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Everything Now

Opinion 

An almost perfect pop song: why Arcade Fires’ Everything Now is a masterpiece of intellectual pop.

July 26, 2018July 25, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Coffee Cola Song, Everything Now, Francis Bebey

[This guest post is from David Maneke of Germany. He’s an Arcade Fire fan, obviously. – AC] The story I´m

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Music News 

Is Arcade Fire Giving Us TOO Much Content?

July 26, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Everything Now

Arcade Fire has earned a reputation of hyping of albums and tours with all sorts of interesting stunts and marketing

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Arcade Fire Releases Track Listing for New Album in Very Unusual Way

June 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Anagrams, Arcade Fire, Everything Now

I’ve never really understood the point of releasing the tracklisting of a yet-to-be-released album. There’s very little we can parse

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