arcade fire get french with it, and i have no clue what this site says, but there’s about 20 minutes of performances that you should be watching, including “empty room,” “my body is a cage” and “wake up.”
-grizzly
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while this was recorded back in march, it’s just now hitting the internet. after the superb suburbs, we’re all ready and waiting for a grammy album of the year follow-up, and “crucified again” is the first taste.
-grizzly
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kinda hard not to admire all the philanthropic effort these arcade fire folks put in. on a recent trip to haiti, they compiled the footage of some of their time there, set to the tune of “sprawl II.”
-grizzly
after the hunger games started sweeping the shit out of the box office beginning this past thursday night, arcade fire have since released a clip of a second song they contributed to the movie. this time, in the form of the film’s score. read about it and listen to it at stereogum.
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arcade fire – horn of plenty [preview]
-grizzly
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soulwax reemerges on my playlist. sure, it took one of my favorite arcade fire songs being remixed to do the trick, but we’re here nonetheless.
-grizzly
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the fine folks of arcade fire stopped by UT for a special lecture on their work in haiti, and managed to throw a couple of performances their way. how awesome.
-grizzly
this hunger games soundtrack is something, huh? arcade fire ALSO has a single and it’s 1. fantastic and 2. can be streamed at entertainment weekly. a lot of mainstream swag here. oh and good news for university of texas students, as the arcade fire will be paying you a visit in the form of a lecture.
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arcade fire – abraham’s daughter
-grizzly
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arcade fire’s full austin city limits performance is up for viewing on the pbs website. heavy on the suburbs as it is on the bands’ raw intensity, the show with filmed some months back in september as the band were also headlining the austin city limits music festival. check it out above.
- sunbear
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brb plz to change pants. these quebec folks’ episode of ACL on PBS will air on january 14th, which is this saturday. check your local listings, but in the meantime, catch their performance of “we used to wait.”
-grizzly
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god damnit, arcade fire. y u so amazing? “sprawl II” gets a video, but there’s a catch: it’s too awesome. in the vein of videos like “we used to wait,” the band has released a special website for the occasion and threw in an interactive element. for the normal version, watch regine engage in some choreography. don’t wanna ruin the interactive version, so just turn your webcam on and visit the link below.
watch:
arcade fire – sprawl II [interactive version; webcam required]
-grizzly
photo credit: bossip
Hello, folks. Gonna try to roll out a few more this week while we work on our year-end lists. Sunbear is going to do his best to get a list in before the end of the year (while spending two weeks at internet cafes in the Phillipines) and Panda is on a bender at a Day Spa somewhere in Arizona. But for now, you get my top 10 performances of 2011.
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-grizzly
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photo credit: amicitas
A familiar Texas friend reared his sunny head over Zilker Park on Austin City Limits’ final day. No it wasn’t Win Butler, thought that did also happen. A jilted sun reappeared after two overcast days with scattered showers and for the first time over the three-day weekend it finally felt like an outdoor Texas festival. Regardless of the heat, Sunday saw the most over/well dressed musicians, risking heat stroke to maintain their dapper image and leave an impression on ACL’s last day.
Recap after the jump:
-sunbear
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streaming for you now, via the daily beast, is arcade fire’s deluxe edition reissue of their grammy winning album the suburbs. included are two new, unreleased tracks “culture war” and the david byrne assisted ‘speaking in tongues,” as well as an extended version of album track “wasted hours.”
now your dad is sure to know who the hell ‘the suburbs’ are.
stream:
arcade fire – the suburbs [deluxe edition]
- sunbear
with the glow of a suburbs re-release upon us on august 2nd, the internet is getting their grubby little paws around what the release has to offer in terms of bonus tracks. “sprawl I” demo comes courtesy of some neat ripper, while the “ready to start” extended mix comes courtesy of the band, damian taylor and youtube.
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arcade fire – ready to start (arcade fire and damian taylor extended mix)
download:
-grizzly
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there’s no shortage of arcade fire films going around this year, but this doc is a little different. the behind the scenes film of the chris milk helmed idea for arcade fire’s memorable “glowing ball” performance at last april’s coachella can now be viewed in its entirety. so much planning, such brilliant execution.
- sunbear