Artists
Where do you start with one of - if not the - most important bands of the past decade? Well first of all, by the same token that MySpace didn't make the Arctic Monkeys, you could swiftly downplay the 'Pitchfork Effect' surrounding Arcade Fire's early days. An internet phenomenon is only as enduring as its subject and Funeral, the Montreal seven-pieces debut, was and still is a phenomenal piece of work. Wildly-anticipated album number two Neon Bible disappointed only by comparison. The husband (Win Butler) and wife (Régine Chassagne) led band remain tight lipped about what lies next.
MP3: Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (2007) RCRDLBL link
MP3: Arcade Fire - Black Mirror (2007) RCRDLBL link
Discography
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Articles
 Necessity is the mother of invention, or so they say. It's certainly true that some of the best albums are born out of necessity - or, more specifically, out of a need to react to some particular situation. Adversity, be it in the form of an addiction, a break-up, or some form of socio-political... |
 Ah, the ‘difficult’ third album. Welcome to Make Or Break Time, and tonight your contestants will be Arcade Fire, fresh from clearing a field at this summer’s Oxegen festival, having decided that playing Ireland's answer to the V festival would be a better idea then headlining... |
 When news broke that Arcade Fire were set to play a ‘secret’ London show as a warm-up for their sprint across this summer’s festival circuit, blogs and message boards duly lit up with speculation as to where the band should perform. Several venues were suggested, with many fans... |
 Through frozen streets, over snowdrift-covered roads, braving the sub-zero temperatures of this London December, the Arcade Fire faithful have delivered themselves to here, the ultimate suburban shopping mall of a... |
