Canadian Grammy winners Arcade Fire have been all over the music news front pages these past few months. After fans read that Arcade Fire were asking concertgoers to dress up in formal attire for their upcoming Reflektor tour, many freaked out. The request, a kind “please wear formal attire or costume” to the upcoming arena shows, has been […]
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Arcade Fire Say “Please Relax,” Arena Tour Dress Code is “Super Not Mandatory”
November 21st, 2013 
Nina Corcoran 
Arcade Fire’s 2014 Tour To Require Formal Dress
November 20th, 2013 Troy Sennett The small series of Arcade Fire shows leading up to the release of the group’s latest album, Reflektor, featured an unfamiliar twist: Attendees were required to come in formal attire or costume. The dress code matches the style of the band’s recent performances, and it no doubt makes the experience even more memorable (as if […]
Arcade Fire Announce North American Tour Dates
November 14th, 2013 Troy Sennett Arcade Fire‘s Reflektor was certainly the biggest and most talked about indie rock release of 2013, and it’s only fitting that the Grammy-winning group follow it up with an equally ambitious touring schedule. Today, they unveiled plans to do just that. Their 2014 schedule will take them all around North America and Australia, with a […]
Watch Arcade Fire Perform “Flashbulb Eyes” And “Afterlife” on Jimmy Kimmel
October 30th, 2013 Kendra Beltran Arcade Fire hit up Jimmy Kimmel Live this week to promote their latest album, Reflektor. In the tradition of the show, they did not one but two songs for the cameras but from a very unique location. They’ve been pretty quiet since they took home the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011 for […]
Arcade Fire Stream ‘Reflektor’
October 24th, 2013 Troy Sennett Following up a Grammy Award winning album is no small feat, especially one as sprawling, epic, and arguably generation-defining as The Suburbs, so Arcade Fire had their work cut out for them on Reflektor. After an intriguing viral marketing campaign, part of which included the band playing shows that required formal attire under an alter […]
Arcade Fire Stream New Song From ‘Reflektor’
October 23rd, 2013 Troy Sennett If you haven’t seen the hype around Arcade Fire‘s upcoming fourth full-length, Reflektor, then you probably haven’t been paying attention. The Canadian indie rockers started the promotion cycle with an intriguing viral campaign, which concluded with a series of intimate shows as an alter ego called The Reflektors, which required fans to wear formal dress, […]
Arcade Fire Will Perform a Special Concert After SNL
September 27th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Saturday Night Live will start up again this upcoming Saturday with Tina Fey hosting and Arcade Fire taking the musical guest spot. People are already buzzing with excitement about the combination of the two, but now there’s even more to look forward to. After SNL finishes, Arcade Fire will give a 30-minute special concert that […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Arcade Fire – “Reflektor”
September 9th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Arcade Fire have finally revealed the music video for their brand new single, “Reflektor.” The video is nearly an eight minute long black and white journey through some dark woods, an open field and the back of a moving truck. The video features disco balls, oversized masks and a man in a glass shard suit. […]
Hear Tears for Fears Cover Arcade Fire’s “Ready to Start”
August 20th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Whenever I hear 80s new wave duo Tears for Fears, the first memory to pop in my mind is watching Donnie Darko after high school at my friend’s home. Their slow, electronic beats and exaggerated vocals always fit with that one panning shot at the school. What I don’t connect them with, however, is one […]
Arcade Fire May Release Something September 9
August 13th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Cryptic messages are a gamble, and there’s another set of information released which may or may not be directly Arcade Fire-related. Earlier this month, an Instagram account appeared which showed “Reflektor” being drawn with chalk in some type of street art. It’s a grainy video, and pretty cult-like, but it was rumored to be a […]
New Romance Movie From Spike Jonze, Arcade Fire to Score
August 8th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Film hardhitter Spike Jonze will be putting out a new romance movie on November 20 called Her and it looks–surprise–incredible. The movie follows a lonely man as he begins to fall in love with a computer operating system designed to grant the user’s commands. It’s been four years since Jonze’s last feature film, Where the Wild […]