Watching this show live online was better than quite a few actual live shows I’ve gone to. Just outstanding.
Arcade Fire is Texan, thus cool.
Ari,
I enjoy The Arcade Fire’s music and had a great time at their show. I think they have a unique sound that is all their own. I don’t know if I agree with you on them being the most overrated band in the world, but I think they are the “cool” band to like right now among the indie crowd. And the fact that they are Pitchfork.com’s “poster band that can do no wrong” bothers me to no end. I hate that site and think it’s the worst thing to happen to music on the internet.
But the Donnie Darko reference is a good one. I’m impartial to the film itself. It’s better than a lot of popular films out there, but it’s not that good. It’s what people make it out to be that annoys me to no end.
texan?
they’re french canadian i thought
Win and Will Butler are from Texas. The rest of the band is indeed French Canadian.
J.D.
Good show. Good energy and great crowd, but I’m always stunned at how awful Regine is as a singer. She’s worse than Jenny Conlee from The Decemberists, and that’s saying something. Otherwise, they rocked MSG pretty hard. I’m glad I watched along.