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Arcade Fire is an
Arcade Fire has won numerous awards, including the 2011
History
Formation and early work (2001)
The initial Montreal structure of the band began to dissolve in the summer of 2002, when they travelled to Butler's family ranch in Maine to record their
The promise shown by the new band in its early live shows allowed them to land a record contract with the independent record label, Merge Records, before the end of its first year together.[3]
When asked about the rumour that the band's name refers to a fire in an arcade, Win Butler replied: "It's not a rumour, it's based on a story that someone told me. It's not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it's probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him."[4]
Funeral (2004–2006)
Funeral was released in September 2004 in Canada and February 2005 in Great Britain. The title of the debut album referred to the deaths of several relatives of band members during its recording. These events created a somber atmosphere that influenced songs such as "Une année sans lumière" ("A Year Without Light"), "In the Backseat", and "Haïti", Chassagne's elegy to her lost homeland.[5]
The album was critically and commercially acclaimed. It appeared on many
The band booked small clubs for their 2004 tour, but growing interest forced many venue changes, far beyond the band's expectations, and the tour continued into mid-2005 throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, the SummerSonic Festival in Japan, and the Hillside Festival in
Arcade Fire was featured on the April 4, 2005 cover of Time's Canadian edition. On May 1, 2005, the band performed for 15,000 fans at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.[10] In May 2005, the band signed a short-term publishing contract with EMI for Funeral, and in June the band released a new single, "Cold Wind", on "Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends". The BBC used the track "Wake Up" on an advertisement for their autumn 2005 season, and the tracks "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" on adverts in January 2006. On September 9, 2005, the band appeared on the British/U.S. television special "Fashion Rocks", on which David Bowie joined them for "Wake Up". This recording, as well as recordings of the band's collaboration on Bowie's "Life on Mars" and "Five Years," were made available on the iTunes Music Store in a virtual live EP. The same trip to New York City took them to the Late Show with David Letterman and a concert in Central Park. The Central Park show featured a surprise appearance by Bowie. On September 11, 2005, Arcade Fire appeared on the long-running BBC music series Top of the Pops, performing "Rebellion (Lies)". The band also performed to a TV audience in Paris for Canal+, and the show was later screened on the British television's Channel 4. The band scored two number one songs on MTV2 (UK) NME Chart Show, with "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" and a three week run with "Wake Up". This success followed Rough Trade Records's last-minute decision to release "Wake Up" only on 7" vinyl.[11]
"Wake Up" was played immediately before the Irish rock group
Funeral and the single "
Arcade Fire made an appearance on the BBC show
Neon Bible (2006–2008)
During the downtime between Funeral and the beginning of recording sessions for Neon Bible, the band purchased a defunct church in the small Quebec town of Farnham, approximately 70 kilometres (45 miles) outside of Montreal, and spent the early part of 2006 converting it into a recording studio.[17]
The first track officially released from Neon Bible was "
Arcade Fire made their first appearance on
On July 10, 2007, Neon Bible was named to the shortlist for the
The Neon Bible tour continued into September 2007 with 25+ dates scheduled in North America and Europe through mid-November. In Paris the band did a
Arcade Fire further helped PIH, when it recorded "Lenin" on Red Hot Organization's latest album, Dark Was the Night. Sales from DWTN generated over $850,000 in money donated to AIDS related charities—$300,000 of which was given to PIH on Arcade Fire's behalf.
2008–2010
In February 2008, Win Butler announced on the band's journal that the Neon Bible tour had come to an end, after one year of touring and a total of 122 shows (including 33 festivals) in 75 cities and 19 countries.[31]
Win Butler has been a vocal supporter of Barack Obama since the end of the New Hampshire Primary.[32] Arcade Fire performed two free concerts for Obama in Cleveland and Nelsonville, Ohio on March 2, 2008 and March 3, 2008 before the state's March 4 primary.[33][34] The band, with Superchunk, performed another two free concerts for Obama on May 1 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and on May 2 in Carrboro, North Carolina before the state's May 6 primary.[35] On January 21, 2009, Arcade Fire and Jay-Z were the musical guests at the Obama Campaign Staff Ball at the DC Armory, at Obama's request. Butler thanked President Obama for his stated intent to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and repeatedly thanked the Obama staffers for their work during the election.
The band was rumored to be working with producer Markus Dravs on the soundtrack for the Richard Kelly film The Box.[36] Win Butler denied the claims, but stated that he and Owen Pallett "may do an instrumental piece or two" for the film.[37]
In December 2008,
A re-recorded version of the band's song "Wake Up" from their 2004 debut album, Funeral, has been used for the trailer of the
The Suburbs (2010–present)
On May 27, 2010 it was announced that a new double-sided 12" single would be released the same day, with the full album, called
The album was released with eight different covers. Design, Caroline Robert. Photos, Gabriel Jones. Synchronised Artwork by Vincent Morisset.[46]
The first show announced was Oxegen 2010 which took place in Ireland in July.[47] The band announced that they will play songs from the new album in their headline performance at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2010, with Win Butler noting "We're really looking forward to playing the new songs live... [it's] like an inventor emerging from his basement after a year's work."[48]
In July 2010, Arcade Fire announced they would be broadcasting their August 5 concert at Madison Square Garden live via YouTube. They later announced the video would be directed by Terry Gilliam.[49] The Suburbs was released worldwide at the start of August 2010 to extensive critical acclaim comparable to Funeral and Neon Bible.[50] During the 2010 tour Arcade Fire are giving a tribute to Jay Reatard performing the cover of "Oh, It's Such a Shame". Win Butler confessed to Zane Lowe that the band wanted Jay Reatard to support the band on this tour but he unfortunately passed away. The Suburbs went on to debut at number one in the US (on the Billboard 200), selling 156,000 units in its first week. It was also number one in the UK and Canada.
