Tag Archives: Arcade Fire

Remember when the Arcade Fire changed the way we valued music?

I’d give anything to go back to the days when music was allowed to be meaningful.
I’d give anything to go back to the days when music was meant to inspire medium-sized clubs of people.
I’d give anything to go back to the days when I ‘just wanted a moderately cute+indie GF’, even if she was the [...]

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Personal Brand Rankings: Our Favourite Bands

Maybe it’s just because I grew up when ‘boy bands’ were big, but I can’t help but look at bands as a product that is being sold to me. Whether or not band members have ‘genuine personalities’ is not always relevant to me. How I perceive a member of a band is up [...]

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Meaningful-Core Bands

What is Meaningful Rock?I feel like we’re at a time where ‘popular indie bands’ achieve more critical acclaim than ‘popular mainstream bands.’ Although the popular bands outsell the ‘indie’ bands, they both have exposure and acclaim from similar sources. Is there any difference between these high-selling white acts with male lead singers?Popular & [...]

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Artists and Albums I Never Gave a Chance in 2007

Here’s a list of highly BLGGD ABT + Critically Acclaimed artists who made relevant songs and albums of 2007 that I didn’t really listen to, mainly due to fickle consumery reasons.
Arcade Fire – Never listened to Neon Bible as an ‘album experience,’ but I thought the tracks that I heard were alright. [...]

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