[kj] (NKJ) Arcade Fire at The Shine in LA Last Night

[Alexander Smith]

I didn't give a royal rat fuck about the Arcade Fire initially, being  
that they were being slavishly championed by a nation of gormless  
Brooklynite hipsters in skinny jeans with plunging v-neck t-shirt and  
ill-considered facial hair, but I have to confess that a few of their  
songs have grown on me like a fungus. All I've heard off the new  
record is the title track, but I quite like it.

Alex in NYC


On Oct 13, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Mark Kolmar wrote:


> Curious what you think about the new Arcade Fire album. One of your

> comments sounds like the material is strong, but you don't care for

> the presentation on record. I think Funeral is great. I never warmed

> to Neon Bible, which for me combined the worst of their bombast and

> the tendency toward borderline too-precious-for-words (think Death Cab

> For Cutie). The Suburbs does a lot to affirm my early enthusiasm.

>

> So much of my favorite guitar-based rock these days comes out of

> Canada -- Wolf Parade / Sunset Rubdown / Handsome Furs, Destroyer,

> Frog Eyes.

>

> --Mark

>

> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:32 PM, TB <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:

>> I saw Arcade Fire at The Shrine Auditorium last night in Los  

>> Angeles.  It was the 2nd show of a two night stand. This was my  

>> second

>> time seeing the band, my first being one of the Hollywood Bowl  

>> shows in 2007. Overall, I'd give the '07 show a slight edge only

>> because there was a bit of loss of momentum after the stunning  

>> first half of the show leading through "Sprawl II." But frankly,

>> tonight still ranks way high among the shows I've seen in 33 years  

>> worth of concerts.

>

>>  The show seemed a

>> bit light on "Neon Bible" songs but the new material came across  

>> vastly better than the studio versions on the album.  For me, this

>> band has much more of an impact live than on record.

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