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In a 2010 interview with The Guardian, Arcade Fire's frontman Win Butler explained, "If you think of the sociological impact of the internet, which has led to this uniformity of taste, this ...

For a band that’s always leaned toward grandiosity, Arcade Fire seems a natural fit to take a stab at recording an era-defining double album, and that clearly seems to be their goal here. Opener ...

It’s very difficult to criticize Arcade Fire, a band that quietly and gracefully became the official sovereigns of indie rock in the 2000s. Since 2004, the band has released three albums, each proving ...

Arcade Fire came to NYC this weekend to perform on SNL and then air an NBC special. On SNL, they performed “Reflektor” and debuted another song, “Afterlife,” and on the special they debuted a few more ...

Arcade Fire have been slowly releasing information about their new album Reflektor, starting with mysterious graffiti and following that up with a brief Spotify snippet of a new song. Now, with the ...

The world wasn't always this fractured, and music wasn't always this fragmented. And Arcade Fire -- those Grammy-winning, ever-optimistic Canadians led by Win Butler and Regine Chassagne -- seek to ...

Once a band reaches a certain level of fame, it is typically left with two options for its new music — it can either replicate the formula that brought it the initial success or it can try to reinvent ...

Arcade Fire have never shied away from experimenting with form and instrumentation, and talk that they would be joining forces with old friend James Murphy for their new album Reflektor got fans all a ...

In 2004, Arcade Fire was, according to singer and guitarist Win Butler, “the flavor of the month.” Many bands emerge with great hype, but the frenzy surrounding Arcade Fire was something different.

The post Arcade Fire Kick Off Tour with Heart and Soul at Montreal’s Osheaga Festival: Review appeared first on Consequence. However, Arcade Fire’s appearance at Osheaga on Friday night (July 29th) ...