Review: Arcade Fire's 'Suburbs'

A decade or three ago, Arcade Fire probably wouldn't have needed the ''indie'' appellation; they'd just be rock. Today, the grand, earnest Canadian collective is almost old-fashioned in its commitment to dense and deeply felt albums, the kind of passion projects that defy easy digestion but ultimately yield rich rewards. (Hence, perhaps, the professed Arcade fandom of names like Bono, David Bowie, and Peter Gabriel.)

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