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Deceptive Cadence

Richard Reed Parry Turns Musicians Into Metronomes

July 13, 2014 • On the Arcade Fire member's solo classical debut, the body drives the beat — not the other way around.

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All Songs Considered

Discussion: The Year in Music, 2013

December 4, 2013 • Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson for a special edition of All Songs Considered that brings together the themes of the year, the albums that won us over and the musicians we lost in 2013.

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Best Music Of 2013

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music, 2013

December 4, 2013 • Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson for a special edition of All Songs Considered that brings together the themes of the year, the albums that won us over and the musicians we lost in 2013.

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Live in Concert

Arcade Fire, Live In Concert

October 28, 2013 • Hear the band perform highlights from its new album, Reflektor, recorded live from Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.

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Music Interviews

Arcade Fire On Its Brand-New Beat

October 28, 2013 • NPR's David Greene speaks with members Regine Chassagne and Win Butler about the band's new album, Reflektor, and how it was influenced by their cultural connections to Haiti.

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All Songs Considered

The Arcade Fire Album Is Here To Hear

October 24, 2013 • The entire new Arcade Fire album Reflektor can be heard here. It's an 85-minute lyric video.

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The Record

Arcade Fire In The Throes Of Transformation

October 23, 2013 • The masquerading group that played in Brooklyn this weekend was clearly neither a set of wide-eyed naïfs dropping their first 12", nor the band that made sneaking out of your parents house feel like toppling the Berlin Wall.

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All Songs Considered

Our Favorite Discoveries From The 2013 CMJ Music Festival

October 22, 2013 • Hear a killer mix of some of the standout bands we found at the 2013 CMJ Music festival, including punk group Priests, rockabilly singer King Dude, '60s-era soul from Nick Waterhouse and more.

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All Songs Considered

Who Is Arcade Fire??

February 14, 2011 • The band may be adored in indie rock circles, but Arcade Fire's Grammy for Album of the Year lit up the Twittersphere and Facebook with comments from baffled people who've never heard of the band.

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The Record

Lady Antebellum, Arcade Fire Win Big At Grammys

February 14, 2011 • The country trio picked up awards for Song and Record of the Year, but the indie band from Montreal took home the prize for Album of the Year for The Suburbs.

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