Arcade Fire will release a deluxe CD/DVD version of its Album of the Year Grammy Award-winning third album The Suburbs August 2nd. Pre-order the CD + DVD Scenes from the Suburbs now in the Merge store.
The expanded CD version of The Suburbs sees the original album augmented by a longer version of the track “Wasted Hours (A Life That We Can Live),” as well as the previously unreleased “Culture War” and “Speaking In Tongues,” the latter of which features David Byrne on additional vocals.
Highlights of the DVD portion include the complete half-hour short film Scenes From The Suburbs, directed by Spike Jonze and hailed as “absolutely f–king gorgeous” by INDIEWIRE at its U.S. premiere at this year’s SXSW festival, the companion documentary Behind The Scenes From The Suburbs, and the music video for the track “The Suburbs.”
The package is rounded out by an exclusive booklet featuring lyrics and 80 pages of photos taken during the Scenes From The Suburbs film shoot.
Arcade Fire have more US dates this summer including a newly announced show on June 8 in Charlottesville, VA.
Arcade Fire on tour:
Jun 8 Charlottesville, VA nTelos Wireless Pavilion
Jun 10 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
July 30 Moncton, NB Magnetic Hill Music Festival
Aug 14 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
Congratulations to Google & Radical Media for winning the award for Best Use of Video or Moving Image at this year’s Webby Awards for The Wilderness Downtown! The project also won the “People’s Award” for Net Art. The Wilderness Downtown features the song “We Used to Wait” from Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs.
Open Google Chrome and experience The Wilderness Downtown!
The Suburbs is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
photo by Peter Sutherland
From TheCreatorsProject.com:
I never expected to be watching Arcade Fire play from backstage, but when the production team called for “all hands on deck,” no one could argue. There to assist with the grand finale—launching some 2,000 LED-enhanced blow-up beach balls into the crowd—we were all giddy at the prospect of taking part in their performance. The idea for the visual spectacle, developed by director Chris Milk (who the band previously worked with on “The Wilderness Downtown”), was to release these balls in time for Arcade Fire’s encore and use the embedded LEDs and IR transmitters to light paint all over the audience.
A crane positioned at the top of the stage was set up to let the balls drop during the band’s last song, “Wake Up,” and our job was to throw them into the crowd and make sure they stayed there. There was also a giant cage to the right of the stage filled with hundreds more that we were responsible for tossing into the audience, which proved to be no easy task given that they were an unwieldy two or three feet in diameter. When the the balls finally did drop, the entire place turned into an epic ball pit, with these giant balls flying all over the place, changing colors all the while from red to blue to orange to pink. (My apologies to the people in the front who may have been pummeled in the face with a beach ball or two—my bad!). Standing on stage and taking it all in, it certainly was a sight to behold.
The interactive visual performance, entitled Summer Into Dust continues online. Those lucky few who managed to catch a ball can log on to the accompanying website and continue the experience. Each ball comes with a URL where fans can locate a user manual online and connect their ball to a greater community
Album of the Year Grammy winners Arcade Fire are on the road now in support of The Suburbs.
The shows kicked off April 9 in Denver and include previously announced sold out appearances headlining Coachella this weekend as well as an April 22, 24, 25 three-night stand at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. The band’s headlining appearance on May 6 at Jazz Fest in New Orleans will be the tour’s final date.
The Suburbs is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store and all of your favorite music stores!
For further information, check arcadefire.com and follow them on twitter!
Arcade Fire on tour!
April 13 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre *
April 14 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel *
April 16 Indio, CA Coachella (Sold out)
April 18 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Convention Center*****
April 20 Kansas City, MO Starlight Amphitheatre **
April 22 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
April 24 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
April 25 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
April 27 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn at White River State Park **
April 28 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
April 30 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion ***
May 3 Austin, TX The Backyard ****
May 4 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ****
May 6 New Orleans, LA Jazz and Heritage Festival
* Local Natives Support
** The National Support
*** Okkervil River Support
**** Explosions in the Sky Support
***** The Love Language Support
March 28, 2011 – 12:16 pm
Caribou and Arcade Fire took home Juno awards at Saturday’s ceremony in Toronto. Caribou’s Swim won “Electronic Album of the Year” in the inaugural year for the category. Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs took home four awards including Album of the Year, Alternative Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Group of the Year.
Caribou’s Swim and Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs are both available now on CD, dbl-LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Congratulations to Caribou & Arcade Fire on their wins!
February 21, 2011 – 11:35 am
Album of the Year Grammy winners Arcade Fire have confirmed all remaining dates of their upcoming U.S. tour.
The shows kick off April 9 in Denver and include previously announced sold out appearances including an April 16 Coachella headlining set, an April 22, 24, 25 three-night stand at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. The band’s May 6 Jazz Fest headline in New Orleans will be the tour’s final date.
The April 9-May 6 run is Arcade Fire’s latest in support of its critically acclaimed third album The Suburbs, which recently took Album Of The Year, top prize at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.
The Suburbs is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store and all of your favorite music stores!
For further information, check arcadefire.com and follow them on twitter!
Arcade Fire on tour!
April 9 Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center *
April 11 Orem, UT The UCCU Center *
April 13 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre *
April 14 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel *
April 16 Indio, CA Coachella (Sold out)
April 18 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Convention Center
April 20 Kansas City, MO Starlight Amphitheatre **
April 22 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
April 24 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
April 25 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
April 27 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn at White River State Park **
April 28 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
April 30 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion ***
May 3 Austin, TX The Backyard ****
May 4 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ****
May 6 New Orleans, LA Jazz and Heritage Festival
* Local Natives Support
** The National Support
*** Okkervil River Support
**** Explosions in the Sky Support
February 13, 2011 – 12:13 pm
Arcade Fire performed live on the Grammys on February 13, and came home with the win for Album of the Year!
Arcade Fire were nominated for three Grammy awards including Album Of The Year and Best Alternative Music Album for The Suburbs and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for “Ready To Start.”
The Suburbs is available on CD, dbl-LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Congratulations to ARCADE FIRE!!
February 1, 2011 – 3:06 pm
Congratulations to Caribou & Arcade Fire on their multiple Juno award nominations! The Juno awards are presented annually by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music.
Caribou is nominated for Best New Artist and Electronic Album of the Year. These are the first ever Juno nominations for Caribou!
Arcade Fire is nominated for Album of the Year, Group of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Alternative Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, and Recording Package of the Year. They will also be performing at the Juno Awards Ceremony on March 27.
Good luck to Caribou & Arcade Fire!
Caribou’s Swim and Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs are available now on CD, dbl-LP and digital download in the Merge store.
December 15, 2010 – 11:04 am
Here’s a top ten, based mostly on play count on my devices.
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2)
Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
Arvo Pärt – Symphony No. 4
Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons
Nico Muhly – A Good Understanding
Twin Sister – Color Your Life
Shapes And Sizes – Candle To Your Eyes
METZ – (7 EP 3)
Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
Land Of Talk – Cloak & Cipher
and here’s a whole bunch of other favourites, in no order whatsoever.
The Walkmen – Lisbon
Superchunk – Majesty Shredding
Weekend – Sports
Avey Tare – Down There
Beach House – Teen Dream
LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
Menace Ruine – Union Of Irreconcilables
Sun Araw – On Patrol
Warpaint – The Fool
Supersilent – 10
Les Savy Fav – Root For Ruin
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Spoon - Transference
Best Coast – Crazy For You
Nails – Unsilent Death
