Arcade Fire
The Bootleg Theater Is Closing: So Many Memories…
It’s really a shame the Bootleg could not make it
A Few Bands That I Used To Truly Love
Will I still pay to see any of these artists in concert?
Is Ivanka Listening To Music? Do We Even Care?
she had a punk phase in the ‘90s
Arcade Fire Debuted ‘Generation A’ On Colbert
a hopeful message to the youths
Goodbye To The Satellite: The Iconic Silverlake Venue Is Closing For Good
the closure of the Satellite is a huge loss
A Few Snippets From Arcade Fire Upcoming Album
‘I’m pouring my heart, soul and all of my precious time into the music and recording.’
L.A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, SEPTEMBER 17TH TO 23RD
Jack White: Kneeling at the Anthem D.C. at the Theatre at Ace Hotel on Tuesday
Arcade Fire At Infinite Energy Center (Duluth, GA), Thursday, September 21st, 2017, Reviewed
Having a real dance party
Arcade Fire At Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, September 12th, 2017, Reviewed
if not quite rote than certainly there is no doubt they can turn it on at will
US Top 10 Albums 8-19-17
if Pitchfork hate you, you can’t be all bad.
Arcade Fire’s New Album ‘Everything Now’ Is A Boring Disappointment
dead despite the omnipresent dance beats
Checking The Setlist Before You See The Concert
The first hour is breathtaking
Going Steady: New Singles Reviewed 6-16-17 – 6-22-17
disco rock and first rate
Arcade Fire Releases ‘Everything Now’, Announces ‘Infinite Content’ Tour
a dance floor in the desert,
Listen To Arcade Fire And Mavis Staples New Track, ‘I Give You Power’
people expect so much from a band like Arcade Fire.
When Coldplay And Arcade Fire Cover The Boss
Recently two major superstars covered Springsteen songs
Arcade Fire’s Secret Gig At Jardin Des Tuileries In Paris
It was announced around 5 pm via JR social media.
New Footage Of Arcade Fire’s 2014 Trip To Haiti
We can now watch a new footage of a stripped down version of their song ‘Here Comes the Night Time’ produced and filmed by the students of Artists Institute.
A Parade For Bowie This Saturday In New Orleans
‘Dress in your best Bowie outfit or something more strange and meet us at 4pm on Saturday, January 16th at Preservation Hall (726 St. Peter St., NOLA) to parade,’
Not Enough Female Artists At Coachella?
It seems there’s no in between among female artists, they are either too superstars or second-line-on-Coachella-poster.
2015 Was A Real Gallery Of Rock Stars For Me
I was lucky, beside Ringo Starr’s 75th birthday (above) I have attended a lot of concerts and events.
‘The Reflektor Tapes’ At The Theater at Ace Hotel, Monday September 21st 2015 Review
It is very difficult to speak about your own art, most artists avoid it, but if you are going to make a movie about it, wouldn’t be nice to learn a bit of something? I am not talking about an overanalyze of lyrics or music, but there must be some middle ground between an old VH1 documentary, ‘the making of’ type they were showing in the 90’s, and this series of impressionistic clips, with occasional voices off camera mentioning vague philosophical references.
Win and Regine Butler At The Reflector Tapes Premiere At Ace Hotel, Monday September 21st 2015
Yesterday was ‘The Reflector Tapes’ film premiere at the Theater at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Arcade Fire’s Will and Regine Butler came to present the film, they even did Q & A after the screening of the movie, and Will read a Bukowski poem ‘because I am pretentious’, as he put it. Regina was cute, wearing her usual back little dress, Will had an urban Amish look, he looked like a giant wearing red shoes?
Arcade Fire’s ‘Wake Up’ Is The Soundtrack of LA2024 Olympic Games Campaign
Come on, the song has been used and re-used so many times, during hockey games, soccer games, in commercials and Super Bowls commercials, for the trailer of the 2009 movie ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and the 2014 movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’… even U2 used it for the Vertigo Tour! We have heard it, alright, too many times.
