‘There was blood on the piano’: Inside the chaos and grandeur that made Arcade Fire’s Funeral
Mark Beaumont talks to the band about the way that chaos, creativity and death shaped one of the era-defining works of the 21st century, 20 years since it was first released ...
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Funeral Turns 20
Which was listening to Arcade Fire’s Funeral. This was a rare, yet familiar feeling, one I also experienced with Kid A and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot — albums that somehow outshined their blinding comet ...
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Arcade Fire's 'Funeral' at 20
When Merge Records released Arcade Fire's debut album, Funeral, on Sept. 14, 2004, nothing else sounded quite like it. With ramshackle, frenetic arrangements, thrift-store instrumentation and madcap ...
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POP Montreal festival pays tribute to three legendary local bands
As usual, POP Montreal’s many offshoots bring the festival beyond the concert stage. Film POP includes profiles of Toronto ...
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Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after her partner set her on fire, gets a military funeral
Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near ...