Peter Gabriel's first album in seven years is a Bob Ezrin-produced orchestral covers collection called Scratch My Back. It reportedly features reinterpretations of the folks mentioned above along with Elbow, the Kinks, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Neil... CONTINUE READING PETER GABRIEL'S SCRATCH MY BACK FEATURES ARCADE FIRE, RADIOHEAD, BON IVER COVERS»
Posted on October 29, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Bon Iver | Paul Simon | Peter Gabriel | Radiohead | Spiral Stairs | The Magnetic Fields
Perhaps not content with inspiring Where The Wild Things Are or doing an original soundtrack for Richard Kelly's possibly ridiculous horror flick The Box ("I seriously thought Cameron Diaz was doing that thing where you put on an exaggerated Southern... CONTINUE READING LET THE ARCADE FIRE 2010 RUMOR MILL BEGIN»
Posted on October 23, 2009 (79 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Arcade Fire | Owen Pallett | Richard Kelly | The Box
Spike Jonze told Ain't It Cool News he wrote WTWTA's script while listening to Funeral ("[the] record is thematically very connected to the film") and that before shooting he cut a mood piece soundtracked by "Wake Up" to inspire his... CONTINUE READING HOW ARCADE FIRE INSPIRED WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE»
Posted on October 15, 2009 (80 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Norah Jones | Spike Jonze | Where The Wild Things Are
When we looked at Pitchfork's 20 Greatest Songs Of The '00s, we also went through the entire list and found the 15 songs they included from 2009, noting that Animal Collective was far and away the the highest placer from... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK'S 20 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE '00S»
Posted on October 2, 2009 in (269 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Radiohead
SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It's out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at... CONTINUE READING HEAR ARCADE FIRE, SPOON & OTHER MERGE ARTISTS REMIXED»
Posted on September 25, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Caribou | Four Tet | Junior Boys | Radiohead | Spoon | The 6ths | Thom Yorke | Unrest | Xiu Xiu
A few months ago he tore the group a new asshole, then backtracked. Now: "I know what I said was absolutely the truth. I run into people virtually everywhere we play and they're like, 'Wayne, you're the only one that... CONTINUE READING WAYNE COYNE RESCINDS ARCADE FIRE APOLOGY»
Posted on September 9, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | The Flaming Lips
It's been a few years as promised, but Win Butler says the band's "in the middle of writing, things are coming together, it's a great feeling," and that "it could be that we'll play live [soon] and maybe we'll end... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE MAKING MOVES AGAIN»
Posted on June 25, 2009 (8 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire
Despite selling out in five minutes, and despite featuring Vampire Weekend playing Vampire Weekend songs, last night's early show at Joe's Pub was an atypical night with the band. They performed as the Music portion of the Happy Ending Music... CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKEND TAKE RISKS, COVER TOM PETTY @ JOE'S PUB, NYC 5/6/09»
Posted on May 7, 2009 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Tom Petty | Vampire Weekend
You remember when Wayne Coyne tore Win Butler a new asshole and the Arcade Fireman angrily responded. Well, in a recent interview Coyne back peddled, saying it was a joke, that he "meant it about the guys that were running... CONTINUE READING WAYNE COYNE APOLOGIZES TO WIN BUTLER, SORTA»
Posted on May 5, 2009 (9 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | The Flaming Lips
Spike Jonze + Arcade Fire + Nostalgia + Magic + Monsters + Snowballs + Scribble Font + Shouting Off A Cliff = this thing looks scientifically designed to fuck up hipsters' shit. (Bonus: Karen O is composing the score!) Get... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE SOUNDTRACK AWESOME WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE TRAILER»
Posted on March 25, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Cryptacize | Karen O | Spike Jonze | Where The Wild Things Are
This morning, out of nowhere, Flaming Lips ringleader Wayne Coyne tore the Arcade Fire a new asshole, accusing the beloved Canadian indie rockers of being pompous pricks who treat everybody -- crew, fans, Oklahoman psych-pop bands -- like shit. Blogging... CONTINUE READING FLAMING LIPS VS. ARCADE FIRE ROUND 2: WIN BUTLER STRIKES BACK»
Posted on March 4, 2009 in (151 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Beck | Jesse Malin | Richard Ashcroft | Ryan Adams | The Flaming Lips | The Jesus Lizard | The Verve | Win Butler
It's true. That headline is not in the least bit hyperbolic. During a phone interview with Rolling Stone's Andy Greene, Wayne Coyne went to pretty great lengths to diss Win and his troops. According to Rolling Stone, the Flaming Lips... CONTINUE READING WAYNE COYNE TEARS ARCADE FIRE A NEW ASSHOLE»
Posted on March 4, 2009 in (221 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Built To Spill | The Flaming Lips | Win Butler
Like Gruff, the Dark Was The Night compilation is the gift that keeps giving: Earlier today it yielded a unanimously loved Sufjan track. (Pauses to appreciate that something received unanimous love on Stereogum.) Now on to something also generally lovable:... CONTINUE READING NEW ARCADE FIRE - "LENIN"»
