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Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire at Memorial Coliseum, September 30, 2010. Photo by Colin McLaughlin.
Memorial Coliseum, September 30, 2010. Photo by Colin McLaughlin.

melophobe saw Arcade Fire twice between August 2010 and September 2010, in Boston and Portland.

Songs we posted

  1. Intervention (live)Spotify Apple YouTube
  2. RococoSpotify Apple YouTube
  3. Distortions (Clinic Cover: Live In Portland '07)Spotify Apple YouTube
  4. Rebellion (Lies) live at First AvenueSpotify Apple YouTube
  5. The SuburbsSpotify Apple YouTube
  6. WindowsillSpotify Apple YouTube

Every show, in order

  1. August 1, 2010

    Arcade Fire

    Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA

    Words and photos by Ian Doreian

    16 photos
    Photo feature

  2. September 30, 2010

    Arcade Fire

    Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR

    Words by Jarrod Dunham, photos by Colin McLaughlin

    22 photos

Fifty-word review

The Suburbs

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The Suburbs is about a society surrendering its underpinnings. The familiar Arcade Fire elements are all here, but each is freshly unsettled and unsettling. A new wave confidence lurks. Kick drum grandeur, wow-and-flutter strings, and a punky grit speed the plow, as these anthems tilt ominously in the dying light.

Reminds us of Beach Boys in a bad hood | ‘The Last Broadcast’-era Doves | A venus flytrap
By Dustin Andres, August 5, 2010

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