Brooklyn Vegan — Roberto Panetta poses w/ Arcade Fire in Sherbrooke "Arcade Fire might have been trying out new material in an out-of-the-way venue, but there was nothing tentative about their take-no-prisoners show in Sherbrooke, Quebec, [Monday] night. Following up... more info
Song, by Toad — The Great Arcade Fire Hoax? It is this:
“The prevailing belief amongst j0urnalists that the Arcade Fire invented music. They invented bands with actual instruments, and anything vaguely epic. None of these things existed before Funeral, and the... more info
Guardian Music — Richard Ashcroft's new album has a tracklist that's funnier than anything pop satirists could come up with. But which other running orders out-spoof the spoofs? Ten years ago, my colleague on the soon-to-be-defunct Select magazine, Steve Lowe, had a ... more info
Pitchfork — The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have just announced the schedule for the three-day marathon, which comes to Chicago's Grant Park August 6-8. And as with any gigantic eight-stage festival, you might need a little help navigating the mons... more info
Stereogum — On Friday the Arcade Fire debuted news songs in front of 75 people at Montreal’s Notman House. There were more in attendance last night at a warm-up show at the Granada Theatre in Sherbrooke, Quebec where the band continued showcasing bits and piec... more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — So Arcade Fire played their first “official” show of their 2010 tour at The Théâtre Granada in Sherbrooke, Quebec. It wasn’t as intimate as their show last Friday. They played some of their new songs that we can expect to appear on their new ... more info
Pitchfork — After playing a tiny show in a run-down Montreal mansion over the weekend, Arcade Fire started their 2010 tour in earnest last night at Sherbrooke, Quebec's Théâtre Granada. According to reports, they played a whole bunch of new tracks from their f... more info
411 Mania — Primavera Sound festival thoughts, Arcade Fire are back, the Israeli indie-rock boycott, news on Interpol, new albums from Phil Selway, Superchunk, The Dodos more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — There aren’t too many moments that would make me want to drive all the way up to Canada. If the opportunity to see the Arcade Fire in a 50 person venue came up, I’d drop everything instantly and find a way to that gig.
A 50 person warm-up show is... more info
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