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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsArcade Fire did it again. New release - Reflektor - is remarkable. But it takes several listens...
http://www.amazon.com/Reflektor-Arcade-Fire/dp/B00F30S0Y0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383449616&sr=1-1&keywords=arcade+fire+reflektorIf you have Spotify, you can listen to the entire album. As an unabashed (and maybe surprisingly old, at 57) fan of the band - with Funeral, Neon Bible and The Suburbs all getting frequent listens since their various release dates - this one is quite a departure - showing lots of dance influence from the time the band spent in Haiti.
The new release is a long album - a good old fashioned double album. It took 3 or 4 listens, end to end, played loud, to "get it". And, wow, do I have it....ear worms abound!
If you want to listen to an hour or so from the new album live, in an NPR concert, here is the link.
Arcade Fire's music makes me very, very happy!
http://www.npr.org/event/music/239134780/arcade-fire-live-in-concert
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Still trying to get my head wrapped around the odd song "Reflektor."
Looking forward to hearing more of the album. In general I love Arcade Fire.
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)they are AHmazing live.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)came out. Just amazing.
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)do you like Wilco? they are on my list to see live too.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)also Suzanne Vega, Cowboy Junkies, Patty Griffin the Swell Season the past few years - all great.
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)You have great taste in music! And I read in a science and tech quiz post a PhD in Chem to boot!
My BS is in Chem. Going for my PhD in infectious diseases right now. My qualifying exams are coming up so I could use some new tunes to help elevate the stress. I'm always on the hunt for new stuff to listen too.
Have a great night NRL
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)here is a list in a different thread...http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1034&pid=1408
take care!
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)a la izquierda
(11,791 posts)but a very close friend of mine, who lives in Montreal, sent me a link to the song. I love it. Quebec produces a surprising amount of talented artists (Patrick Watson is one).
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)progressoid
(49,929 posts)One was a piano cover of Arcade Fire's "No Cars Go"
The other was Arcade Fire covering Peter Gabriel's "Games without Frontiers"
Orrex
(63,168 posts)Holy shit that's some good stuff.
Heard it on a local public radio station 91.3 WYEP. And nowhere else locally, alas.