The Arcade Fire

I've really come to love this band in the last while. Their unusual compositions/lyrics/presentation create a totally unique and refreshing atmosphere. They're currently my favourite non-prog rock band, and they're Canadian to boot! Anyone else know 'em?

Wow...I had no idea about Bell Orchestra. I'll definitely have to get that...Thanks!

I haven't gotten a chance to hear the new one, yet, but once I get a job, I plan to buy it. (I wish they were PR, then I could review their albums!)

I've heard a few songs, and they strike me as one of the few true 'Indie' bands left. Following in the footsteps of The Pixes, Dinosaur jr, and early REM, although a little more creative perhaps. They are on my list of bands to investigate after I saw a documentary on them on UK TV. At the end of the program they played an excellent though very strange, and unplugged version of 'Guns of Brixton' by The Clash, in the lobby of the Brixton Academy where they were playing that night.

The words on that cover are very true.

I love Arcade Fire. Funeral is probably my favourite album by them, but their self-titled EP is very good too. I haven't listened enough to Neon Bible to really form an opinion of it.

Bell Orchestre are very good too. One of my favourite Post-Rock bands.


Edited by Philéas - August 16 2007 at 16:40

Edited by Alucard - August 17 2007 at 10:46

Shakespeare wrote: Zargus wrote: I havent heard anything by em yet, but for anyone not living under a rock it must be pretty hard not to have heard about em since every music mag been writing and talkingt about em nonstop, having not heard em, i whuld imagine em beeing pretty boring, from what i have read about em. Yust a feeling i get and im not planing to buy anything by em. Sorry, I had trouble understanding that. Did you just say that you think they're boring just because the critics love them?

You know how Prog fans are...

Philéas wrote: Shakespeare wrote: Zargus wrote: I havent heard anything by em yet, but for anyone not living under a rock it must be pretty hard not to have heard about em since every music mag been writing and talkingt about em nonstop, having not heard em, i whuld imagine em beeing pretty boring, from what i have read about em. Yust a feeling i get and im not planing to buy anything by em. Sorry, I had trouble understanding that. Did you just say that you think they're boring just because the critics love them? You know how Prog fans are...

Yeah but they're not very popular with radio and TV stuff, just critics. I'm sure if they was on the 'chives he'd have a different perspective............

But yes, I do know how prog fans are.

Kotro wrote: Shakespeare wrote: Yeah but they're not very popular with radio and TV stuff, just critics.   Where in Canada have you been living in? Nunavut?

No, I just don't get Muchmusic on the TV.

Kotro wrote: Known them for a while now, found their first album, "Funeral" quite interesting, but a bit uneven, with great songs (Rebelion not being one of them ). The new album was a big dissapointment, mostly mediocre songs compared to what they had done in funeral, the only exception being Intervention and My Body Is A Cage...

That's like a more negative take on my perception of them I thought their first album was excellent and their second pretty good, but My Body is definitely a highlight.