A Is For Arcade Fire
*Originally released April 18th 2014*
On their first episode, Steve and Doug cover the always intrepid Arcade Fire. The fellas also chat about family music affection, the difference between independent and mainstream music, and the herty gerty. Also, the first of many rants about the Juno Awards.
Music featured this week:
Abraham\'s Daughter - The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond [soundtrack]
Rebellion (Lies) - Funeral
No Cars Go - Neon Bible
14:28 - And we DID talk about U2! Check out our episodes, U Is For U2 Part 1 and Part 2
14:35 - And we DID also talk about Ultravox! Check our our episode, U Is For Ultravox
17:43 - You can try out the interactive music video for \"We Used To Wait\" here
18:26 - Here\'s the video for \"The Suburbs\"
22:50 - It was the 2009 Juno Awards. Nominees for Album Of The Year were Nickelback\'s \"Dark Horse\" (which won), Simple Plan\'s self-titled, Hedley\'s \"Famous Last Words\", and two (two!) compilation albums: \"Lost In The 80\'s\" and \"70\'s Volume 2\".
28: 14 - Actually, Handsome Furs were from Montreal. Whoops!
Doug\'s Recommendations:
\"No Cars Go\" - Arcade Fire EP and \"No Cars Go\" - Neon Bible
\"Rebellion (Lies)\" - Funeral
\"Sprawl I\" and \"Sprawl II\" - The Suburbs
\"Reflektor\" - Reflektor
Steve\'s Recommendations:
\"Neighbourhood 2 (Laika)\" - Funeral