Eight Beginner Guitar Songs You Might Actually Like

Eight Beginner Guitar Songs You Might Actually Like

If you’re getting a handle on basic chords, practicing your scale patterns but are dreading learning the songs in your antiquated instruction book, fret no more. We’ve hand-picked eight simple songs to make learning fun again for beginners.  read more

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Arcade Fire Violinist Sarah Neufeld Announces Album, Tour Dates

Arcade Fire Violinist Sarah Neufeld Announces Album, Tour Dates

Pitchfork reports that Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld plans to release Hero Brother, her debut solo record, on August 20 via Constellation.   read more

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Arcade Fire's Will Butler to Write Score for Robert Frost-Based Short Film

Arcade Fire's Will Butler to Write Score for Robert Frost-Based Short Film

According to a report in Consequence of Sound, the multi-instrumentalist is set to write the score for Home Burial, a short film by Los Angeles-based director/producer Matt Litwiller and director/Weeds actor Jeff Newburg based on the poem of the same name by Robert Frost.  read more

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25 Albums We're Looking Forward to in 2013

25 Albums We're Looking Forward to in 2013

It’s only nine days into the year, and already we’ve heard so much about what to expect in music.   read more

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Black Keys, Arcade Fire, Adele Make Oscars Shortlist for Best Original Song

Black Keys, Arcade Fire, Adele Make Oscars Shortlist for Best Original Song

The Black Keys, Arcade Fire and Adele are just three of the 75 artists that are one step closer to adding an Oscar to their trophy cases. Yesterday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their shortlist for the Best Original Song category which has 75 different songs eligible to receive nomination....  read more

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Arcade Fire Working on New Album with James Murphy

Arcade Fire Working on New Album with James Murphy

The blurb comes from a piece on band manager Scott Roger and Quest Management.  read more

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Watch Arcade Fire Perform a New Song

Watch Arcade Fire Perform a New Song

Arcade Fire performed at Guastavino’s in New York last week to help celebrate Partners in Health 25th birthday, and they handed over a great surprise gift. The band delighted fans with a performance of a new song called “Crucified Again” that was captured on video....  read more

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Arcade Fire Pairs With Céline Dion to Headline Benefit Concert

Arcade Fire Pairs With Céline Dion to Headline Benefit Concert

The only thing Arcade Fire seems to have in common with Céline Dion is their shared home country of Canada. On Oct. 1 worlds will collide in Montreal, Quebec at Metropolis when the unlikely pair headline a benefit concert for Denis Blanchette, a lighting technician who was killed during the shooting at the Parti Québécois’ victory party for its provincial election win in Quebec....  read more

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David Byrne Performs At Halftime Show For Charity Basketball Game

David Byrne Performs At Halftime Show For Charity Basketball Game

Perhaps the people who plan the annual Superbowl halftime show should take a note from the folks at Pop Montreal. During the annual Pop vs. Jock charity basketball game, David Byrne took center stage to perform during the half-time show with the help of Arcade Fire’s Win and Will Butler and The Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture....  read more

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Art of “The Suburbs” Exhibit to be Featured at POP Montreal

<i>Art of “The Suburbs”</i> Exhibit to be Featured at POP Montreal

This year’s POP Montreal Music Festival has announced it will be featuring a special art exhibit, The Art of “The Suburbs”. The exhibit will reunite the creative team behind the original album art for Arcade Fire’s critically-acclaimed 2010 album The Suburbs to offer viewers a look into their creative process through never-before-seen objects and images....  read more

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