spiderman is a fishy queen in the new arcade fire video

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new music tuesday

arcade fire - reflektor

sky ferreira - night time my time 

(of course, she's naked.)

lily & madeleine - lily & madeleine

hunger games alert!

The soundtrack to "The Hunger Games"
 will feature a bumper crop of new and unreleased songs by Taylor Swift, the Arcade Fire and the Decemberists.

The album will be produced by Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett and released before the movie hits theaters on March 23. Burnett and the group the Civil Wars got together to write an original tune for the CD with Swift, the first single, "Safe and Sound," which was released to iTunes on December 23. The tune shot to #1 on the iTunes singles list within 24 hours of release.

Also serving up fresh tracks are the Arcade Fire, who collaborated with Burnett on "Horn of Plenty," and the Decemberists, who've offered up the original song "One Engine." The rest of the lineup has not been released, but according to a press release the soundtrack will feature all new songs based on themes that figure into the movie's storyline. (via)

arcade fire - sprawl ii (mountains beyond mountains)

the video for my fave track off of "the suburbs". interactive version here.

new arcade fire video

directed by spike jonze. shot in austin, texas.

old news.

i didn't share arcade fire's new interactive internet music video for 'we used to wait' with you 2 weeks ago, because i coudlnt get it to work on my work computer. i finally remembered to try it at home over the weekend, and it really is as cool as everyone says. i mean seriously, no one on the internet will shut up about it.

in short, you enter the street address of your childhood home, and it incorporates images from google maps and streetview into the video, so it looks like it's happening in your neighborhood! so try it.

anyway, pitchfork interviewed the director, chris milk, jic you care to know more about the process:

Pitchfork: The video has this really powerful personal effect, using Google Street View and the viewer's childhood house. What gave you the idea to use peoples' actual specific childhood memories rather than trying to evoke generic childhood memories?

CM: As a filmmaker, you are constantly having the discussion with your team about whether something is "relatable". Is the story relatable? Is this character relatable? So I was curious. What if instead of seeing a neighborhood that reminds you of the place you grew up in, you see your actual neighborhood? The data exists. The technology exists. It's just a matter of sourcing it and processing it in a compelling fashion.

And I think there is a nice symmetry between the themes of this piece and many of the themes the band explores in their music. Waiting for something vs. instant gratification, nature vs. suburban sprawl, analog vs. digital, human emotion vs. a well-oiled machine, random growth of life vs. exacting mechanical precision, pen and parchment vs. 1s and 0s. The whole project is essentially human nostalgia produced by the most advanced technology available today. (via)

regine.

joel asked if we have to learn all the arcade fires' names. well, no. but you DO have to admit that regine is pretty cool. she wrote and sings the best song (well...) on the new album. and she wrote and sings my favorite arcade fire song of all time, haiti. and did you know, she's fucking from there!?




well, she is. so. just admit it.

regine is the coolest.

bonus link:
arcade fire on the daily show

AF @ MSG

arcade fire live webcast tonight.

from MSG. 10pm EST. on youtube.

arcade fire

the new album is 12 biscuits. i'm serious. the theme is clear: the suburbs. and they attack it pretty relentlessly, with judgment and contempt, but also nostalgia. i can relate. here are a couple faves after about 5 listens:

arcade fire - ready to start
arcade fire - sprawl II (mountains beyond mountains)

"sometimes i wonder if the world's so small, that we can never get away from the sprawl."

y'all git it.

oh boy!

listen to the new ARCADE FIRE album on npr right nooowwww....!!!

good news.

the august 5th arcade fire show at madison square garden will be broadcast live on youtube!

2 new arcade fire songs TODAY!

UPDATE: here they are!!

arcade fire - the suburbs
omg SO good!
arcade fire - month of may
not sure if i care for this'n. i bet it'll grow on me.




Listen live at noon ET on Thursday, May 27, for the U.S. premiere of two new songs by Arcade Fire, from the band's upcoming album. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen will talk to Arcade Fire's Win and Will Butler about the record, and offer a special preview of the songs "Month of May" and "The Suburbs." Listen to the conversation on this page, and tell us what you think of the new songs in the chat below. (via)

get excited.

arcade fire posted this postcard message on their website this weekend. yay!

arcade fire : miroir noir

pitchfork is showing arcade fire's 'miroir noir' for one week. check it here.

arcade fire dvd

the arcade fire is releasing a film, mirror noir, which documents the making of neon bible. available for order on dvd or download.

...and because i feel like it

WtWtA

maurice sendak's classic children's story where the wild things are has been adapted for the big screen by director spike jonze and dave eggers. set for release on october 16, 2009; just in time for halloween! forest whitaker provides the voice of wild thing. looks like it'll be good, but you don't have to take my word for it.



p.s. karen O is doing the muzack.