Arcade Fire Share Second Track From Everything Now
With their fifth studio album due out for the first time on a major label, Capitol, Arcade Fire continue their trajectory to becoming the most iconic rock band of a generation. The group…
Sarah Neufeld (of Arcade Fire) with Reservations at Lambert’s: Live Review
Arcade Fire practically took over Austin last week. After the band performed two shows, one official show and one as cover band Phi Slamma Jamma, last Thursday night, another member of the band,…
Arcade Fire Members Played Continental Club as Phi Slamma Jamma Last Night
Last night, following Arcade Fire’s outstanding show at Austin 360 Amphitheater, core members of the band headed over to Continental Club for an intimate show. Frontman Win Butler got the night started by…
Arcade Fire’s Sarah Neufeld Plays Lambert’s Friday April 11th
If you’re even slightly a fan of music, you’re probably aware that Arcade Fire will pass through Austin for a show this Thursday April 10th. However, you may not know that one of…
Arcade Fire Plays Austin 360 Circuit of the Americas This Thursday
With the bands we cover on Pop Press International, it’s rare that we have any incentive to make a trip to Austin’s enormous new amphitheater venue at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack….
Pop Press International’s Favorite Albums of 2013
Earlier in the week, I gave you a list of the songs and albums I’ve listened to more than any other (which I highly recommend as a far more useful list). I’m not sure…
Watch Arcade Fire’s Video for “Afterlife”
We exist within the minds of these characters, moving between their dreams. These are not the trivial dreams of ambition, goals, success–that American dream. These are the powerful and real dreams of longing,…
Weekly Rundown: The Blow, Those Darlins, Grape St., Cut Copy, Arcade Fire, and Moonface
This week’s Weekly Rundown spans more than we could cover. Feel free to take some of the links to stories we almost wrote about in this edition. And good luck deciding between the three…
Album Review: Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Pop Press Pick)
Arcade Fire’s fourth full-length album Reflektor is a marvelous achievement. Working for the first time with former LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy, the band has created a complex album, stylistically diverse yet…
Stream Arcade Fire’s Reflektor In Its Entirety Here
Do we need to say more? We’re working out the full album review and will certainly comment on it shortly. But below you can stream the masterpiece that is Arcade Fire’s latest album, Reflektor.
Arcade Fire Shares New Song “Afterlife”
Arcade Fire is one of the best bands making music today. Their fierce pursuit of vital and original art has not been swayed by increasing mainstream success. As much as independent music fans…
Show Preview: New Order Bassist Peter Hook and the Light Perform Tonight at The Belmont
Recent touring by both the outfit still retaining the moniker New Order as well as original New Order bassist Peter Hook with his band The Light has sparked some controversy as well as…