In a shocker of the highest order- The GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year went to Arcade Fire’s excellent The Suburbs (our 5th favorite album of 2010 by the…
Arcade Fire

Tons of new Arcade Fire news. The band is currently in Los Angeles for tonight’s Grammys – their third LP The Suburbs is nominated for three awards including Album of…

As we all know, Sufjan Stevens is an ardent Christmas enthusiast, having released a Christmas EP every year for the last five years (now available as a boxed set entitled…

It’s no secret that the Roots and John Legend admire Arcade Fire’s socially conscious lyricism and humanitarianism. Their first collaborative effort, a covers album dedicated to politically charged songs, was…

Arcade Fire’s new music video for what we know recognize as a lyrical masterpiece, “The Suburbs,” provides stark commentary on teenage life in suburbia and how it is affected during…

Over the weekend, Arcade Fire stopped by SNL and performed two definite highlights from the band’s ever- impressive new album, The Suburbs — “We Used To Wait” and one of…

WATCH: Daft Punk Join Phoenix in NYC Last night, Daft Punk hit the stage at Phoenix‘s show in New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden arena during their encore. With…

Everyone from John Legend & The Roots to The Drums seem to be covering the newly chart-topping Arcade Fire these days. The newest act to join the ranks is Mark…

HIGHLY REC’D: LCD Soundsystem – “Home” When This is Happening first came out, I listened to “Home” every day. Every time I got in my car, every time I turned on…

Openers and closers can usually be good measuring sticks for how much a band grows from album to album. For Arcade Fire this statement hold true. “Black Mirror” immediately let…

Watch the interactive music video experience for Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait”, off their excellent Suburbs LP. Video is best experienced in Google Chrome.

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Kanye West & Raekwon Remix Justin Bieber’s “Runaway Love” I’m sure it must be worrisome how many times I’ve had to use this Justin Bieber tag on this blog,…

NEW?: Andre 3000 – I Do Up for some never-before-heard Andre 3000 rhymes? Here we have “I Do”, a short two-minute half-song leak from Evil Empire’s forthcoming Limelight Exclusives mixtape…
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