Posted on January 29, 2009 (35 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Dark Was The Night
Last night Arcade Fire played the Obama Staff Ball, the final official inaugural event and a celebration of the thousands of folks who campaigned tirelessly for the President. One year ago, Win Butler blogged, "Barack is the first candidate in... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE COVER "BORN IN THE U.S.A." AT OBAMA STAFF BALL»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in (24 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Barack Obama | Bruce Springsteen | Bumbershoot | Modest Mouse
Win Butler and crew made it well known through words and live actions that the Arcade Fire were backing Obama, so it's not surprising that the band's still playing shows for the man now that he's our 44th President. Last... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE, JAY-Z PERFORM FOR TEAM OBAMA»
Posted on January 22, 2009 (12 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Barack Obama | Jay-Z
As previously reported, Saturday Night Live trio Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg release their debut Lonely Island LP next month. Incredibad features cameos from Norah Jones, Julian Casablances, and T-Pain, among others, and includes all your favorite musical... CONTINUE READING LONELY ISLAND'S INCREDIBAD GETS TRACKLIST, NOT APHEX TWIN»
Posted on January 12, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Akiva Schaffer | Andy Samberg | Aphex Twin | Arcade Fire | Jorma Taccone | Leeds | Radiohead | Saturday Night Live | The Lonely Island
Did you get what you wanted for Boxing Day? (Do you get gifts for Boxing Day?) If not, this giveaway from the rock gods Montréalais may lessen the blow. In promotion of Miroir Noir, the new Neon Bible tour documentary,... CONTINUE READING NEW OLD ARCADE FIRE - "BURNING BRIDGES"»
Posted on December 27, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire
For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear familiar blog hits from... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM & TEAM9 PRESENT... MYSPLICE III»
Posted on December 16, 2008 in , , (56 comments)
Tags: Albert Hammond Jr. | Arcade Fire | Beck | Ben Folds | Bloc Party | Blondie | Britney Spears | Crystal Castles | Cyndi Lauper | Extreme | Guns N' Roses | Kanye West | Katy Perry | King Creosote | Lil Wayne | Lykke Li | Naughty By Nature | of Montreal | Regina Spektor | Rihanna | Rolling Stones | Stone Roses | T.I. | team9 | The Breeders | The Killers | The Sound | The Three Craws
The Arcade Fire are set to release Miroir Noir, a 70-minute Vincent Morisset-directed documentary of the making of Neon Bible that also includes live footage from the 2006-07 tours shot by Vincent Moon. You'll be able to order it in... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE DVD COMING»
Posted on December 12, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Arcade Fire | Vincent Moon
Win and Régine almost had a song turn up in Paul Haggis's ill-fated NBC drama The Black Donnellys, until Win and Régine found out about it. And everybody thought they were scoring Richard Kelly's upcoming movie The Box, until Arcade... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE LICENSE A BIT OF NEON BIBLE TO THE NEW BRAD PITT FLICK»
Posted on December 4, 2008 in , (15 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Brad Pitt | Dave Navarro | Jane's Addiction | Lollapalooza | Perry Farrell | The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
But do they bring their "A" game? (Sorry.) The band, seemingly piloted by Arcade Fire/Beirut member Kelly Pratt, includes LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney on drums plus Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier from Beirut and Richard Reed Parry from Arcade Fire.... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE & BEIRUT MEMBERS JOIN TEAM B»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Beirut | LCD Soundsystem | Popo
More specifically, Alden Penner (aka Alden Ginger, aka not Nick Thorburn) and ex-Arcade Firer Brendan Reed plus other Montreal musicians Ben Borden, Lisa Gamble, and Nick Scribner. Supposedly their live shows involve multiple drummers and "a bent Commodore 64," but... CONTINUE READING CLUES (EX-UNICORNS + EX-ARCADE FIRE) PREP DEBUT, OFFER SAMPLE, GO ON TOUR»
Posted on November 3, 2008 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Clues | The Unicorns | Wilco
iTunes recently asked TDS correspondents what they listen to when they're not creating the most important television program EVER. Samantha Bee highlights some Canadian faves (she cried when she met Sloan), as does her husband Jason Jones, who also lists... CONTINUE READING WHAT'S ON THE DAILY SHOW'S IPOD?»
Posted on October 23, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Jason Jones | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | No Age | Rob Riggle | Samantha Bee | The Daily Show | Wyatt Cenac
If you always wanted a video of the animatronic robot band from Showbiz Pizza Place performing your favorite song, you can now bid to make that happen. The latest winning song is "Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels)." Watch it at Videogum, because... CONTINUE READING ROCK-AFIRE EXPLOSION DOES ARCADE FIRE»
Posted on August 18, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Coachella | Steve Aoki
