Arcade Fire

The Six Best "Hey!"s in Rock and Roll

No musician puts a "Hey!" in a song for his/herself. "Hey!" is a social cue, an opportunity for engagement between a musician and the audience. It means nothing, but it means the same nothing to all of us and therefore means something, maybe even everything. Woah. Here are the six best "Hey!"s in ro ... More >>

Beach House's Alex Scally Doesn't Want to Be Like Katy Perry, the Arcade Fire or Whatever the Media Calls Him

While reflecting on the difference between what he thinks his latest album is about and what his audience thinks it's about -- namely, all the surprisingly wrong perceptions -- Alex Scally references the Bible. "It's the tower of Babel and all that," he says. "Humans can't understand each other." B ... More >>

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

8:30 p.m. Friday, June 1. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.8:30 p.m. Friday, June 1. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Reptar

8:30 p.m. Friday, April 6. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

The Hunger Games Soundtrack: Hop Aboard the Gravy Train, Unlikely Bedfellows!

It's fitting that a film about a dystopian free-for-all would include music from the Arcade Fire. This is the group, after all, that composed several songs on Funeral about a world overrun by snow and power outages. But the song that appears in the movie is not from Funeral. It's an original song ... More >>

Billy Brown on Sonic Youth, Record Store Day, and Drunk Reggae Fans

Photo by Jon Scorfina​In early January, Rolling Stone reported that vinyl sales had increased fourteen percent over the previous year with around 2.8 million units sold, making 2010 the best year for vinyl in recent memory. DJ Billy Brown is part of a new generation of music fans choosing rec ... More >>

Arcade Fire and the National at the Scottrade Center, 4/21/11: Review

Todd Owyoung​Arcade Fire/The National Scottrade Center Thursday, April 21 "We're still getting used to this arena-rock thing," Win Butler said last night. "But shit, a room's a room. Let's go!" With that, he and the indie rock juggernaut he fronts launched into "No Cars Go," seven of its eigh ... More >>

The Arcade Fire/The National

7 p.m. Thursday, April 21. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

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Anton Corbijn​Arcade Fire plays its first headlining show in St. Louis this Thursday at the Scottrade Center. The National will open -- both bands are renowned for their live shows. Arcade Fire, in particular, has always seemed too big for whatever venue it's playing, so it will be interestin ... More >>

Tim Kingsbury of Arcade Fire on Finding Practical Uses for that Big, Heavy Grammy

Image via​Who is Arcade Fire? Well, it's a Canadian indie band on Merge records that's known for its incredibly energetic live shows. Its latest record, Suburbs, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts last August. Oh yeah, they won one of those Grammy Awards for 2010 -- what was it? Alb ... More >>

Margot and the Nuclear So & So's

9 p.m. Friday, March 25. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Yelp Decides Which St. Louis Venues Have a "Hipster" Ambience

www.latfh.comYep. This dude definitely has lots of ambience.​Hipsters, when they aren't busy attacking you for not knowing who the Arcade Fire is, like to eat and drink. Where can you find them doing these things in the wild?Yelp has the answer.Yes, the popular consumer review website has added "h ... More >>

Arcade Fire: Certain Tickets On-Sale Now, Pre-Sale Tomorrow

​If you follow A to Z on Twitter (and why not? We turn two years old this week!), you saw that Twitter user @shields121 pointed out that Arcade Fire tickets are already on-sale via the band's website. These are only the general admission floor seats, mind you. However, I just checked and ticke ... More >>

Arcade Fire Actually Coming to St. Louis? [Update: Yes!]

​[Update, 2:45 p.m. February 23: This show just confirmed! It's at the Concert Club at Scottrade Center -- i.e., a smaller sectioned-off version of the venue. Ticket prices are TBA but are on sale March 5 at 11 a.m.!] Well, isn't this interesting: Twitter user @megcat79 just noticed that the N ... More >>

Who Is Arcade Fire? Tawny Kitaen Wants to Know, Cause She's Pissed

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The Ten Best Moments of the 2011 Grammy Awards

​Miss the Grammys telecast? Couldn't care less about the awards? Either way, A to Z watched the entire show - and even some of the pre-show -- so you didn't have to. Here are ten highlights from the night. Mavis Staples winning her first Grammy If you weren't watching the pre-show telecast, y ... More >>

Coachella 2011 Lineup: Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Strokes

