Watch Arcade Fire’s new video, “Reflektor”
It’s been a busy day for Arcade Fire, who in a flurry of news releases have been revealing the trip towards their upcoming full length. But album covers aren’t nearly as important as music, and while...
View ArticleTRENDSPOTTING: Arcade Fire’s Reflektor explores the possibilities and...
The MTV Generation is over, but music videos aren’t dead. While the music-video pioneer focuses its programming on pregnant teens and Catfish scams, those now stodgy, old-fashioned clips set to music...
View ArticleWatch Arcade Fire’s entire post-SNL special
Saturday Night Live‘s 39th season premiered over the weekend with host Tina Fey and musical guests Arcade Fire, but not content to play just two songs, Win Butler & co. followed up SNL with a...
View ArticleTyler, the Creator trashes the Youtube Music Awards that he is also...
The YouTube Music Awards quickly killed its own momentum when its list of nominess was revealed to include such game changers as Justin Bieber, One Direction and Miley Cyrus, and if that sarcasm...
View ArticleListen to the new Arcade Fire album ‘Reflektor’
What are you doing tonight? You’re listening to this, that’s what. Arcade Fire’s new album Reflektor is out officially on Tuesday, but after an inevitable leak, the band put the full thing on Youtube....
View ArticleListen to Lou Reed covers by Arcade Fire, Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys and more
via Facebook The tributes to Lou Reed continue to pour in, with everyone from Emily Haines to David Byrne chiming in on the legendary artist’s unstoppable influence, and in the flurry of thank yous and...
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Toronto guitarist is starting an insanely massive Arcade Fire tribute
This Saturday Night Live promo shot approximates what this cover band could look like They work it well, but for better or worse Arcade Fire are up there with Broken Social Scene when it comes to...
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10 costume ideas for Arcade Fire’s tour dress code
From secret shows to viral marketing, Arcade Fire have really stuck to their vision during Reflektor‘s promotional circuit. Some stunts have been better received than others, but their latest might...
View ArticleNoel Gallagher hates ‘Reflektor,’ thinks Arcade Fire are arrogant
via The Void Noel Gallagher’s star isn’t shining as bright as it used to, but that hasn’t stopped us from being fascinated by everything that comes out of his cuss-filled mouth. The latest? He hates...
View Article11 Montreal bands to watch in 2014
Technical Kidman 2014 marks an especially important year in Montreal music: it’s the tenth anniversary of Arcade Fire’s Funeral, the album that brought the city’s music scene into the limelight and...
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Year-end issue of AUX Magazine now available
Goodbye, 2013. What will the new year bring? Will you have another Yeezus in store for us? A new inevitable target to replace our girl Miley? A dark horse like Deafheaven? Will we hear much more from...
View ArticleAUX’s 28 favourite music videos from 2013
Ultimately, music videos are why we’re here. And 2013 had its fair share of big ones, from the nudity filled video for Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” to basically everything Drake did. Still, there’s...
View ArticleTrent Reznor doesn’t like ‘Reflektor’ and Arcade Fire’s “year-long rollout”
When it comes to marketing an album, Trent Reznor made one thing clear: He’s a fan of minimalism. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Nine Inch Nails singer weighed in on who’s...
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AUX’s top 25 albums of 2013
In a year where Daft Punk resurfaced, the biggest names in hip-hop dropped monumental albums, and the Arcade Fire drummed up oodles of hype for Reflektor, it was hard to pick our favourite...
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18 Google autocompletes about Canadian music
If nothing else, Canadian music is impossible to summarize. We can barely define a singular Canadian identity—Torontonians tout Hogtown as the saddle of upper Canada, Westerners tout the Saddledome as...
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Coachella has internet asking “Who is Outkast?”
One of the funniest after-effects of Arcade Fire’s 2011 Grammy win was the reaction online, a mix of confusion and outrage that spawned the now infamous Who Is Arcade Fire??!!? Tumblr. And true to...
View Article10 super weird animatronic band performances
For the most part, someone that doesn’t remember the creepy animatronic band at Chuck E. Cheese is the one lucky enough to have blocked out the memory. But those bands always look worse in hindsight....
View ArticleHere are 2014 JUNO Award nominees and Twitter reactions
We’re just under a month away from the 2014 JUNO Awards, and earlier this morning the full list of nominees were unveiled. As expected, they’re a little bit all over the place. Arcade Fire...
View ArticlePrism Prize reveals 10 best Canadian music videos short list
Now in its second year, the Prism Prize has announced its shortlist of the ten best Canadian music videos of 2013, and the list is as fantastic as it is diverse, even with Arcade Fire nabbing two...
View ArticleArcade Fire’s “Afterlife” wins Prism Prize
In its two-year existence, the jury of the Prism Prize—the annual award given to Canada’s best video—has found plenty to like with director Emily Kai Bock’s work. Last year, her video for Grimes’s...
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