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It is Halloween, the bona fide spookiest day of the year, and Arcade Fire celebrated not by dressing up in elaborate costumes (the band does that anyway) but by releasing its own short horror film. Today (Oct. 31), the "Reflektor" band released the 21-minute movie Festi on its YouTube page, featuring The National, Fleet Foxes, James Murphy and Andrew Garfield. -
Arcade Fire Talk Origin, Drugs and Love on 'CBS Sunday Morning' [WATCH]
Arcade Fire got the "CBS Sunday Morning" treatment, talking about their origins, drugs and love, this week, which turned the world's most famous indie rock band into an anonymous group for the nation's curious music noobs. -
Throat Singer Beats Out Drake, Arcade Fire For Polaris Music Prize
Tanya Tagaq, a Canadian throat singer, won the country's coveted Polaris Prize for her third studio album 'Animisim,' beating out the likes of Arcade Fire, Drake and Mac DeMarco. -
All-Star Band Featuring Members Of Arcade Fire, The Strokes, And Bon Iver Cover 'In The Air Tonight' And 'Seven Nation Army' [WATCH]
The results were... disappointing, to say the least. Video evidence shows the group waffling through a version of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" during pre-game introductions, and then awkwardly starting up a lackluster cover of Phil Collins' "I Can Feel It In The Air Tonight." -
Bon Iver, Strokes, Arcade Fire Members To Play One-Off 'All-Star' Show At Basketball Game
The Butlers will team with Vernon and Fraiture to create a one-off supergroup and provide fans with a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience. -
Arcade Fire's 'Funeral': 10 Songs Ranked For Its 10th Anniversary
Today, Sept. 14, marks the 10th anniversary of Arcade Fire's classic debut album Funeral, whose sweeping, epic sound has proven to be a major inspiration on indie rock and even pop music in the last decade. In celebration of the anniversary of this incredible album, here are its ten songs ranked, from weakest to strongest. -
Wiz Khalifa, Arcade Fire Use Groupon To Sell Concert Tickets
Wiz Khalifa and Arcade Fire are turning to Groupon and LivingSocial to connect with more fans and sell more products. -
8 Artists Jack White Should Produce
When news broke this week that Jack White was possibly interested in producing the next Libertines album, it made perfect sense, since The Libertines' garage rock sound is just the sort of thing that White is known for. Here are some other artists that we'd like to see Jack White produce. -
Arcade Fire, Bon Iver To Play Basketball For Charity In Montreal
If there's anything that Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler loves more than music, it's basketball (and since he's about nine feet tall, he's pretty good at it, too). Over the last few years, Butler has hosted the annual Pop vs. Jock basketball game in Montreal, in which musicians play against college basketball players for charity. Exclaim reports that this year's Pop vs. Jock game will take place on Sept. 20 during the Pop Montreal festival, and in addition to Butler and his brother Will, some of the other participating musicians include Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon and Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture. -
eighth blackbird to Present ‘Colombine’s Paradise Theatre,’ a Musical Fantasy on Commedia dell’Arte Themes, at MCA Chicago
Grammy award-winning ensemble eighth blackbird will present their long-awaited production of 'Colombine's Paradise Theatre,' a staged theatrical work by composer Amy Beth Kirsten, at MCA Chicago on September 12. -
Arcade Fire Shares 'You Already Know' Video, Starring Singing Paintings [WATCH]
Montreal indie-rock powerhouse Arcade Fire has shared the video for its new single "You Already Know," which you can check out below. The video, which was directed by frontman Win Butler, features grainy footage of the band performing in a bedroom, and though Butler sings lead on the track, he's nowhere to be found for most of the video. Instead, his parts appear to be sung by the famous works of art hanging around the room. Butler eventually appears in a mirror at the end of the video, revealing that he had been filming the entire thing himself. -
Performer Gets Jail Time for Conning Investors with Fake Charity Album
If this album was for real, it would've been worth well more than the price of a typical compilation album. However, it wasn't real. Portland musician Kasey Anderson was sentenced to four years in prison for convincing investors that he had assembled a superb set of acts for a charity album, and thus robbed them of more than $600,000. -
Arcade Fire Tour Openers Will Be Devo And Television
Consequence of Sound reports that new wave legends Television and Devo will be opening for Arcade Fire on some upcoming dates of their Reflektor tour. Devo will open on July 30 in Mountain View, California, and again in Chicago on August 26 and 27. The New York-based Television will open at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on August 24. -
Polaris Music Prize Shortlist Announced: Arcade Fire, Drake, Mac DeMarco, And More
Pitchfork reports that the shortlist of nominees for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize has been revealed. The recipient of the annual award, which honors the best Canadian album of the year, "is selected by a large panel of Canadian journalists and broadcasters," and will be announced on September 22 at the Polaris Gala. The winner also receives a prize of $30,000. -
8 Lyrical Rhymes That Need A Rest
Because of its confounding structures, the English language is one of the most difficult in which to rhyme, but that hasn't stopped English speakers from writing millions of incredible songs. However, these rhymes pop up in song lyrics so often that they just come across as incredibly lazy. Here are eight lyrical rhymes that need a rest.
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