Tagged: arcadefire + winbutler

Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! , New Releases Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty One of rock's royal families has just gotten a bit bigger. Régine Chassagne and Win Butler , the power couple behind Arcade Fire , have welcomed a brand new seven-pound baby boy into the world. Chassange gave birth to the boy on Sunday, April 21. News of which came, perhaps appropriately, via [...]

Filed under: News Michael Buckner, Getty Although not confirmed, reports are flying like the proverbial stork with news that Regine Chassagne from Arcade Fire is pregnant. The Montreal Gazette reports the Arcade Fire member was "very pregnant" when they played a benefit gig in Montreal on Saturday night for Chassagne's Kanpe organization which assists Haiti. The group performed three songs at the event, none of which were the highly-classified [...]

If you're an NBA fanatic, you already know what you're doing this Sunday. It's the annual NBA All-Star Game , where the best of both conferences come together in one epic (and ridiculously scored) match. Typically, it's the West that's the best, just as the saying goes, but this year it's anyone's game - especially with the way LeBron James has been playing. Then again, I'm sort of bias . With that in mind, Consequence of Sound thought we'd assemble our own team of All-Stars, only they'd be made up of musicians. The result [...]

Filed under: News , Pop Culture , Politics as Usual Kevin Winter, Getty After endorsements from a host of musicians such as Bruce Springsteen , The National and Moby , Barack Obama has another huge rock band in his corner: Arcade Fire . The site 90 Days, 90 Reasons featured two statements by the group's Texas-born Butler brothers Win and Will over the weekend, with [...]

So it was a somewhat blustery Hallowe'en one – same as every year, or so it'd seem. And whilst the Samhain celebration ushering in that eternally damned darker half of the year may occur annually, and with the unerring tedium of the equivalently wretched wallet-voiding guising it entails, down round The Forum a momentous sense of occasion did brood. A one-off exclusive; a "late night double feature." Not since 2007 have Tim DeLaughter's The Polyphonic Spree been about these dank and windswept parts, and indeed in the interim period the boys and girls in the floor-length [...]

Photos via Flickr The Arcade Fire 's frontwoman and lead singer Regine Chassagne is easily the most desirable woman in indie. She has it all. A great voice, a great bod, a great heart, and the 'it' factor that most women in indie are missing. But what if I told you that she has a dark side... a darkside that enjoys dressing up in animal costumes? Behind this furry costume and Toronto Raptors jersey is Regine Chassagne . What is she hiding and [...]

Here is a sneak peek of some of the photos I took at this year's Pop Montreal 's Pop vs Jocks. POP vs JOCK is a charity basketball game organized by Win Butler of Arcade Fire and Dexter John of DJ Sports Club . Check out some of the photos. I will post a proper review of it.

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 [...]

Just as Win Butler did last year, the Arcade Fire frontman will return to Pop Montreal  for the second annual POP vs Jock: Charity Basketball Game. Rounding out Team Pop this year is Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes , actor/comedian Martin Starr ( Freaks and Geeks,   Party Down) , and pro-basketball player Luke Bonner  (ringer!). The game will sport music by Kid Koala, Régine Chassagne, and a halftime show featuring David Byrne & Moment Factory. Earlier this summer , the festival announced an exclusive conversation between Byrne and Butler, set to take place September 22nd [...]

Gli Arcade Fire hanno ufficializzato che nel 2013 pubblicheranno un nuovo album. Dalla pagina ufficiale Twitter della band si può leggere: «Ultime notizie! Mercury Records ha confermato che un nuovo album degli Arcade Fire arriverà il prossimo anno» Non sono però stati diffusi dettagli su titolo o data di uscita precisa per il disco, che rimangono un assoluto mistero. Questo nuovo album seguirà a The Suburbs , ottimamente ricevuto da pubblico e critica nel 2010. Il debutto degli Arcade [...]

As  Twin Shadow , George Lewis Jr. digs into the pop-friendly realm of blistering self-assessment where the only obvious method is to pump out insanely engaging, dance-friendly numbers. Throughout Confess , listeners aren’t sure whether to root for Lewis or hope he’ll just stop investing in unrequited love.  Regardless, his latest record sees him getting over his humble debut album, Forget , as an electronic star with a predisposition to bad decisions. Throughout Confess , he is thematically bound [...]

This year's edition of Pop Montreal will feature a conversation between two of music's most celebrated artists: David Byrne and Win Butler. This rare event, set for September 22nd at The Ukrainian Federation in Montreal, will see the two musicians discussing Byrne’s new book, How Music Works , "in the context of their own personal and professional experiences as musicians and music lovers," according to a press release. On the music front, this year's lineup offers Grizzly Bear, Gotye, Hot Snakes, Gang Gang Dance, Dirty Three, Lil B, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, and Tim Hecker. Plus, [...]

The season finale of Saturday Night Live just became must-see TV. According to Entertainment Weekly , host/musical guest Mick Jagger will be joined by Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Arcade Fire's Win Butler. The episode takes place May 19th. Hopefully, they let Dave do some acting:

Tras la salida de Abraham's Daughter , los canadienses dieron a conocer otro de los temas que hicieron para la banda sonora de la película The Hunger Games . Se trata de una composición orquestal, titulada  Horn of Plenty, y que ya podés escucharla en su  página oficial de Facebook . Al respecto de la grabación, Win Butler dijo: "Estábamos interesados ​​en hacer música que fuera más integral en la película, así como un ejercicio mental. Y hay un himno que se ejecuta a través de los libros, el [...]

Topics: Win Butler Topics: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

There is nothing more degrading for an indie band than 'being pulled on stage' to do some sort of honky collab performance with a band that is 'legendary' and 'more famous' than you. The Arcade Fire has done everything they could to align themselves with Bruce Springsteen to trick people into thinking that they were 'legendary', when the only legendary thing about them is the way they found a biz model that allowed them to become the 'indie U2.' Anyways, at SXSW , Bruce Springsteen performed a show for a bunch of Tech Losers who thought [...]

Win Butler has it all a good woman at home a Grammy winning buzzband and the swag to stand on tables whenever the eff he wants 'All u rich bitches better listen up I'm Win Fucking Butler I can drain shots from anywhere on the court and I have a bitching post-up game There is simply no stopping me If I didn't play indie music I am confident that I would be contributing to a championship-caliber team in the NBA playing around 30 minutes per game [...]

Were you at The National 's show in Montreal on Friday? No, well, look at what you could have witnessed! Arcade Fire 's tall man, Win Butler, made a surprise appearance with the band in his very own home town. He helped The National bang out a very nice sounding performance of "Start A War" and lucky for you through the magic of the Internet and mobile phones/digital cameras we didn't have to be there. Watch it at the top and if you're in NY go witness The National live before they finish their tour. It'd be criminal [...]