http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6593890&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Farcade-fire%2Fplaylists.rssAt once elegant and driven, the Arcade Fire's music shatters categories like "emo" and even "indie rock." The Montreal-based band earned lofty praise quickly, forming in mid-2003 and winning a large number of fans within a year and a half. Many of these adorers arrived along with the group's debut full-length release, <I>Funeral,</I> near the end of 2004. Voted Album of the Year by influential radio station KEXP, the record soon sold well over 100,000 copies (on the small North Carolina label Merge) and received the endorsements of David Bowie and David Byrne, the latter of whom was seen performing "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" with them onstage in 2005. If that didn't confer great power on this eccentric Canadian band's brutal and beautiful distorted noise collages, nabbing the cover of the Canadian edition of <I>Time</I> certainly signaled they'd arrived. The Arcade Fire formed around Win Butler and wife Regine Chassagne, soon growing to five official members and swelling on tour to nine. The combination of moodiness and joy in their semi-orchestral pop-rock coincided with a year in which several loved ones passed away (including Alvino Rey, veteran swing musician and grandfather of singer Butler and his brother, guitarist William) -- thus the title of <I>Funeral</I> and the music's reflection of ongoing life in the face of sadness. The group continued to tour and record throughout 2005, dazzling Europe and appearing at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. After a scheduled trek through the States in the fall of that year, they returned to Quebec and a newly built studio in a former church, where they plotted their next musical instillation while fans bided time with a reissue of the rare early self-titled EP the Arcade Fire had released not all that long ago. - Jaan UhelszkiBaroque Popen720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:04:52 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6593890&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Farcade-fire%2Fplaylists.rss At once elegant and driven, the Arcade Fire's music shatters categories like "emo" and even "indie rock." The Montreal-based band earned lofty praise quickly, forming in mid-2003 and winning a large number of fans within a year and a half. Many of these adorers arrived along with the group's debut full-length release, <I>Funeral,</I> near the end of 2004. Voted Album of the Year by influential radio station KEXP, the record soon sold well over 100,000 copies (on the small North Carolina label Merge) and received the endorsements of David Bowie and David Byrne, the latter of whom was seen performing "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" with them onstage in 2005. If that didn't confer great power on this eccentric Canadian band's brutal and beautiful distorted noise collages, nabbing the cover of the Canadian edition of <I>Time</I> certainly signaled they'd arrived. The Arcade Fire formed around Win Butler and wife Regine Chassagne, soon growing to five official members and swelling on tour to nine. The combination of moodiness and joy in their semi-orchestral pop-rock coincided with a year in which several loved ones passed away (including Alvino Rey, veteran swing musician and grandfather of singer Butler and his brother, guitarist William) -- thus the title of <I>Funeral</I> and the music's reflection of ongoing life in the face of sadness. The group continued to tour and record throughout 2005, dazzling Europe and appearing at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. After a scheduled trek through the States in the fall of that year, they returned to Quebec and a newly built studio in a former church, where they plotted their next musical instillation while fans bided time with a reissue of the rare early self-titled EP the Arcade Fire had released not all that long ago. - Jaan Uhelszki http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.31051626&variant=play&rws=%2Farcade-fire%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:08:26 -0800 Playlists Featuring Arcade Fire on Rhapsody Online 31051626 ply.31051626 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.31051626&variant=play&rws=%2Farcade-fire%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.31018871&variant=play&rws=%2Farcade-fire%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:08:23 -0800 Playlists Featuring Arcade Fire on Rhapsody Online 31018871 ply.31018871 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.31018871&variant=play&rws=%2Farcade-fire%2Fplaylists.rss 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