Régine Chassagne

Arcade Fire headline the 2022 AT&T Block Party

It’s time to Canuck n’ Roll as we celebrate Canada Day with a trip through the best of the BBC’s music archives, exploring some of that great nation’s finest music stars.

Quando seu álbum solo fracassa em número de vendas, o superstar Conner4real vê sua vida de celebridade decair e entrar em colapso. Decidido a manter seu status, ele fará de tudo para voltar ao topo, menos voltar para seu antigo grupo de rap, The Style Boyz.

Jumpers for Goalposts brings together Ed’s captivating performances from the biggest shows of his career at Wembley Stadium in July 2015, where he wows the 80,000 strong crowd with his biggest hits to date, including “The A Team”, “Sing” and “Thinking Out Loud” – and there’s even a surprise duet from Sir Elton John. As well as his breath-taking onstage performance, Jumpers for Goalposts is intercut with the story of Ed’s triumphant road to Wembley, presenting a revealing and personal glimpse into life backstage and on the road, along with an honest and intimate reflection by Ed – and those closest to him – on just how far he has come.

Uma mistura de entrevistas, imagens de shows, e momentos pessoais que fizeram parte da criação de Reflektor, álbum de 2013 da banda Arcade Fire.

The making of Spike Jonze's "Her."

Directed by Roman Coppola. Featuring 'Here Comes The Night Time,' 'We Exist,' and 'Normal Person' from the album REFLEKTOR. Merge Records 2013

A 2 de Abril de 2011, os LCD Soundsystem deram o seu último concerto no Madison Square Garden. O filme é, simultaneamente, uma narrativa cinematográfica que documenta esta actuação única e um retrato íntimo de James Murphy, antes do concerto e no dia seguinte, bem como as ramificações pessoais e profissionais da sua decisão.

Um dos melhores clipes de 2010 era, na verdade, um trailer. A colaboração incrível entre um dos cineastas mais criativos da atualidade, Spike Jonze, e a banda que insiste em nos surpreender e impressionar, o Arcade Fire, está sendo oferecida aos fãs em pequenas doses.

Live Concert. Directed by Terry Gilliam

Norma Lewis (Cameron Diaz) é uma professora casada com Arthur (James Marsden), um engenheiro que trabalha para a NASA. Eles têm um filho e levam uma vida tranquila no subúrbio. Um dia surge um misterioso homem, que lhes propõe a posse de uma caixa com um botão. Caso seu dono aperte o botão ele ficará milionário, mas ao mesmo tempo alguém desconhecido morrerá. Norma e Arthur têm 24 horas para decidir se ficarão ou não com a caixa.

The Arcade Fire’s enigmatic Miroir Noir opens with its most authentic moment: the band faces each other in the middle of an audience and gingerly eases into “Wake Up”. The fans bunch awkwardly around them as Win Butler intones into a ghetto-taped megaphone. Renowned for their sojourns into the crowd, this particular gimmick is usually configured as a populist transgression of the supposed boundary between performer and audience. But this footage shows indie’s high priests seeming uneasy among the faithful, who appear to share the feeling. No species of direct connection is sought. Even in such close quarters, the act of leveling can only be achieved through the conduit of the music.

From the ACL Taping Program on September 14, 2007: Hailed as the "band who helped put Canadian music on the world map" by TIME magazine, experimental indie rock septet Arcade Fire has wowed audiences with its anthemic sound and emotionally-charged lyrics. The band's complex, full sound combines diverse instrumentation with often brooding lyrics that "draw grand lessons from everyday life" (The New York Times).

Arcade Fire performing at the 2016 Voodoo Festival in New Orleans. Setlist: 1. Ready to Start - 0:30 2. The Suburbs - 5:18 3. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - 11:38 4. Reflektor - 17:24 5. Afterlife - 23:45 6. We Exist - 31:10 7. Normal Person - 36:50 8. Keep the Car Running - 42:05 9. Intervention - 46:30 10. My Body is a Cage - 51:30 11. We Used to Wait - 56:20 12. No Cars Go - 1:01:57 13. Haiti - 1:07:25 14. Snippet of New Song - 1:12:45 15. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - 1:15:10 16. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - 1:20:10 17. Rebellion (Lies) - 1:26:45 18. Here Comes the Night Time - 1:32:40 19. Wake Up - 1:40:45