Arcade Fire are mapping out the future of music videos
Coded in html5 and starring your childhood home, Arcade Fire have breathed new life into the medium. After all, why sit and watch when you can play?If you've got a fancy computer – and don't mind being reminded of your childhood home – chances are you have spent the morning mucking about with thewildernessdowntown.com. It's described as a "musical experience made specifically for Google Chrome" that takes the Arcade Fire song We Used to Wait and pits it against scenes of your childhood home,...
Pop Candy — I love how Arcade Fire just keeps getting better as they get bigger. Today the band unleashed an interactive music video for the song We Used ...
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Guardian Music — Coded in html5 and starring your childhood home, Arcade Fire have breathed new life into the medium. After all, why sit and watch when you can play?If you've got a fancy ... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — We Used to Wait (The Wilderness Downtown) ...is pretty cool. -- The band's latest set of tour dates, and more info on the video, below...... more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — It’s pretty amazing to see what technology can do these days. Arcade Fire’s new album, The Surburbs, is all about our childhood homes in the suburbs. So for their mus... more info
NME - The Video Blog — After a shooting star appeared in the sky above their set at Leeds Festival over the weekend - we thought it would be impossible for Arcade Fire to be anymore bloody amaz... more info
Guardian Music — It keeps crashing on me, but I've had enough of a blast to be inspired - it's the heavenly Arcade Fire video built in collaboration with Google and director Chris Milk. T... more info