'Intervention' 'Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)' 'Rebellion (Lies)' 'Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)' 'We Used to Wait' 'Keep the Car Running' 'Wake Up'
Arcade Fire kick off their UK and Ireland tour on Wednesday at London's O2 Arena.
Arcade Fire have now reunite with director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Where the Wild Things Are), "The Suburbs," their single music video available December 20, eerily to life.The band previously worked with Jonze when he commissioned a new version of their song "Wake Up" for his 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are.
Last spring Jonze told MTV that he wanted "The Suburbs" video to play out like a short film. Captured in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, the music video features a group of bored teenagers riding bikes, shooting off BB guns, getting into trouble and eventually getting in over their heads.
"It was great just hanging out with these 15-year-olds for a week and writing down all the funny things they said," singer Win Butler told Pitchfork.com. "It was cool to revert to being a 15-year-old for a little while."
Over the past few decade SNL has brought us plenty of great musical performances and last Saturday’s was no exception as Arcade Fire deliver a blissful performance and hit the stage at 30 Rock.With host Scarlett Johansson introducing them, the band played through hits off their latest album, The Suburbs.
He started with “We Used to Wait” with Win Butler at the helm,and the stage could not contain him or his feelings The singer took the microphone, and first went and stared down the camera in front of the stage. He then went and stood on an empty chair in the front row -- all the while never missing a beat. For those who say that indie music lacks any feeling or soul, here is exhibit one to dismiss that myth.
They went on to play “Sprawling II (Mountains over Mountains)” with Regine taking over singing duties. But the best moment of the whole evening may have been the digital short that they were a part of.
Arcade fire bandmate Will Butler has unveil that they are hoping to start work on their next album very soon if they can't get over the problem of writing and touring at the same time.
"We've never successfully written or done anything really in a middle of a touring cycle (but this time we'll try),We'll definitely be touring next Spring - the weather is be nicer for driving around then than in the winter. We're going to experiment this winter. We're not quite sure what we're doing in February, but January and March we'll probably be off" said Butler
He further added that "We're going to see if we can maybe get into a different rhythm besides the tour, tour, tour, rest, rest, rest, tour, tour, tour, rest, rest, rest. We're going to see if we can intertwine them a little bit".
Arcade Fire did one spectacular evening at the shrine stadium and got a lot of wows from the audience of the Shrine Auditorium. People were continuously saying once more once more for each song of Arcade Fire. It was a wonderful night.
Arcade Fire opened a sold out two night stand at the Shrine Auditorium in carry of the latest launch The Suburbs Thursday night. Some proceeds from the shows benefit Partners In Health. Overall, a great concert from a group that not long ago was doing their thing over at Space land to similar delight. Check the scene from Thursday here. Read more in Patrick Range McDonald's review "Arcade Fire Rocks, Heals & Overcomes at the Shrine Auditorium." All photos by Timothy Norris.
Scott: Hey, it’s Scott Jawson, with the Behringer Podcast station, at the BMF music lounge, Lollapalooza. I’m here with Sarah from Arcade Fire. How’s it goin’? Sarah: I’m well, thank you. Scott: Great, how’s your tea? Sarah: It’s warm. Scott: That’s good… so what time, when d’you guys get here in Chicago? Sarah: Oh, we got here last night. Scott: And you have a show, your show’s later tonight, right? Sarah: Yeah, we’re playing tonight. Scott: Cool, what stage is that? Sarah: Uhm. I don’t know what that stage is called. Scott: Oh, that’s okay. Is it…..? Sarah: (laugh) Do you know what it’s called? Scott: No, I don’t know what it’s called either…[editor's note: Budweiser stage] Sarah: It’s the, one of the main stages. Scott: Yeah. Sarah: Yeah. Scott: Cool, so, did you guys, are you guys playing in ACL here too, or any other festivals coming up? Sarah: No, ACL. Not ACL unfortunately. We’re playing Redding and Leeds. Scott: Oh, man that’s amazing. Sarah: Yeah. Scott: Cool. Sarah: But that’s about it, were not doing tons of festivals this summer. Scott: Cool, just, are you guys on tour right now, or just..? Sarah:Yeah, we just put ah, our new album, a few days ago. Scott: Nice. Sarah: Yeah. Scott: What’s it called? Sarah: It’s called The Suburbs. Scott: The Suburbs? Sarah: Aha. Scott: I like that. Sarah: Yeah. Scott: That’s cool. So uhm, is there anything else you guys been doing in Chicago? Are you guys gonna take off after the show this weekend, or you gonna hang out…? Sarah: Yeah, we’re gonna drive to Nashville tonight, on the bus… Scott: Nashville? Oh, wow! Sarah: Yeah, and we’ve never been there before. Scott: Wow, I was there actually… I met you there, John (another guy from Behringer)… Sarah: We’re playing at the Ryman Auditorium, which is apparently quite, a beautiful classic venue. Scott: It seems like a really cool city. Wasn’t Nashville’s under water last year? Didn’t they have like a major flood in Nashville? Sarah: Sounds like something that would happen in that part of the world. Scott: Yeah, right? Tennessee, ohh no…. Sarah: I think it’s okay now… Scott: …not, Tennessee it’s flooding… Sarah: We have, we have a day off there too… Scott: Oh, that’s cool…it was a cool place, I had chilled there when I went; it was fun, it’s super beautiful. I don’t know if your heading east from there, or…? Sarah: From there we’re going to Atlanta. Scott: Oh, cool, maybe I get the chance to get to the mountains, ’cause it’s so beautiful. Sarah: It will be overnight. Scott: Yeah. Ahh… Sarah: (laugh) We do all of our traveling at night! Scott: Cool. Well, Sarah thanks for talking to us, really appreciate it… Sarah: No problem! Scott: ….hope you have a great show tonight… Sarah: Thanks. That was painless! Scott: …enjoy yourself in Chicago? Sarah: Yeah. Scott: Alright, take care…
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Arcade Fire have announced details of 2010 UK arena tour for December.
