Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Kicks aren't French, but they fit in with Canadians Arcade Fire and Stars. Their heavily melodic, energetic, and poetic..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...DJ Windows 98 11:15pm, Cedar Street Courtyard Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler sporadically moonlights as a spinner..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Off the Record

The 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival draws to a close, as does Emo's outside on Sixth Street

"...than $35,000 for the Red Cross and the Texas Wildfire Relief Fund...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Sifting through the Austin sound ordinance, paying final respects to Pinetop Perkins, and catching up with Explosions in the Sky

"...code that would allow for it and having the Fire Department informally (and later officially) approve the temporary setup...."

April 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Adventures with Charlie (Faye) and Up Close with Eric Johnson

"...sum that includes nods to Miranda Lambert (five), the Arcade Fire (three), and Beyoncé (two). The usual suspects will..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Exploring international affairs at SXSW 09 with Canada House and Dart Music, plus the triumphant return of the Reality Sandwich to the Hole in the Wall

"...doses." The new material conjures the earnest desperation of Arcade Fire and suave, glam rock guitar styling of Brian..."

March 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Thursday Picks

"...to the Sea. Employing that Canadian insouciance that shot Arcade Fire to the top, Islands preview Arm's Way, centered,..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks

"...NYC's Earl Greyhound lays soulful harmonies across Led Zep's fire-branded blues cut with Hendrix psychedelics. After two years of..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

"...the work of Grizzly Bear, the Hidden Cameras, and Arcade Fire, his solo performances as Final Fantasy explore an..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature

Coachella 2007

"...to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” The Arcade Fire's set felt like a fiery testimonial delivered on..."

May 1, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Coldplay

Sunday

"...After divvying out well-deserved props to Franz Ferdinand and Arcade Fire, the latter of whom was name-dropped in no..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

White Weddings, Rock & Roll, and More Crucial Concerts

Dungeon crawling, avant sax, and other amplified options for the week

"...sideperson to folks like Lou Reed, Bon Iver, and Arcade Fire, or reimagining Polish composer Henryk Górecki’s challenging Symphony..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Now Streaming in Austin: Song to Song

Terrence Malick’s bonkers take on being an Austin musician

"...floor is footage of Haley Bennett, Benicio del Toro, Arcade Fire, Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Boyd Holbrook, Trevante..."

May 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Giant Dog Rewrites the Bible

Locals cover Arcade Fire’s entire Neon Bible LP

"...Giant Dog have crafted a front-to-back cover album of Arcade Fire’s 2007 opus Neon Bible is astonishing. Forget that..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Women of Hot Luck Fest Talk Food and Music

15 chefs share kitchen tunes & exclusive bites

"...OK Computer by Radiohead, Funeral and The Suburbs by Arcade Fire. Alex Manley & Jen Tucker, Swedish Hill..."

May 24, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Okkervil River

"...guitars, saxophone blasts, and group shout choruses that feel Arcade Fire-esque in execution. Nearly two decades into his career,..."

May 25, 2018 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Palo Duro

"...and (mostly) hook-heavy debut LP heavily evocative of contemporary Arcade Fire. The achy, love-drenched Ryou Cannon not only checks..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Adam Torres’ Big Sky Americana

His panoramic view of the world transcends into his haunting falsetto

"...to South by Southwest to meet some manager of Arcade Fire or something, but in the end I felt..."

July 14, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: LCD Soundsystem vs. Mumford & Sons

Digital or analog?

"...Actual engine of the group: Producer Markus Dravs (Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Brian Eno, Bjork)..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Glimmer Twins

Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen instigate A Giant Dog Pile

"...LP, Pile, their debut for über indie Merge Records (Arcade Fire, Spoon, Bob Mould), the prolific duo are actually..."

May 6, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Saturday SXSW Sleepers

"...have since played ACL Fest, opened for Chvrches, remixed Arcade Fire, and issued the EP Position 1. – Michael Toland..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Buhu

"...that freewheeling ethos under the production of Brad Bell (Arcade Fire, Spoon) and mixing and mastering from Jeff Lipton..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Deadmau5 vs. Drake: Saturday ACL Face-Off

Which Saturday headliner?

"...of his contemporaries. Latest: Skrillex. Previously: Aviici, Noel Gallagher, Arcade Fire, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, the Walt Disney Company..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Austin Music's Cooperative Future

Could music collectives make Austin the next Music Row?

"...composers Bryce Dessner (the National) and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire). Both of MF's weekend release shows are now..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Kanye West: Rock Star

“I’m the biggest of all of them”

"...The Who’s Pete Townshend immediately, and predictably, jumped onto..."

July 7, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Wednesday Showcases

"...is DJ Windows 98, better known as the Texan-turned-Canadian Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler. After Nashville's electro-house trio Basecamp..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Happyness

"...club kid point of view. There's even a wry Arcade Fire piss-take on "Montreal Rock Band Somewhere." Unfortunately, like..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

Everything Hits at Once

Give the drummer some: Spoon backbeat Jim Eno

"...who've booked the space – Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire – as well as the truly independent...."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

More Pachanga Preview

Blurbing Pachanga Fest

"...Afro-Cuban quartet was invited to open a show for Arcade Fire. Days later came a deal with Colorado label..."

May 9, 2014 Music Feature

The War on Drugs

"...("Disappearing"), pure Dylan ("Eyes to the Wind"). Cure meets Arcade Fire: ("Burning"). Light nine more like it next time...."

May 2, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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