Arcade Fire are rumoured to be playing two secret gigs this coming weekend (October 19-20) in New York.
As the Arcade Fire Tube Twitter account has pointed out, posters bearing the name The Reflektors – the name the band went under for their surprise shows in Montreal last month – have begun springing up in Brooklyn.
No venue has been announced so far, but, just like their previous secret shows, fans have been asked to wear formal attire or costume to the gig.
With Arcade Fire’s new album, Reflektor, due for release on October 28, this week’s archive feature looks back to December 2005, when Uncut awards Album Of The Year to Arcade Fire’s debut, Funeral. Adored by everyone from David Bowie and David Byrne to Chris Martin and Bono, Funeral is a spectacular word-of-mouth success, and suggests whole new futures for rock music. Stephen Troussé meets the band on the eve of their Riviera Theatre set in Chicago…
It’s a busy week here at Uncut. Last night, John and I went to see Roy Harper play a predictably excellent show at Rough Trade East – you can read all about it on his blog here. Tomorrow, I’m off to see Pixies at the Roundhouse and on Friday, it's Fleetwood Mac at the O2. Oh, and at some point there’s the final episode of Breaking Bad to watch...
The tracklisting for Arcade Fire's forthcoming new album Reflektor has leaked online.
The 13 tracks, spread over two discs, were revealed on Amazon France this weekend. New single Reflektor is the album's opening track, and is followed by "We Exist", "Flashbulb Eyes", "Here Comes The Night Time", "Normal Person", "You Already Know", "Joan Of Arc", "Here Comes The Night Time II", "Awful Sound (Oh Erydice)", "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheous)", "Porno", "Afterlife", and "Supersymmetry".
David Bowie light-heartedly threatened to steal Arcade Fire's "Reflektor" for himself, according to band member Richard Reed Parry.
Bowie appears alongside the Canadian band on their new single, the first track to be taken from the forthcoming double album of the same name. Speaking to NME in a new interview in this week's issue, available digitally and on newsstands now, Parry lifted the lid on what it was like to be in the studio with Bowie.
Arcade Fire/ are to appear in their own concert special on American TV later this month.
The band are booked in as musical guests on the season premiere of NBC's Saturday Night Live on September 28, and straight after the episode ends the same network will broadcast a 30-minute Arcade Fire concert special, Consequence of Sound has confirmed. NBC's Arcade Fire special will celebrate the release of the band's forthcoming album Reflektor but at present no further details about the show are known.
Win Butler had addressed criticism over the band's Reflektor graffiti marketing campaign in a handwritten letter.
In the run-up to the announcement of their new single, which was released on Monday (September 9), a mysterious 'Reflektor' logo decorated buildings, pavements, food stalls and monuments around the world. The band were later revealed to be behind the campaign.
Arcade Fire's Win Butler has described the band's new album Reflektor as a "mash up of Studio 54 and Haitian voodoo."
The frontman shed further light on the band's forthcoming album, due for release in October, during an interview with Zane Lowe on Radio 1 that aired last night (September 11). In the interview, Butler discussed the sound of the double album and also revealed some new touring members of the band who will join Arcade Fire on the road when they come to tour Reflektor.
