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  Arcade Fire Deliver Indie Rock Scion Unto the World

  April 26, 2013 – Arcade Fire founders and front-people Win Butler and Régine Chassagne are the proud parents of a seven-pound baby boy. French-language paper Le Journal de Montréal reports that the singers' son entered the world on Sunday, April 21. Their source was Barry Mack, friend of the family and pastor of St. …
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  Arcade Fire's Will Butler Needs Cash for Robert Frost-Inspired Film Score

  April 26, 2013 – The Arcade Fire are hard at work at LP No. …
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  'Low' Profile? 20 Things 'Reclusive' David Bowie Has Done Since His Last Album

  March 8, 2013 – When word came that David Bowie was returning with his first new album in ten years, The Next Day, out March 12, the reaction was akin to hearing that the Loch Ness Monster had decided to dance the hootchy kootchy in Times Square. Almost invariably, the fantastic Mr. B was described in terms that used to be reserved for the J.D. Salingers and Howard Hugheses of the world: recluse, disappeared.To which we say: bullpoop! …
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  Karen O, Arcade Fire, Beck, Fiona Apple, and Rick Ross Make Oscars Best Song Short List

  December 12, 2012 – Coming in at 75 songs and including such stinkers as Owl City's "When Can I See You Again?" (Wreck-It Ralph) and Holladay's "Never Had" (10 Years), the Oscars 2012 short list for "Best Original Song" isn't exactly the tidy thing one might hope for. Nevertheless, there are a handful of happy inclusions worth mentioning. …
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  All My Friends: James Murphy Joins Arcade Fire's New Album

  December 7, 2012 – Two years ago, LCD Soundsystem main brain and DFA Records co-founder James Murphy told SPIN that he was leaving his beloved band behind in part because, "There are other things I haven't been able to do because of it. Twice, I couldn't make an Arcade Fire record." As first world a problem as that is, we've hardly been alone in wondering what a collaboration between those epic-minded Canucks and this nu-disco genius would yield. …
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  Arcade Fire Debut New Songs in Impossibly Secretive Gig

  December 3, 2012 – Arcade Fire might have pulled off a rare feat for a band of their size: performing new music and not having it leak online. As Consequence of Sound notes, fan Twitter account @ArcadeFireTube reports that the indie heavyweights debuted previously unreleased material in an unannounced show over the weekend in their hometown. And, at least as of this writing, no footage from the gig has surfaced publicly. …
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  New Arcade Fire Album Likely Ready By Late 2013

  October 25, 2012 – Be sure to add this to your list of 2013's Most Anticipated Releases: The follow-up to Arcade Fire's acclaimed and Album of the Year Grammy-winning The Suburbs should arrive by the end of next year. That's according to Arcade Fire drummer Jeremy Gara, who told Ottawa radio station CKCU that, while not much progress has been made on the record so far, fans should expect the album by late 2013 (via Arcade Fire tube). …
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  See Arcade Fire Perform New Song, 'Crucified Again'

  October 8, 2012 – Arcade Fire haven't confirmed those rumors about a new album in 2013, but fan footage of the suburban rockers performing a churchy new song portends something on the horizon. Reportedly called "Crucified Again," Win Butler and co. …
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  Watch David Byrne Cover KC and the Sunshine Band With Arcade Fire and the Strokes

  September 25, 2012 – Canada's POP Montreal fest hosted its second annual POP vs. …
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  Arcade Fire, Strokes Will Play Basketball for Our Amusement (and Charity)

  August 30, 2012 – If you missed Arcade Fire's Win Butler playing basketball for charity as part of last year's POP Montreal, no worries. He'll take it to the hoop again this year in POP Montreal's second annual "POP vs. Jock" basketball game, joined by the Strokes' Nikolai Fraiture, actor Martin Starr of Freaks and Geeks and Party Down, and others. …
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