Tag Archives: Arcade Fire

Monday News Roundup

By Nick Heinlein | Published: May 9, 2011

Bon Iver‘s highly anticipated follow-up to 2007′s acclaimed For Emma, Forever Ago is finally coming out via Jagjaguwar on June 21, and now it seems that the band is taking to the stage in support of the self-titled record. A short string of US tour dates have been announced, though sadly, it seems there areRead more...

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Sonic Roundup 4/27

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 27, 2011

Indie rockers Telekinesis are touring in support of their most recent release, 12 Desperate Straight Lines. They took a break recently to stop by The AV Club and perform a cover of Belle & Sebastian‘s “Like Dylan in the Movies.” Watch:

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Monday News Roundup 4/25

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 25, 2011

Enigmatic brother-sister synthpop duo The Knife haven’t released a proper album since 2006′s acclaimed Silent Shout - despite spearheading the noise opera Tomorrow, In A Year and the release of Fever Ray‘s fantastic solo album -- but it looks like that’s all set to change. An announcement on the band’s website claims that they’re “currentlyRead more...

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Monday News Roundup

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 18, 2011

Arcade Fire have announced a Deluxe Edition of their Grammy-winning 2010 LP The Suburbs that’ll be released June 27. The re-release will be packaged with two new songs, “Speaking in Tongues” and “Culture War”; a DVD of the forthcoming Spike Jonze-directed short film of the same name; and a making-of documentary. Last month, James MercerRead more...

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Coachella 2011: Video

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 18, 2011

So, Coachella happened this weekend. Renowned as one of the biggest and best summer music festivals, this year’s took place this past weekend at Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. But if you weren’t able to get down to the desert for the party, the fest had the courtesy to webcast some of the biggerRead more...

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Sonic Roundup 4/15

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 15, 2011

Arcade Fire haven’t always been winning Grammys and playing surprise gigs internationally; newly surfaced video shows the band playing a house show in 2002, a full two years before Funeral. The video, which features early cut “My Heart is an Apple,” also snags a sneak peek at fellow Canadian Alden Penner (of The Unicorns) inRead more...

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Thursday News Roundup

By Ryan Bort | Published: April 7, 2011

Death Cab For Cutie made news when they announced that their music video for “You Are A Tourist” from their upcoming release Codes and Keys would be recorded and broadcast live. Well, that already happened, but you can watch the end product below. The video is so spectacular that it’s hard to believe it wasRead more...

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Monday News Roundup

By Nick Heinlein | Published: April 4, 2011

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you may not have known that LCD Soundsystem played their final gig Saturday night at a sold-out Madison Square Garden. The three and a half-hour extravaganza included guest spots by Arcade Fire, Reggie Watts, Shit Robot, and The Juan MacLean, and covers ofRead more...

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Arcade Fire Play Surprise Haiti Gig

By Nick Heinlein | Published: March 31, 2011

As Rolling Stone reports, the newly crowned Grammy- and Juno-award-winning Arcade Fire stopped by Port-Au-Prince’s Hotel Oloffson to play a 45-minute set that included four covers, as well as some old hits. The covers included Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” The Rolling Stones‘ “The Last Time,” Cyndi Lauper‘s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,”Read more...

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Monday Music News

By Jim Beckmann | Published: March 28, 2011

Tomorrow, on the day of the U.S. record store release of Radiohead‘s King of Limbs, specialized newsstands around the country will pop up to offer The Universal Sigh to fans. Today, Thom Yorke himself, dressed like a paperboy, stood outside of Rough Trade in London to hand out copies to those waiting in line. TwoRead more...

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