Those sneaky birds at Coachella announced their 2011 lineup about twenty minutes ago. Despite the off-hour, that hasn't stopped the Internet from being all aflutter at the announcement. The headliners of the event this year are Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon; The Strokes, Animal Collectiv ... More >>

2010: The Year In Music

Wolf Parade gathers together and shares experiences to create its latest album, Expo 86

Interview: Potty-mouthed Violinist Owen Pallett on "Bro Music," Sexuality and His Career

David WaldmanOwen Pallett, performing live.​In conversation, composer/violinist/songwriter Owen Pallett is outspoken. This might surprise those familiar with his music - from the serene orchestration on his acclaimed 2010 record, Heartland, and his previous work under the Final Fantasy moniker ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of September 20

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. DEAD CONFEDERATE---Sugar 2. MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO & SO'S---Buzzard* 3. KEM---Intimacy 4. WALKMEN---Lisbon* 5. SANTANA---Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time

William Upski Wimsatt, Author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, Talks Tea Party and Missouri's Progressive Potential

Image viaWilliam Upski Wimsatt​In 1994, a 21-year-old graffiti artist from the southside of Chicago named William Upski Wimsatt published Bomb the Suburbs, an introspective, non-fiction account of race, politics, art and social change during hip-hop's golden era.Almost two decades later, Upski -- ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 23

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1. JJ Grey & Mofro - Georgia Warhorse* 2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 3. Eels - Tomorrow Morning 4. Black Crowes - Croweology 5. Black Keys - Brothers 6. Best Coast - Crazy For You* 7. Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard 8. Jimmie Vaughan - Plays Blue ... More >>

Interview: John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls on the Band's New Album, Covering Flesh for Lulu and Listening to Arcade Fire

​Nearly twenty-five years into its career, Goo Goo Dolls is one of the most consistent rock bands around. The Buffalo, New York-based band is playing at Family Arena tonight with Switchfoot and Green River Ordinance, in advance of its ninth studio album, Something For the Rest of Us. Due Augus ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 9

* = coming to town, = local ​ Euclid Records 1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 2. Black Crowes - Croweology* 3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More 4. Black Keys - Brothers 5. Wolf Parade - Expo 86* 6. Jack Johnson - To The Sea 7. Tom Petty - Mojo 8. Devo - Something For Everybody 9. Sher ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 2-8

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. ARCADE FIRE---Suburbs 2. BLACK CROWES---Croweology* 3. RICK ROSS---Teflon Don 4. EMINEM---Recovery 5. BUN B---Trill O.G. 6. GOV'T MULE---Mulennium 7. LOS LOBOS---Tin Can Rust 8. MENOMENA---Mines* 9. ROOTS---How I Got Over 10. DRAKE---Thank Me Lat ... More >>

Steel Train

6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Lollapalooza Announces Its 2010 Lineup. What Does It Mean for St. Louis? Besides a Phoenix Show...

A reunited Soundgarden headlines Lollapalooza​ Lollapalooza announced its 2010 lineup this morning, after building suspense with a Wheel of Fortune-style puzzle game revealing clues about the performers. As expected, the headliners are a reunited Soundgarden, Lady Gaga, Green Day, the Strokes, ... More >>

Hype Machine: The ten most overrated albums of the decade

Sunset Rubdown

8:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 21. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Rural Alberta Advantage

9 p.m. Tuesday, March 31. The Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

Butterfly Assassins

9 p.m. Friday, August 15. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

8 p.m. Wednesday, May 7. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue

Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire Chat about Year-End Poll Results

Arcade Fire's Will Butler Got Married in St. Louis

2007: The Year in Movies and Music

A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

The Week in Rock -- Or, Local Bands I've Seen This Week

Daily Web Crawl

Battle for I-70 Hipster Supremacy: LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire in Kansas City

Old Haunts

8 p.m. Monday, May 21. Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue).

Canada

8 p.m. Sunday, March 11. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

Montreal orchestra geeks the Arcade Fire explore the intricacies of religion on their new CD.

Neon Bible, is a worthy follow-up to 2004's Funeral.

Local Motion, Tuesday 9/19

mewithoutYou

7 p.m. Monday, June 26. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Frog Eyes

Sunday, May 28, at 8 p.m. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue)

The Living Blue

Tuesday, December 13; The Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue)

Living on Video

The Buggles were so, so wrong

Eight Is Not Enough

Head of Femur discover that bigger is better

Wolf Parade

Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)

The Arcade Fire

Tuesday, November 30; Mojo's