Arcade Fire, if you hadn’t heard (hint: if you read SPIN, you did), lectured at the University of Texas at Austin yesterday to raise awareness about the socioeconomic crises that persist in post-earthquake Haiti. As SPIN noted previously, the gang hyped their lecture gig — during which they discussed their efforts with nonprofit Partners in Health, to which the band has donated $1 for every concert ticket sold since the 2010 disaster — with a mildly surprising appearance at keynote speaker Bruce Springsteen’s SXSW performance earlier in the week, where they assisted the Boss and a host of other outspoken artists in singing “This Land is Your Land.” But of course, performances didn’t end there, because what Arcade Fire lecture would be complete without a little musical accompaniment?
We couldn’t find any footage of the actual lecture on YouTube, but Consequence of Sound grabbed the best of the student-shot vids of the performance. Watch as Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Will Butler, and Marika Anthony-Shaw perform fairly obvious choice “Haiti” as well as “Wake Up.” You can also listen to Arcade Fire’s Record Store Day Suburbs remixes when you’re done.
Find all of SPIN’s SXSW coverage — photos, recaps, and more — right here.
