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Three years after their first full length album, 'Funeral,' Arcade Fire relea...
Funeral, the Arcade Fire's 2004 debut album, has been adored like few others in the indie rock community. Its lush orchestration, epic presentation and theatrical songwriting directly vaulted the...
INDIANA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER (DePauw)
The Arcade Fire's debut indie rock album, "Funeral," captured the hearts of critics and fans alike in 2004. It made loads of year-end lists, and The Arcade Fire was the most hyped new band since Franz Ferdinand, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Strokes.
The Arcade Fire in Concert (NPR)
All Songs Considered , February 17, 2007 The Arcade Fire's 2004 debut Funeral , was one of the decade's most remarkable rock albums. Now on the eve of releasing Neon Bible , their highly anticipated follow-up, the band visited New York's Judson Memorial Church for a full concert, originally webcast live on NPR.org Feb. 17, 2007.
Turning 'Silver' into gold (Michigan Daily)
As 2004 wound down and the indie buzz about The Arcade Fire was cooling off, a new band became the must-hear on the blogs and web-zines: LCD Soundsystem. Fronted by DFA Records label head James Murphy, the group's blend of disco, punk and kitsch-pop was a breath of fresh air in a music scene that was dominated by plodding, melancholy instrumentation and cryptic lyrics.
All hail the new indie rock mainstream (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Arcade Fire's "Intervention" is most likely the only Coolest Song there will ever be that waits a minute and a half for the drums to enter.
by Lance Webb, Music Writer, lwebb@smu.edu (SMU Daily Campus)
Finally, thank God, it's here! After a year and a half of touring and a year of songwriting and recording sessions, The Arcade Fire (Feu de l'Arcade, for all you Quebecois) has released a follow-up album to their groundbreaking debut album "Funeral."
Saturday band sampler (Austin American-Statesman)
AM. AM is a guy, not a band, which means he doesn't have to split up the royalties from all those TV placements.
This 'Arcade' deserves a second token (The Heights)
It's difficult to compare the Arcade Fire's great new album, Neon Bible, to its first because it is not a band with a clear, consistent sound. Instead, the songs on its first album, Funeral, were united by their emotional content (most reviews included the word "cathartic" somewhere, though some preferred to call it something like a sense of urgency).
James Murphy: He'd Rather Be Kicking Your Ass (The Village Voice)
Someone should've kicked dance-punk DJ-producer-bandleader James Murphy's ass by now. No one can.
The Liars Club opens on Court Avenue (The Des Moines Register)
216 Court Ave., Des Moines