Two weeks back while with my homestay in Richmond I got to attend the Grammy winning band Arcade Fire, in the cultural melting pot of Charlottesville. I’d certainly heard more of Charlottesville than Arcade Fire but honestly both were new to the senses and both were equally pleasing.
A really fun dinner on the open air walking mall between vintage buildings and artsy hipsters before going into a temporary dome like theatre that I’m guessing could hold two and half grand at most. Really neat.
Just not for the heat. It was easily one of the hottest (!?) experiences I’ve had with beads of sweat dripping off my finger tips in rhythm with the rock. It was sauna like.
I’ve gotten into more Arcade Fire since their show, which was super high energy and surprisingly ‘goofy’ very often. Seemed like a genuine goofiness though. All round a great live experience, although I’ve enjoyed them more since when able to delve into the lyrics more.
“Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. Arcade Fire came to prominence when they released their debut album Funeral in 2004 to critical acclaim. The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola,cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy. Most of their instruments are taken on tour, and the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows.
Arcade Fire has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year, the 2011 Juno Award for Album of the Year, and the 2011 Brit Award for Best International Album for their third studio album, The Suburbs, released in 2010 to critical acclaim and commercial success.[1] In earlier years they won the 2008 Meteor Music Award for Best International Album and the 2008 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year for their second studio album, Neon Bible. They also received nominations for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for all three of their studio albums.” – Wikipedia.
