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March 29, 2012
Download: Bright Moments' Yacht Rock Gone Gypsy Punk Anthem "Tourists"
True to its name, Bright Moments is a big sunshiny explosion of optimism: joyous found sounds, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Beach Boys harmonies, anime keyboards and big explosions of billowing brass. It's the demented brainchild of New Yorker Kelly Pratt, a multi-instrumentalist who's played horns for B ... More >>
Film
November 9, 2011
Inni
True to its name, Bright Moments is a big sunshiny explosion of optimism: joyous found sounds, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Beach Boys harmonies, anime keyboards and big explosions of billowing brass. It's the demented brainchild of New Yorker Kelly Pratt, a multi-instrumentalist who's played horns for B ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 9, 2011
The Airborne Toxic Event
True to its name, Bright Moments is a big sunshiny explosion of optimism: joyous found sounds, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Beach Boys harmonies, anime keyboards and big explosions of billowing brass. It's the demented brainchild of New Yorker Kelly Pratt, a multi-instrumentalist who's played horns for B ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2011
Where the Bands Eat: Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear and More
Kim Erlandsen Want to sip cocktails and eat with the Arcade Fire? Unless you are already an awesomely talented, famous musician, too bad! What you can do, however, is sit and subtly stare at them from a few tables over while eating deconstructed Niçoise salads and sipping glasses of Bulleit ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Icona Pop's Bratty, Hypercolored "Manners" Video Is Top Of The Blog Pops Today
"This icona pop video got the "arcade fire newsbreak 2008" blogger treatment, huh?," tweeted the blogger who runs The Culture Of Me a little while ago, and, well, a brief Twitter search will show you that yes, there's a fair amount of online chatter surrounding the Swedish pop duo's new video ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2011
Bonnaroo 2011 Announces Lineup, Starring Eminem, Arcade Fire, Lil Wayne, The Black Keys, And Buffalo Springfield
Star-studded lineup videos: now a thing. Yes, the Tennessee mega-festival, now in its tenth (!) year, has announced its initial lineup, the usual melange of rappers, rockers, and jam-band monoliths, this year headlined by Eminem and Arcade Fire, only one of whom won the Album of the Year Grammy 48 ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
The Great 2011 Grammy Postmortem: Even If Arcade Fire Made It, "We" Probably Didn't (Right?)
This picture is from Arcade Fire's Tumblr, where it's captioned "Win jumping up and down, thanking the world." Because why wouldn't it be?Radiohead may have already surpassed last night's Grammys as the au currant news of an indie-rock world that is all of a sudden drowning in good tidings, b ... More >>
Music
January 19, 2011
Reveling In Social Anxiety with Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend
The Suburbs and Contra contemplate little pink polos for you and me
Voice Choices
January 19, 2011
White Lies+Asobi Sesku
The Suburbs and Contra contemplate little pink polos for you and me
Blogs
January 13, 2011
Arcade Fire Sell Nearly Half A Million Records in 2010, Will Perform at the Grammys
"The whole chart thing is kind of like sports," said an unimpressed Merge label chief Laura Ballance, back when Arcade Fire hit #1 on the Billboard charts. That may well be true. But if selling records is like sports, Arcade Fire are weirdly good at it, considering they're a bunch of spindly ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2010
Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Redeeming M.I.A.
Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! Dear Rob, Sean, Rich, and Maura, I believe, as per ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
The 10 Biggest Music Stories of 2010
Ah M.I.A., it just wasn't your year, was it? Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.In 2010, Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire both had #1 records. LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, MGMT, the National, M.I.A, and Sufjan Stevens all had albums debut in the top ten. Kanye West joined Twitter. Drake started a riot in New ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Five Takeaways From The 2010 Grammy Nominations
Behold, the future of music.The Grammy Awards are a bit of a punchline in music nerd circles, a place where, say, MGMT battles Hall & Oates for a trophy that will inevitably be won, and then dropped on the ground, by the more telegenic and industry-saving Taylor Swift. The Grammy voters hate ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 13, 2010
'CMJ: BrooklynVegan Showcase'
Behold, the future of music.The Grammy Awards are a bit of a punchline in music nerd circles, a place where, say, MGMT battles Hall & Oates for a trophy that will inevitably be won, and then dropped on the ground, by the more telegenic and industry-saving Taylor Swift. The Grammy voters hate ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Let's Critique Some Other "Play Guitar With Pavement On Jimmy Fallon" Contest Entries
So Pavement, in celebration of the five-night NYC stand that is (almost) finally upon us, are playing Jimmy Fallon later this month, and held a contest to determine their third guitarist -- submit a video of yourself playing a Pavement song, submit yourself to whatever online-voting scheme Fa ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 8, 2010
Vampire Weekend
So Pavement, in celebration of the five-night NYC stand that is (almost) finally upon us, are playing Jimmy Fallon later this month, and held a contest to determine their third guitarist -- submit a video of yourself playing a Pavement song, submit yourself to whatever online-voting scheme Fa ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 1, 2010
Spoon
So Pavement, in celebration of the five-night NYC stand that is (almost) finally upon us, are playing Jimmy Fallon later this month, and held a contest to determine their third guitarist -- submit a video of yourself playing a Pavement song, submit yourself to whatever online-voting scheme Fa ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
We Just Survived the Worst Week For Music Sales In All of SoundScan History
This is the third most popular record in the country right now. So, one more qualification for Arcade Fire's still pretty respectable #2 this week: they snagged it amidst the worst seven days in SoundScan history. The industry managed to move a paltry 4.95 million units last week, a number th ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Eminem Is Back At #1, But Arcade Fire Still Have the Second Most Popular Record in the Country
Yeah, so their sales got cut in half and they only retained the #2 spot by the grace of one of the slowest release weeks in the entire year--but Arcade Fire are still mostly on top! (On top of the Disney Channel's Camp Rock 2: the Final Jam, but whatever.) The indie band sold 52,000 copies their s ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Merge Thinks Your Whole Infatuation With This Arcade Fire Going #1 Thing Is "Kind of Like Sports"
This accordian kills fascists. Photo by Kim Erlandsen.Though some of us here at SOTC may be somewhere between "agnostic" and "hater" when it comes to the all important subject of the Arcade Fire, there is one thing we can all agree on: it's been a hell of a week for the band's label, the vene ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
The Arcade Fire Sold 156,000 Copies Of The Suburbs, According To... Spoon
The Arcade Fire will "probably, and most assuredly definitely" have the #1 album in the country this week, according to the L.A. Times, which attributes the 156,000-copies figure to Merge labelmates Spoon, who of course helped AF burn down Madison Square Garden last week. Should this number, ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
What This Year's Bizarre Chart Results (Arcade Fire! #1!) Say About the State of Music in 2010
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!If the band Spoon can be trusted, then Billboard is about to announce (and here we are!) that the Arcade Fire and their label, Merge, have the #1 record in the country. (They've already done it in the UK.) The Suburbs sold 156,000 copies its first week out, ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Live: The Arcade Fire Basically Own Madison Square Garden Now
Régine, basking. Pic by Ben Jay, more below.Arcade Fire/Spoon Madison Square Garden Wednesday, August 4 Gold medal, stage banter, 2010: "I have to say my favorite part of Madison Square Garden is this area right over here," announces Win Butler, gesturing toward a spot to his right maybe h ... More >>
Music
August 4, 2010
The Arcade Fire Get Serious
A singular talent for grandiose, unintentional comedy, sadly dampened by The Suburbs
Blogs
August 4, 2010
This Week's Voice: The Arcade Fire, Lilith Fair, Neu!, and More
Win Butler, serenading The Kids. Photo by Kim Erlandsen.In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla takes on the grandiose, unintentional comedy of the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, Maura Johnston wanders around the revitalized Lilith Fair, and David Cotner breaks down the long-awaited Neu! retro ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Happy Arcade Fire Day, Everyone
Rejoice, ye lovers of absurdly grandiose indie-gone-arena-rock, for Arcade Fire's The Suburbs is out today, a full hour of anthemic chest-beating and regret-tinged nostalgia and Springsteenian grandiosity. Stream it here! Download it here for four bucks! Prepare thyself for their shows at MSG ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
One Man's Desperate Attempt to Find a Reason to Like the Arcade Fire
Look, we're trying here, OK?There is a thing where people get on the internet and express a strong, contrary opinion in the interests of getting other people angry. This is not that thing. There is a thing where a person sees a lot of other people getting excited about a cultural phenomenon a ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 27, 2010
FIRE IN THE GARDEN
The biggest, baddest Northerners return
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Four New Tracks You Haven't Heard from Arcade Fire's The Suburbs
The four tracks that already leaked from The Most Anticipated Album Drop of the Third-Quarter of 2010 -- the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs -- have been met with mostly unmitigated, exuberant joy (also matched by the city at-large, who got an extra MSG date added recently). There's the waning folk ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2010
Woe Betide Those Attempting To Buy Tickets For Arcade Fire's Madison Square Garden Show Today
So the Arcade Fire's got a new record (The Suburbs) and an NYC tour date (August 4 at MSG, with Spoon opening) on the horizon, but contrary to Merge Records' announcement yesterday, pre-sale tix for the latter don't seem to be available yet. Prefix mag notes much mashing of teeth from local f ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2010
This New Kelly Clarkson Song, "Naked Eye," Sounds Awful Familiar
As estimable friend-of-SOTC Maura Johnston notes, the verses here are straight outta Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)," just sung with a little more... force. And pep. And tunefulness. And so forth. It also sounds like the trance remake of itself, in advance. That's Kelly, always innovating.
