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Arcade Fire

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Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. Win Butler attended McGill and Régine Chassagne attended Concordia University, where he pursued religious studies and she studied jazz. Arcade Fire came to prominence with the release of their debut album, Funeral, in 2004 to critical acclaim. The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy. Most of their instruments are taken on tour, and the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows. Arcade Fire has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year, the 2011 Juno Award for Album of the Year, and the 2011 Brit Award for Best International Album for their third studio album, The...

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Discography

  • Funeral, 2005
  • Christmas Album
  • Miroir noir, 2009
  • 2004-10-02: CBC Radio 3 Studio Session, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • The Suburbs, 2010
  • 2005-03-09: The White Session
  • Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), 2005
  • Neon Bible, 2007
  • Sprawl II / Ready to Start, 2012
  • 2005-07-24: Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, USA
  • 2007-01-20: St. Michael's Church, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2010-08-28: Reading Festival, Reading, UK
  • 2005-03-08: Kings College, London, UK
  • 2005-05-20: Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
  • The Suburbs / Month of May, 2010
  • 2007-05-15: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2011-06-16: Sound Opinions Session, WBEZ, Chicago, IL, USA, 2011
  • No Cars Go, 2007
  • 2005-09-09: BBC Jo Whiley's Live Lounge
  • Cold Wind / Brazil, 2005
  • 2005-03-07: Lamacq Live, BBC Radio 1, London, UK
  • Arcade Fire, 2003
  • 2005-10-22: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2007-05-16: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2005-05-08: Bristol Academy, Bristol, UK
  • Wake Up
  • Rebellion (Lies), 2005
  • 2008-01-23: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
  • 2007-11-02: Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2007-06-22: Other Stage, Glastonbury Festival, UK
  • 2004-10-14: KEXP, Museum of TV and Radio, New York City, NY, USA
  • Keep the Car Running / Broken Window, 2007
  • 2008-02-11: Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan
  • Intervention, 2007
  • 2007-06-27: Radcliffe and Maconie Broadcast:: BBC Maida Vale
  • 2001 Demos
  • 2005-01-21: Emo's, Austin, TX, USA
  • 2005-01-17: Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
  • Culture War / Speaking in Tongues, 2011
  • 2007-07-18: Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
  • 2010-08-05: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA
  • Live EP (live at Fashion Rocks), 2005
  • 2005-05-01: The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, CA, USA
  • 2005-01-17: The Casbah, San Diego, CA, USA
  • 2004-11-12: TT Bears, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • 2011-06-30: Hyde Park, London, UK
  • 2005-09-29: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • B-Sides & Rarities
  • 2004-12-12: Commodore Ballroom, Commodore, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Neighborhood #2 (Laïka), 2005
  • Black Session, 2005
  • 2005-01-31: Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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On May 1, 2012. 2:15pm
radioh909 said

Better than that depressing man garramundi, barramundy or whatever his name is that I have had the misfortune to hear on this station because they "have to play him"

On Sep 2, 2011. 10:19pm
tomhad said

The Suburbs
Artist Arcade Fire
Album The Suburbs
Label EMI
Year 2010

On Sep 4, 2010. 10:25pm
tomhad said

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Artist Arcade Fire
Album The Suburbs
Label EMI
Year 2010

On Apr 4, 2010. 8:41pm
bill posters said

horrible droning wailing with incessant click-track tom-tom beat - i think my cat could've done a midi better than this on cakewalk...

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