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Arcade Fire’s Sarah Neufeld Hero-ically goes it alone - Nick Bostick That Arcade Fire will release a new record this year – possibly/probably produced by or at least involving James Murphy – is pretty much a given. Read More

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Arcade Fire Biography

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Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. The band came to prominence in 2004 with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ''Funeral.'' Arcade Fire has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year (they hold the distinction of being the only musical group to have won their first and only Grammy in that category), the 2011 Juno Award for Album of the Year, and the 2011 Brit Award for Best International Album for their third studio album, ''The Suburbs'', released in 2010 to critical acclaim and commercial success. In earlier years they won the 2008 Meteor Music Award for Best International Album and the 2008 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year for their second studio album, ''Neon Bible''. They also received nominations for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for all three of their studio albums. The band's work has also been twice named as a short list nominee for the Polaris Music Prize in 2007 for ''Neon Bible'' and in 2011 for ''The Suburbs'', winning the award for ''The Suburbs''. The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy, and take most of these instruments on tour; the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows.

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Sprawl II / Ready to Start Single 2012-04-21 itunes amazon
2011-06-16: Sound Opinions Session,… Live 2011-06-16 itunes amazon
Culture War / Speaking in Tongues Single 2011-05-24 itunes amazon
The Suburbs Album 2010-07-03 itunes amazon
The Suburbs Single 2010 itunes amazon
Miroir noir Live 2009-04-07 itunes amazon
LCD Soundsystem / Arcade Fire EP 2007-09 itunes amazon
No Cars Go Single 2007-07-23 itunes amazon
Keep the Car Running / Broken Window Single 2007-04-02 itunes amazon
Neon Bible Album 2007-03-02 itunes amazon
Intervention Single 2006-12-28 itunes amazon
Rebellion (Lies) Single 2005-09-05 itunes amazon
Cold Wind / Brazil Single 2005-08-01 itunes amazon
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Single 2005-05-23 itunes amazon
Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) Single 2005-03-28 itunes amazon
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