Voice Choices
April 27, 2010
Frightened Rabbit
As estimable friend-of-SOTC Maura Johnston notes, the verses here are straight outta Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)," just sung with a little more... force. And pep. And tunefulness. And so forth. It also sounds like the trance remake of itself, in advance. That's Kelly, always innovating.
Voice Choices
April 13, 2010
Surprise Me Mr. Davis
As estimable friend-of-SOTC Maura Johnston notes, the verses here are straight outta Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)," just sung with a little more... force. And pep. And tunefulness. And so forth. It also sounds like the trance remake of itself, in advance. That's Kelly, always innovating.
Voice Choices
February 2, 2010
Ra Ra Riot
As estimable friend-of-SOTC Maura Johnston notes, the verses here are straight outta Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)," just sung with a little more... force. And pep. And tunefulness. And so forth. It also sounds like the trance remake of itself, in advance. That's Kelly, always innovating.
Voice Choices
December 15, 2009
GHOST STORIES
Fanfarlo bring you haunted psych-folk jams
Blogs
November 25, 2009
F2K: The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s
Since this archive page mysteriously disappeared over at its original home, consider this your new bookmark/placeholder/friend on late, lonely nights. Confused? More here. It's super-cute to peruse decade-end lists and pretend to be enthusiastic about true artists like Arcade Fire, timeless m ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 13, 2009
Fanfarlo+Laura Marling (CMJ)
Since this archive page mysteriously disappeared over at its original home, consider this your new bookmark/placeholder/friend on late, lonely nights. Confused? More here. It's super-cute to peruse decade-end lists and pretend to be enthusiastic about true artists like Arcade Fire, timeless m ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
News Roundup: Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP Details, Converge's Axe to Fall Leak, New Arcade Fire?
--Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP turns out to be very real: AC's Avey Tare confirms and previews the record over at Pitchfork, where he specifies a tracklist and explains: "The vibe is a little bit darker, I'd say-- not in terms of the sound, maybe. Well, the melodies are definitely dark ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 1, 2009
Emanuel & the Fear
--Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP turns out to be very real: AC's Avey Tare confirms and previews the record over at Pitchfork, where he specifies a tracklist and explains: "The vibe is a little bit darker, I'd say-- not in terms of the sound, maybe. Well, the melodies are definitely dark ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 25, 2009
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
--Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP turns out to be very real: AC's Avey Tare confirms and previews the record over at Pitchfork, where he specifies a tracklist and explains: "The vibe is a little bit darker, I'd say-- not in terms of the sound, maybe. Well, the melodies are definitely dark ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 25, 2009
DARK HOPE
Local folksters have stories for days
Voice Choices
April 22, 2009
GOOD VIBRATIONS
Your favorite compilation is now a live show
Blogs
October 1, 2008
Welcome to POP Montreal, the Canadian Retort to CMJ
Your favorite compilation is now a live show
Music
October 2, 2007
Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem at Randall's Island
Two budding stadium-rock titans salute a summer that refuses to end
Music
May 8, 2007
The National's Anthems
If Springsteen is right, the glory days for Brooklyn's best rock band may lie just ahead
Blogs
March 15, 2007
Let the Indie-Rock Chart-Wars Begin
If Springsteen is right, the glory days for Brooklyn's best rock band may lie just ahead
Music
March 6, 2007
The Many Books of the Neon Bible
A convenient guide to the Arcade Fire press inferno
Music
February 13, 2007
The Unforgettable Fire
Joyously overwrought arena rock often sounds even better in church
Music
September 13, 2005
Lycanthropy
Carnies, wolves, and goblin cocks transmogrify CMJ indie-rock fest
Music
January 18, 2005
In From The Cold
Young indie Canadians make a life together before their own lives can tear them apart
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