I thought I'd start off the blog with a band most people are highly anticipating. Actually, to be honest, I'm doing every artist at random and they just happened to be first. Odd.The Arcade Fire are an eight-piece indie band hailing from Montreal, Quebec. They're debut album, Funeral, was released in 2004, along with the huge following that came soon after. Blogs (like this one, tee hee), magazines, websites and other sources soon began raving about this band. I first caught word of them through Pitchfork and at the time, I was quite ticked off at that site for some bad reviews they had given to some albums I actually enjoyed so I ignored anything they praised. Stupid me. That caused me to jump on the Arcade Fire bandwagon a bit late.
Anyways, they received even more attention when they played alongside David Bowie at some fashion show and when they blew away the crowd at...... Coachella in 2005. Do they deserve it? FUCK YEAH! From what I've heard and seen from clips, they are a great live band. They are going to accumulate a huge crowd this year. Supposedly, they are playing on the main stage, probably before Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Their sound. Ehhh, kinda hard to describe. Orchestrated indie awesomeness? I dunno, you make up your own description...
The Arcade Fire - "Black Mirror" from Neon Bible
The Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)" from Funeral
The Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" from Funeral
Also, them playing on Later! with Jools Holland. Damn, I wish we had that show here in the US.