Arcade Fire’s “The Reflektor Tapes” Coming Attraction Drops
It actually looks like fun though I bet their egotistical posturing will get as tedious on film as it does in person eventually. Still, it took me back to the last album which sounds better than I remembered it
It’s A War Between Streaming Services To Get Artists
We still don’t know much about Tidal, but according to The Verge,Tidal reportedly offered millions of dollars and an equity stake to artists such as Coldplay, Rihanna, Daft Punk, Alicia Keys, Calvin Harris, Jack White, Madonna, Usher, Arcade Fire, Deadmau5,… in exchange of their exclusive conten
Jay Z Launches Tidal, His New Streaming Service
Jay Z recently purchased the streaming service for some $56 million and he wants to make it as a competitor to Spotify, or Rdio. Alicia called it the ‘beginning of a whole new era’,… but for whom exactly? A new era for Jay Z and Madonna to make even more money? What’s new exactly? A new sound? a better listening experience?
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Denounces Bands That Are Selling Out At SXSW
It is selling out, though. You can afford to get a chipotle burrito if you manage your tour right. Essentially, artists have been getting screwed over at pretty much the same rate, but now slightly different people are screwing us over.’
Listen To Will Butler’s Three Last Songs For The Guardian
‘The words to today’s song are taken from Psalm 137. It’s a song of sorrow and rage from the mouth of a refugee whose city has been destroyed. The sorrow portion of the psalm is extremely famous and often quoted – ”How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?”
Will Butler’s Second Guardian-News-Inspired Song: ‘Waving Flag’
Butler wrote the song after reading about the repatriation of the body of anti Apartheid hero Moses Kotane from Russia to South Africa. Kotane was a great influence on Nelson Mendela and he was also a communist, which first confused Butler
Arcade Fire’s Will Butler To Write A Song A Day About A Guardian News Story
I just wonder what subjects he will pick, it’s difficult to be optimistic about another ISIS beheading. Take any headlines on the Guardian website today, ‘South Sudan gunmen kidnap at least 89 boys from village near Malakal’, ’14-year-old Palestinian jailed for stone-throwing maintains innocence’ ‘Jewish magazine in Germany to be delivered in plain envelopes’ … ouch!
Musician Kasey Anderson Charged With Fraud After Fake Project Involving Springsteen & Lady Gaga
“I lied to myself and others, and believing those lies, I told myself consistently that whatever was going on with me … I could fix it on my own. I convinced myself that it was normal. I am a deeply flawed and mentally ill person who made some terrible choices, causing so much emotional and financial damage to others. But I believe I have much to offer my community.’
Against Me! Laura Jane Grace Criticizes Arcade Fire's Transgender Video
It would be the equivalent of me (a white female) writing about the story of a black man in the US, wouldn’t it be perceived as pompous and patronizing? I wouldn’t even dare of course! But the crazy part of the video is the end, the beating gives Garfield some kind of dancing superpower and he starts to dance like Jennifer Beals in the 90s classic ‘Flashdance’.
The A+ List: 1-30-14
Walk Right Back – The Everly Brothers – Love them close harmonies, you can hear what Lennon and McCartney were listening to, and the background lick is very good -it moves right along, the lyric is sticky but the chorus, really the last four lines of the verse, is elastoplast.
Arcade Fires 2014 Setlist (Annotated Of Course)
It is two years since I liked didn’t love Arcade Fire at MSG but while I realize my taste is certainly in the minority, I preferred Reflektor to The Suburbs and prefer dance to indie rock any dance so I am possibly more excited than you are over this.
10 Songs: What rock nyc Is Listening To 1-23-14
Me And Liza – Rufus Wainwright – “Famous till the day that we die….” After tributing her Mama, Rufus, on this Out Of The Game outtake, sings a pure pop Rufus style kiss to the legend; the song is a standard MOR sound which I kinda hope he grows out of – B+