In August 2010, Arcade Fire and Google released an interactive music video (http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/), written and directed by
On January 13, 2011 it was announced that Arcade Fire would perform at the
At the
In March 2011, Arcade Fire was honored at the Juno Awards of 2011. They won Group of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for "Ready To Start", "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)", and "We Used To Wait", all off "The Suburbs". "The Suburbs" also won Album of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year.[57]
On April 19, 2011 it was announced that Arcade Fire will release a deluxe edition of their album The Suburbs featuring the short film Scenes from the Suburbs, by director
The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.[62]
Personnel
In addition to founders
Discography
- Funeral (2004)
- Neon Bible (2007)
- The Suburbs(2010)
See also
- List of awards and nominations received by Arcade Fire
- Canadian rock
References
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- ^ Byrne, David (2007-12-18). "David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists – and Megastars". Wired. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ Hoard, Christian (2005-02-24). "The Fire This Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ Sinagra, Laura (2005-09-09). "The Listings: Sept. 9 -- Sept. 15; ARCADE FIRE". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ Dickson, Andrew (2005-12-02). "NME defends album of year poll". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ "Exclusive – Arcade Fire duet with Bowie released". NME. 2005-11-08. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ Kot, Greg (2005-05-08). "Pitchfork e-zine tells indie fans what's hot and not". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
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- ^ "Episodes: Arcade Fire". PBS. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "Arcade Fire invited for U2 tour support". NME. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "Songwriter Of The Year (sponsored by SOCAN)". Juno Awards. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ "Arcade Fire, Feist, Buble earn Brit Award nods". Toronto Star. 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "The "Top 100″ Canadian Albums of "All Time"". Bumper Shine. 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ "Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The top 200 albums of 2000s".
- ^ "Inside the Church of Arcade Fire", Paste, April 11, 2007.
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- ^ "Arcade Fire's Neon Bible Debuts at #2". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ Paste Magazine issue #38
- ^ "Arcade Fire EP (Can. self-released) 2003 (Merge) 2005". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "SNL Archives Episodes". SNL Archives. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Singing for the Poor in Haiti: The Arcade Fire and Partners in Health". Indy Bay. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list". CBC. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the originalon December 24, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Chart (magazine). Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ "Joint Statement by Arcade Fire and the Polaris Music Prize" (PDF). Polaris Music Prize. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Arcade Fire - Arcade Fire - La blogothèque". Blogotheque.net. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ^ "Brucebase 2007". Brucebase Wiki. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Arcade Fire sparks support for PIH – Canadian band raises issues and funds". Partners In Health. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Neon Bible Tour Is Over". Arcade Fire. Retrieved 2008-07-17. [dead link]
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- ^ "Arcade Fire to perform for Obama in Ohio". CNN. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "A hall for all". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
- ^ Nagourney, Adam (2008-03-02). "Spending Heavily, Obama Attempts Knockout Blow". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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- ^ "Arcade Fire to Release Film, Possibly Live Document".
- ^ "Arcade Fire to release 'Miroir Noir' documentary on Monday (Dec 15) | News". Nme.Com. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ^ "Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Archives - Video - DVD". Miroir Noir. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
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- ^ "Arcade Fire the suburbs synchronised artwork, traditional artwork & minimalis interactive stuff". Retrieved 30 October 2010.
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- ^ "Arcade Fire Set To Debut Songs From Upcoming Album".
- ^ "Arcade Fire Webcast To Be Directed By Terry Gilliam". Exclaim.ca. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ "The Suburbs reviews at". Metacritic.com. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- Pitchfork Media. November 14, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ^ The Gazette (January 13, 2011). Arcade Fire to perform at Grammys. Canada.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-21.
- ^ Duke, Alan (February 14, 2011). "Grammy upset: Arcade Fire beats Gaga, Eminem for top album". CNN. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ Kot, Greg (February 13, 2011). "Turn It Up: Grammy Awards 2011: Arcade Fire wins album of the year". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ Estes, Adam Clark (February 13, 2011). "UPDATED: 2011 Grammys Winners and Losers". Salon. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Arcade Fire's Week Gets Even Better After Winning Brit Awards". TIME. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
- ^ "32 Juno Award Winners Are CROWNED! Canada's Music Elite GAather To Celebrate 40 Years Of The Juno Awards". JUNO Awards. 2011-03-26.
- ^ "Arcade Fire feat David Byrne – Speaking in Tongues". The Guardian. 2011-05-24.
- ^ Richardson, Mark (18 November 2010). "Watch: Video for Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs"". Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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- ^ Nick Patch, The Canadian Press, Spike Jonze-directed Arcade Fire film not intended as political statement, accessed on June 27, 2011
- aux.tv, June 16, 2011.
- ^ Frey, Darcy (2007-03-04). "One Very, Very Indie Band". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "Arcade Fire: Art-Rock Fueled by Eclecticism and Pain". NPR. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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