Arcade Fire http://www.arcadefire.com
Arcade Fire rammed through LA last week for two performances at the Shrine. Despite some broken guitar strings and Win forgetting the lyrics to Rebellion, the first night was pretty incredible. It was my first time seeing songs from The Suburbs performed and… the songs from Funeral still pack the most heat. We Used to Wait and Rococo were great… Ready to Start was not so great but that’s because it was played first and usually, the first song at an Arcade Fire show is not good. By the second song, they’ve hit their groove and then they blow your minds for the rest of the show. It seems like a gross omission that Suburban War isn’t included in their set… and I just don’t get why a band would want to do the same exact set for every show (with the exception of a song or two) over the course of a tour. But anyway, it was a great show. Here are some clips.
Best of the night for me was Laika:
Great video of We Used to Wait:
A great No Cars Go:
Bandswich 