Video: Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar

The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain (at the Hacienda) Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm (Conan) Rainbow Quest 6 - June Carter Johnny Cash Pete Seeger Beirut/Final Fantasy/(part of) [...]

beirut - gulag orkestar (live @ bowery ballroom) [oh the mayhem and utter joy these guys create during their concerts! on sundays show members of arcade fire, final fantasy and every trumpet player in the tri-state area got on stage to perform the massive finale to beirut's sold out concert. awesome indeed! thanks to pitchfork for the vid] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld

Shoving as many people on stage as possible is all the rage . Here's a video by Jason Schupper of the infamous Beirut encore at Bowery Ballroom Sunday night.... Previously * Beirut, Arcade Fire & Final Fantasy @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - pics

To wet your appetite for next month, here's a beautifully shot video for "The Gulag Orkestar" featuring members of the Arcade Fire and Final Fantasy Owen Pallett (playing Electric Picnic I'll have you know). The boy sure has come a long way since the supposed shambolic performances of last year. Tags: Beirut , Arcade Fire , Final Fantasy

Photo by Kathryn Beirut and Final Fantasy performed Sunday night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Final Fantasy played a set, then joined Beirut for about half of a set. Then, four members of the Arcade Fire and several others came out to play with Beirut during the encore. [mp3] Beirut - Rhineland (Heartland) [mp3] Final Fantasy - This is the Dream of Win & Regine [mp3] Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running [...]

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Those lucky enough to choose the first date of Zach Condon's sold-out three-night run at Bowery Ballroom Sunday evening got an eye full of horns and more for an encore. After a night opened by Final Fantasy, Beirut fended off the front-row females, offered witty retorts to reminders of the infamous Knitting Factory gig (has it only been a year??), and had the omnipresent string-master Owen Pallett backing him on violin duty. But during "Gulag Orkestar," Zach welcomed four from Arcade Fire (including the recognizable Richard Reed Parry and Will Butler) to form an orkestar large enough for [...]