Canadian indie/art-rock band formed in Montreal in 2001, led by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne; noted for multi-instrumental arrangements and theatrical live shows.

Formed in Montreal in 2001. The Suburbs won the 2011 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

DeBaser hosts a range of passionate reviews of Arcade Fire spanning debut EPs, landmark albums and live shows. Critics praise Funeral and Neon Bible consistently; later albums (Reflektor, Everything Now, The Suburbs) receive mixed but often approving takes. Live reviews highlight the band's theatrical, multi-instrumental performances.

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 Reflektor wasn’t a failure, nor was it a courageous record of change. It was simply an okay thing, and that’s it.

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 A very church-like scene: God is a dj and the dj is Win Butler.

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 Neon Bible, the second album by the Canadian band Arcade Fire, summarizes all of this in seemingly disconnected episodes, actually tied with a double thread: amidst continuous neurotic ups and downs and stifled emotions.

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