The Arcade Fire is one of the most successful indie rock bands of all time, and their upcoming album is 'highly anticipated' since many critics believe that it will restore indie rock order in the post-Animal Collective, post-chillwave world.

Arcade Fire has been playing a bunch of shows in super alt Canadian venues, and Pitchfork magazine reviewed the event. It seems like they 'hyped up' the experience, making it seem like the Arcade Fire might have leapfrogged LCD Soundsystem to become the 'frontrunner' for album of the year:

Over the years, "Wake Up" has lent itself to many functional uses, from U2's stadium intro theme to sports-telecast bumper music. Last night, it served a different purpose: to summon the return of big-tent indie rock's ringleaders. Look out all you chillwavers-- as Butler sings on "Intervention", the kings are taking back their throne.

Seems like they are trying to 'sweep the chillwave era under the rug', as if it never happened. Worried that they used the term 'chillwaver' condescendingly, like it means I am an inauthentic entry-level alt if I am in2 it. Feel like chillwave might be an ice cube that accidentally falls on the kitchen floor, then u just sorta kick it underneath the refrigerator. Worried that Pitchfork is 'turning on the chillwave era' and they want to get back to the indie rock roots.

Is Arcade Fire 'back'?

Worried that they might just be chilling in the cool dad rock zeitgeist.

Like their Merge labelmates Spoon, the Arcade Fire have tapped into a mode of songcraft that possesses a certain classic-rock-radio familiarity but is marked by a very modern sense of unease.

Worried. feel like things are changing...
am I supposed to be into 'indie rock' again?
Should I just wait for Panda Bear's "Tomboy" to make a decision on the type of music I want to brand myself with in 2k10?
Did the Arcade Fire 'peak' in 2k5?
Will we ever recapture the magic of the indie era?
Is Pitchfork about to 'turn' on chillwavers as relevant alt musicians because their shows 'leave a lot 2 be desired'?
Is Arcade Fire gonna squash the chillwave era?
Is Arcade Fire the frontrunner for the album of the year?
Will the Arcade Fire's next album get a 10.0?
Will we listen to the new Arcade Fire and understand what it means to listen to 'real music' again, or have we evolved past anthem-y guitar bro rock?
Is the Arcade Fire just a Canadian version of the Kings of Leon, or are they the most important band of the 10s [via the post-00s]?