After living for years in Montreal, Arcade Fire man Win Butler thought it was about time he made it official. This week (July 9), Win finally became a Canadian citizen. Born in Truckee,
Read MoreIf you haven’t been to the movies lately or have been living under a rock, the live-action remake of Disney’s Dumbo flies into theatres March 29th. Sorry for the spoiler kids. It’s part
Read MorePlastic (or at least the first version of it) is 110 years old today. As for music news for February 5, 2019, here’s what I’ve got. Here’s a look at Canadian music sales
Read More[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s an incredible discography of hundreds of bands. This is the latest excerpt from
Read MoreWell, that’s quite a way to open your set at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre! Arcade Fire performed Funeral in full for the first time last night, opening their set at L.A.’s Greek Theatre.
Read More[This guest post is from David Maneke of Germany. He’s an Arcade Fire fan, obviously. – AC] The story I´m about to tell is best introduced with a short flash-back to my first
Read MoreYou have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album. It’s the stuff that’s buried in your CD collection places you would never,
Read More[NOTE: I’m on vacation this week, so there will probably be fewer posts than usual. -AC] On this day in 1982, Argentina started the Falklands War. And on April, 2, 2018, this is
Read MoreHang on. Only two more weeks until the official start of spring. Distract yourself with music news for March 7, 2018. Arcade Fire will be presented with the 2018 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit
Read MoreFifteen years ago today, one of the worst concert tragedies in history happened with a pyro display during a Great White show at the Station nightclub in West Warwick went wrong. One hundred
Read MoreYou may have noticed that most of the biggest rock acts in the world aren’t that young anymore. Green Day? Middle 40s. Dave Grohl? Creeping up on the half-century mark. Trent Reznor? Over
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