The other day, PeteHatesMusic showed you a snippet of Arcade Fire’s upcoming appearance on Austin City Limits. The show has now aired and you can watch it down below. So sit down (well, who stands up and uses a computer?!),...
On Saturday, January 14, Arcade Fire will be showcased on the legendary show, Austin City Limits. Ahead of the PBS show, a preview featuring Arcade Fire playing We Used to Wait, has been released. You can give it a watch...
Arctic Monkeys’ Favourite Worst Nightmare Comes True The Arctic Monkeys had the honour of playing the Falls Festival in Lorne, Victoria in Australia on New Years Eve. They were the band to ring in the New Year for the big...
The standout track from Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs now has a music video. The album was out in August 2010, but the Montreal group decided it had nothin better to do than to make a video for Sprawl II (Mountains...
The National’s, er, national tour of Canada just hit Montreal. Who else is from Montreal? Why, the Arcade Fire! And since they are doing nothing (but composing a fourth, brilliant album – right, guys?), lead singer Win Butler and other...
Chris Cornell to Release New Album ‘Songbook’ I was sitting at home the other day, flipping through my Alt 90s CD collection and thinking to myself, “This collection is missing some more Soundgarden, specifically a “I didn’t see that coming”...
As PHM told you (and you better have listened), there was a recent charity basketball event in Toronto called Rock the Court. It featured musicians such as Win Butler from Arcade Fire and Dallas Green from City and Colour, alongside...
2011 Polaris Prize Goes to….(drum roll)….Arcade Fire When there are awards given out, there are generally favourites, close seconds, dark horses, and underdogs. Although awards can generally be won by people out of left field, deep down I think everyone...
Neil Young Charity Line Up Unveiled Every year, Neil Young puts on a gala charity gig, the Bridge School Benefit, featuring some of the best acts in music that he and his wife pick out. If I know relationships, it...
When I think of Dallas Green, I think of how do I get that voice?! beautifully sad songs. When I think of Arcade Fire, I think of highly pretentious music I pretend to like complex world-dominating anthems. But now, I...
Stage Collapse at Sugarland concert Despite the cheery band name, a tragedy has struck at the Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair Saturday night (via The Hollywood Reporter). A massive gust of wind came out of nowhere, with speeds...
On July 30, concert mega giants U2 played their final show on their massive U2 360 tour, finishing up in Moncton, New Brunswick. They got Arcade Fire to open the show, making for a killer line up of music. The...
From what was once 40 is now 10. No, I’m not talking about some crappy Jennifer Garner movie. ChartAttack has the 2011 Polaris Prize Short List announcement, which I have pasted below. “A jury of over 200 music journalists, bloggers,...
