http://www.phawker.com/2007/02/16/now-playing-neon-bible-by-the-arcade-fire/ Curated News, Gossip, Philadelphia Concert Reviews, Fearless Political Commentary. Plus, the Usual Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll Wed, 02 May 2012 22:23:55 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.phawker.com/2007/02/16/now-playing-neon-bible-by-the-arcade-fire/#comment-20815 Phawker » Blog Archive » All Of This Happened While You Were Sleeping Mon, 07 May 2007 00:53:17 +0000 http://www.phawker.com/?p=2017#comment-20815 [...] GROUND CONROL TO MAJOR TOM: Arcade Fire, Tower Theater, Last Night EVA SAYS: Arcade Fire is the Canada’s most exciting export, which, in another time would have been and insult, but these days it’s praise of the highest order, especially of you are an indie-rock band. After only two albums, the seven member collective has positioned itself as a transnational sensation with their solemn lyrics, bombastic instrumentation and passionate melodies — and still, nobody seems more surprised than the band members themselves. This is true especially for the bandleading songwriting couple Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, who still seemed surprised to find themselves on stage. [...]

]]> http://www.phawker.com/2007/02/16/now-playing-neon-bible-by-the-arcade-fire/#comment-8650 Phawker » Blog Archive » AS I HEAR IT: A Minute By Minute Review Of New Wilco Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:03:57 +0000 http://www.phawker.com/?p=2017#comment-8650 [...] Yesterday Ed King ‘live blogged’ the new Wilco album, Sky Blue Sky, as he listened to our stream — straight from his ears to his keyboard to your eyes! — over at Rock Town Hall. They also had this nifty YouTube for fans of horticulture. Here’s what he wrote (and please, feel free to chime-in in the comments section): BY ED KING If you don’t have it yet or haven’t found another place to check out Wilco’s latest, Sky Blue Sky, you can listen to a streaming version here. As you listen along, I’ll provide the thoughts inside your head. The opening number, “Either Way”, is a tasty, mellow nugget, isn’t it? They don’t make cascading guitar solos like the one in this song any more - or they didn’t until now. What more can I say - what more can you say? Fine opener! [...] [...] Yesterday Ed King ‘live blogged’ the new Wilco album, Sky Blue Sky, as he listened to our stream — straight from his ears to his keyboard to your eyes! — over at Rock Town Hall. They also had this nifty YouTube for fans of horticulture. Here’s what he wrote (and please, feel free to chime-in in the comments section): BY ED KING If you don’t have it yet or haven’t found another place to check out Wilco’s latest, Sky Blue Sky, you can listen to a streaming version here. As you listen along, I’ll provide the thoughts inside your head. The opening number, “Either Way”, is a tasty, mellow nugget, isn’t it? They don’t make cascading guitar solos like the one in this song any more – or they didn’t until now. What more can I say – what more can you say? Fine opener! [...]

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