Noel Gallagher was asked by Rolling Stone to talk about the year in music for some reason. However, motives aren't important when you get what might be the truest bit of criticism ever levied at Arcade Fire, whose album Reflektor dropped to rave reviews earlier this year. Read More »
Arcade Fire have been making headlines with their strange shows, weird promotional material and costumed dress codes. At the end of the day, however, they back up all their eccentricity by being an excellent live band. And that was on display during their set at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. Read More »
Move over Drake, Shady's back. Yes, Eminem's new album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and the "Rap God's" latest album has marked the second best sales week of 2013, leaving that previous record holder, Drake's Nothing Was The Same in the dust. Read More »
It's not just a reflektor, Arcade Fire really are No. 1! The indie/alternative rock band has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with their fourth studio album "Reflektor." Read More »
Arcade Fire's new album "Reflektor" has sprung a leak. Yesterday (Oct. 23), select record stores in Ireland began to sell copies of the hotly anticipated fall album, leading to an all-out Internet free-for-all not too soon after. Read More »
More details are coming together about Arcade Fire's upcoming fourth studio album. Yesterday (Oct. 21), the "Wake Up" band released a new studio version of a Reflektor track and frontman Win Butler has shed more details on the inspiration behind the album in an interview with Rolling Stone. Read More »
Arcade Fire are set to make yet another TV performance ahead of the release of their fourth studio album, Reflektor. The eight-piece Canadian rock outfit will appear on The Colbert Report on Monday, Oct. 21. Read More »
After the surprising disco aberration that is "Reflektor", Arcade Fire have returned to the types of things that made them a household....hahahaha. I almost made it, doe. Let's just say that every college radio station's favorite Canadian collective returned to the well for two of their favorite things (expansive instrumental sounds and Haitians) in the "Afterlife" teaser. Read More »
On Saturday night (Sept. 28), rock band Arcade Fire took over NBC. Not only were they the guest on "Saturday Night Live" (with host Tina Fey), but post-show, the French-Canadian group premiered a musical special, "Here Comes The Night Time," to give fans a taste of their upcoming fourth studio album, "Reflektor." Read More »
This weekend, the new season of Saturday Night Live premieres with host Tina Fey and special musical guest The Arcade Fire. The band is currently promoting its soon-to-be-released album Reflektor, and also have a special treat airing after the SNL opener. A special 30-minute concert performance will air on NBC directly after Saturday Night Live, featuring songs from Reflektor. Read More »
A little over one month remains until Arcade Fire's new album "Reflektor" hit stores. The brilliant marketing campaign for the album has included vague, random Twitter messages and viral graffiti marks etched in major cities around the world. Read More »
An Arcade Fire fan/Austin native named Ian Dille was more than a little bit upset by the guerilla marketing graffiti employed in his hometown to advertise Arcade Fire's upcoming album, Reflektor. Dille penned an op-ed for Slate's Browbeat blog wherein he took the band to task for spray-painting the side of his wife's work and got a bit of an unexpected surprise in return. Read More »
As the viral marketing campaign led fans to believe, the new single from indie rock band Arcade Fire debuted today (Sept. 9). The video, available at justareflektor.com, syncs together viewers' computer camera and smartphone, allowing people to bend light reflections and change the video's scenes. Read More »