"Islands" by We Were Lovers , from their forthcoming album, Pyramids . Duo Ash Lamothe and Elsa Gebremichael have mastered a pop balance infusing electro, dreamy, rock and disco elements. I even heard what could only be a shout-out to Arcade Fire 's "Haiti" early in the song. Music makers all over the world are invited to remix We Were Lovers ' single "Islands" for it's official upcoming release. The selected winner will receive $200 plus have their remix released nationally with the single. The runner up will have their remix released nationally [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Politics as Usual Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Members of Arcade Fire brought the house -- or at least the garden party tent -- down with both their music and their message at the Artists For Peace and Justice luncheon at the University of Toronto president's estate on Saturday afternoon. As the headliners for the 3rd annual fundraiser in support [...]
Enquanto o sucessor do premiadíssimo The Suburbs permanece quieto na encubadora e a turnê da banda Arcade Fire continua inativa, seus membros não estão simplesmente aproveitando as férias não. Recentemente, você conferiu vídeos capturados da banda em palestra concedida à Universidade do Texas, na qual Win , Will , Régine e cia. descreveram o trabalho que realizam em parceria com a ONG Partners in Health no Haiti. Mas como uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras, um videoclipe pode valer mais que uma palestra. A banda acaba de liberar [...]
Los muchachos de Arcade Fire estuvieron recientemente en la Universidad de Texas. Ahí dieron la plática: “Hope, Haiti and Service” donde hablaron acerca de la crisis socio-económica por la que atraviesa Haití y los esfuerzos voluntarios de la banda en esa región. También se discutió la necesidad de un sistema sanitario y ayuda del primer mundo en Haití, para que los estudiantes se vean a sí mismos como ciudadanos del mundo y como filántropos locales. La banda se enfocó en el trabajo que realiza la asociación Partners in Health. Los asistentes a esta plática [...]
Filed under: News , Video Michael Buckner, Getty Images Arcade Fire 's Texas-raised Win and Will Butler sojourned back to their native state to deliver a lecture called "Arcade Fire: Hope, Haiti & Service" at the University of Texas. The duo was joined by Win's wife and bandmate Regine Chassagne and Arcade Fire violinist Marika Anthony-Shaw to speak about their relationship with the Haitian healthcare charity Partners in Health before performing two [...]
O festival SWU, ao convidar em 2011 o ícone Neil Young para uma palestra, parecia estar antecipando uma tendência. A última banda a trocar os instrumentos pelo palco de uma universidade e defender uma ideia perante o público foi o Arcade Fire , em uma palestra sobre a participação do grupo nos esforços de auxílio humanitário no Haiti apresentada por Win , Will , Régine e Marika na Universidade do Texas, em Austin (mesma cidade que recebeu o SXSW nessa semana). Mas o quarteto, que representava na ocasião a [...]
Our Austin correspondent Lily Angelle attended a special lecture last night entitled "Hope, Haiti & Service," where members of the band Arcade Fire spoke to University of Texas students about advocacy and volunteerism. Members of Arcade Fire perform at the University of Texas. Arcade Fire members Win and Will Butler, Régine Chassagne and Marika Anthony-Shaw talked about the group's work with Partners in Health since 2007 to provide health care for people in Haiti. Win [...]
5 Songs is a weekly series where we point out the strange, the grand, and the unique connections between our favorite songs. Let’s get weird. Words by Chris There’s a fine line between bashing you over the head and cradling your imagination. There’s also a blend of seething irony that can make or break a whole vision. I’m thinking of the Obama Administration using “Fake Empire” by The National as a song for [...]
Con la Navidad llegan las buenas acciones y los chicos de Arcade Fire esperan que sus fans donen lo que puedan a Kanpe , una organización que ayuda a reconstruir Haití después del devastador terremoto que azotó la isla hace dos años. Como incentivo, la banda dijo que igualaría las donaciones que se hicieran durante las fiestas. En un comunicado en su página web oficial , Win Butler , líder de Arcade Fire , explica que la banda [...]
In keeping with the holiday spirit, Arcade Fire has set out to help raise money for Kanpe , an organization helping to rebuild Haiti. The band has promised to match donations up to $300,000. Along with helping raise money for Haiti, band members Régine Chassagne and Win Butler have stated that they will send a personally signed postcard to each individual that donates. On their website lead singer Butler wrote: Hi Guys, This is Win from Arcade Fire. If you are having a hard time deciding what to get your friends [...]
Watch Eddie Vedder, Regine Chassagne, and Owen Pallett (of Arcade Fire) cover Bruce Springsteen and Cat Stevens songs.
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Arcade Fire @ Jazz Fest 2011 | Photo by Justin Ward I was pretty blown away by this write-up in the Guardian by Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire about the band's first time in Haiti playing a concert. This is my third time here, but our first as a band. As we unload the equipment I can't stop noticing how they really pulled out all the stops to welcome us. On the dusty soccer field the town has built a wooden stage, with another crafted [...]
Arcade Fire had a busy weekend in New Orleans. Along with an onstage collaboration with Cyndi Lauper , the band's appearance at this year's New Orleans Jazz Festival also saw Win and Régine join Haitian band RAM for a rendition of - you guessed it - "Haiti". Check out the clip above (via @arcadefiretube ). The two bands have collaborated quite a bit over the last year. Last summer, Arcade Fire and RAM teamed up for a performance of "Haiti" during the Quebec City Summer Fest - unfortunately, as far as I can [...]
Filed under: News Kevin Winter, Getty Images Arcade Fire have been known to make drums and percussive instruments out of just about anything handy -- from pots and pans to stage rigging -- and so far, it's worked to their favor. But they almost blew it in Haiti recently when, right before an informal performance in a refugee camp, frontman Win Butler scrambled to find a makeshift drum. "I spotted two red [...]
Em uma viagem de 4 dias de duração, o Arcade Fire passou recentemente pelo devastado Haiti, realizando shows e conferindo o trabalho que a ONG Partners in Health, auxiliada pela banda, realiza no país de origem da família da vocalista Regine Chassagne . Você já tinha conferido alguns vídeos do primeiro show da pequena turnê, realizado em um hotel da capital Port-au-prince, mas o conteúdo desse novo vídeo, postado pela banda e divulgado através de seu twitter, é bem mais emocionante e comovente do que alguns covers e belas canções . No curto vídeo [...]
Terminando de cumplir sus promesas de cooperación con Haití, país que sufrió en 2010 una de las peores catástrofes de su historia, Arcade Fire se presentó el pasado 29 de marzo en el Hotel Oloffson en la ciudad de Puerto Príncipe. Recientemente, la banda consiguió alcanzar su meta de conseguir un millón de dólares –objetivo que se propuso a mediados del año pasado y que logró concretar gracias a diversas campañas– para donar a los afectados por la catástrofe. Hay que recordar que el enorme compromiso de estos chicos con ese país se debe a que [...]
Arcade Fire: "The Last Time" (Rolling Stones) The Arcade Fire performed a surprise show in Haiti this week. While there, they did covers of CCR, the Rolling Stones, Cinci Lauper and Blondie. Aside from being a very cool thing to do, this gives us a couple covers to add to the Arcade Fire covers archive. [...]
Arcade Fire recently performed at relatively secret show in Haiti. The small crowd of just 250 or so people at Hotel Oloffson were lucky enough to catch the Grammy winning group cover The Rolling Stones ("The Last Time") and Cyndi Lauper
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