The band, Following yesterday's news that the band's latest record The Suburbs is at number one in the UK album charts, will play five dates on the gig run, starting at the O2 Arena in London on December 1 2010.
Arcade Fire's third studio album The Suburbs was released on Monday (2nd August) to worldwide acclaim. The Canadian band also played two shows at New York's Madison Square Garden this week, with a simultaneous stream directed by filmmaker Terry Gilliam broadcast on YouTube.
They are also headlining the Reading and Leeds festivals, which are taking place later this month (August 27th to 29th).
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And if the snow buries my, my neighborhood. And if my parents are crying then I'll dig a tunnel from my window to yours, yeah a tunnel from my window to yours. You climb out the chimney and meet me in the middle, the middle of town. And since there's no one else around, we let our hair grow long and forget all we used to know, then our skin gets thicker from living out in the snow.
You change all the lead sleepin' in my head, as the day grows dim I hear you sing a golden hymn.
Then we tried to name our babies, but we forgot all the names that, the names we used to know. But sometimes, we remember our bedrooms, and our parent's bedrooms, and the bedrooms of our friends. Then we think of our parents, well what ever happened to them?!
You change all the lead sleepin' in my head to gold, as the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn, the song I've been trying to sing.
Purify the colors, purify my mind. Purify the colors, purify my mind, and spread the ashes of the colors over this heart of mine!
The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Arcade Fire has received five nominations.
Year
Nominated work
Award
Result
2006
Funeral
Best International Album
Nominated
Arcade Fire
International Breakthrough Act
Nominated
Best International Group
Nominated
2008
Neon Bible
Best International Album
Nominated
Arcade Fire
Best International Group
Nominated
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Arcade Fire has received three nominations.
Year
Nominated work
Award
Result
2006
Funeral
Best Alternative Music Album
Nominated
"Cold Wind"
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The group was shaped by the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne in 2003, and launched its first studio album Funeral on Merge Records in September 2004. The album produced five singles: "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" (2004), "Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)" (2005), "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (2005), "Rebellion (Lies)" (2005), and "Wake Up" (2005). Funeral earned the group a nomination at the 48th Grammy Awards. The album has sold over 320,000 copies in the United States and over 100,000 copies in Canada. Funeral pointed at number 23 in Canada and number 131 in the United States.
This is a discography of Arcade Fire, an indie rock group from Montreal, Canada. Arcade Fire has lauched three studio albums, one studio extended play (EP), one live EP with David Bowie, and ten singles. Their material has been released by North Carolina-based Merge Records, excluding an EP released through iTunes. Their music is spread through Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom.
Arcade Fire is an orchestral indie rock group which shaped in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2003. The band members are Win Butler (vocals, guitar, piano), Régine Chassagne (vocals, accordion, keyboards, hurdy gurdy, drums), Richard Reed Parry (bass, guitar), William Butler (keyboards, guitar), Tim Kingsbury (bass), Sarah Neufeld (violin), and Jeremy Gara (drums). Howard Bilerman, who played drums on the album Funeral, has since shifted on to other projects. Montreal percussionist Dane Mills did on the EP and in early live shows. As of May 2005, the touring group includes horn player Pietro Amato (who is in Bell Orchestre and Torngat) and violinist Owen Pallett. Pallett has also opened for their shows, appearing as the one-man band Final Fantasy.
The group’s trademark fashion is the waistcoat, giving them an air of “frumpiness”. When asked about the rumour that the group’s name refers to a fire in an arcade, Win Butler replied: “It’s not a rumour, it’s based on a story that someone told me. It’s not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it’s probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him.” Win Butler and his brother Will grew up in Texas.
