The Arcade Fire are set to release Miroir Noir , a 70-minute Vincent Morisset-directed documentary of the making of Neon Bible that also includes live footage from the 2006-07 tours shot by Vincent Moon. You'll be able to order it in digital and deluxe DVD forms 12/15 via www.miroir-noir.com , where you can currently watch a short teaser and sign-up for an email list.
More >
Arcade Fire have cancelled the final eight dates of their current European tour due to illness. Band leader/singer Win Butler has been suffering from a sinus/bronchial infection. "I am backstage at the venue in Oslo and I just had to make the very sad decision to cancel the rest of the European tour.," he posted to the group's website Saturday, March 24. "I have been suffering from a sinus and...
More >
Arcade Fire have released a documentary on DVD to fight them electronic boys.It is called Miroir Noir or “Black Mirror” in french which was the title of their opening track from their album Neon Bible.It is a 70 minute movie/documentary following Arcade Fire through their Neon Bible tour, documenting the band at their studio, the [...]
More >
The Arcade Fire will headline a show at Radio City Music Hall on May 9 that is part of David Bowie's Highline Festival, a new annual arts and music event for NYC. Bowie's partners in the festival are theater producer David Binder and nightlife impresario Josh Wood. Bowie is currating the event, and has said that he plans to include "emerging artists."Also set to perform: Deerhoof, Air, Laurie A...
More >
Damn, adding Arcade Fire music to a trailer works so well. It actually was a big factor in me wanting to see Benjamin Button. That unofficial trailer featuring "My Body Is A Cage" was awesome. Then I saw the movie. Here's a trailer for Where The Wild Things Are, the Spike Jonze directed movie based on the Maurice Sendek book, that features "Wake Up". The movie will be out in October. Looks cool...
More >
Basketball can get some people into trouble. First its The Game waving a gun on school zone court and now Aracde Fire's Win Butler is stealing basketballs. According to a fan calling himself Chris H. Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler stole his basketball last Sunday, June 2nd. Butler was playing bball at a University of California-Berkeley gym. It was packed and the courts were full, but Butler w...
More >
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/magazine/04arcade.t.html?th&emc=thNY Times on Arcade Fire, again.And here's the MySpace page for AF.www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficialThere is also an interesting recent article in the NY Times about Antoine Dowdell, jazz pianist, and his brother (in jail for terrorist associations). I wrote a post about it earlier, but the whole damn thing was accidentally er...
More >
Multi-instrumentalist Richard Parry was interviewed by The Quietus talking about his other band Bell Orchestre when the interview became Arcade Fire. The interviewer began quetioning him about what Arcade Fire was recording in New York and he actually answered some...Click the link to read more
More >
So its been 4 weeks since Neon Bible debuted at #2 on the billboard charts, and its now at #44. In contrast, John Mayer's album is a Gold record and has been on the charts for 20 some weeks, is at #42, and also debuted as #2.Anyone else think that this is a sign? That a really great indie-rock band, from an independent label, from canada, can debut at #2? There was hype, but that hype was deser...
More >
Arcade Fire singer Win Butler is "recovering nicely," according to a post he made on the Arcade Fire website.In late March the band had to cancel dates after Butler became ill. He had sinus surgery and is now preparing for a U.S. tour that begins April 26. While resting he and his wife, bandmate Regine Chassagne, began working on new material."I wanted to let you all know that the surjery was s...
More >
NME is giving readers a free test drive of Arcade Fire's Neon Bible for a whole week. The entire album is streamed online to your listening delight.more on hitchaser.com.
More >
Win Butler, front-man of Arcade Fire and all round nice guy has confirmed a few details about what the band are planning to do next. In an interview with NME, he stated this about his feelings toward the third album and returning to the live circuit: "None of us want to take three years making a record.
More >
( Pauses to appreciate that something received unanimous love on Stereogum. ) Now on to something also generally lovable : Obama staffer fave Arcade Fire. The patriotic outfit's contribution to Dark is called Lenin, formerly known as When Lenin Was Little and existing out there in the ether as an unreleased Arcade Fire tune for some time now. Continue reading New Arcade Fire - Lenin...
More >
If there's anything to learn from the über-hyped unveiling (early iTunes leak, dropping the first single via 1-800 number, etc.) of Arcade Fire's last album Neon Bible, it's that a new record from the Montreal-based conglomerate is surely an indie...
More >
Found this via LondonFuse.ca:"Filmed by Vincent Moon in Paris, this is only a snippet of the short film that features the band in a performance that leads them through corridors and elevators and eventually in front of a crowd. All while performing their songs "Neon Bible" and "Wake Up." This is all part of La Blogotheque's weekly feature called "A Take Away Show.""I know that, in Canada, this ...
More >
© 2006-2009 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
