Best Songs of 2013: 10-1

10. MØ  “Waste of Time” I don't quite know how she does it, but MØ somehow manages in "Waste of Time" to make romantic desperation sound, dare I say it, kind of sexy? Not many women in the music industry co...

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Reflektor

Well, the day has arrived. Arcade Fire has entered the arena, laced up, and is ready to enter the ring. Without any further ado, ladies and gentlemen, Reflektor...  Disc 1: “Reflektor” If there has been one ...

Arcade Fire: “Reflektor”

Arcade Fire have gone disco! The Canadian ensemble released their groover of a new single, "Reflektor," this past Monday with an accompanying video (see below). The track, produced by James Murphy of LCD Sounds...
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"We Used to Wait"from the album The Suburbs2010iTunesIn "We Used to Wait," a restlessly mutating song deep in the recesses of the Arcade Fire's ambitious new album, The Suburbs, Win Butler sings about a time wh...
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"Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"from the album The Suburbs2010iTunesMemory, childhood, home. These are big subjects that have obsessed novelists, movie makers, playwrights and songwriters for decades, i...
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"The Suburbs"from the album The Suburbs2010iTunesYou barely detect it at first, but something miraculous happens on Arcade Fire's revelatory third album. The songs breathe — occasionally in long exhales, someti...
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A FAVORITE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO"Rebellion (Lies)"from the album FuneralOriginal release date: September 14, 2004iTunesFronted by the husband-and-wife team of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the Arcade Fire's em...
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"Black Mirror"from the album Neon Bible2007iTunesMP3 - "Black Mirror" Only a couple of times every half-generation or so are rock fans treated to music from a band so sure and firm and complete that they sound ...

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“Rebellion (Lies)”

Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and William Butler formed the Arcade Fire in summer 2003. The experimental indie rock quintet, who hail from Montreal, initially began when the elder ...