Album of the Year by MagikUnicorn

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The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (Album of the year) Arcade Fire The Montreal band Arcade Fire has concluded his evening by winning the prestigious album of the year. The group was competing against Eminem in this category (Recovery), Lady Antebellum (Need You Now), Lady GaGa (The Fame Monster) and Katy Perry (Teenage Dreams). Earlier in the evening as the best alternative album, where his opus The Suburbs was nominated, was instead awarded to the band The Black Keys, for her album Brothers. These same Black Keys were then placed his hand on the Grammy awarded for best rock performance by a duo or group with their song "Tighten Up, who beat Ready To Start, Arcade Fire. In addition, the gala off the air has been good for other Canadian artists. Michael Bublé won the Grammy awarded for traditional pop vocal album of the year, while Neil Young has won one for best rock song with Angry World. Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band 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. The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy. The band takes most of their instruments on tour, and the multi-instrumentalist band members switch instrumental duties throughout their shows. On May 27, 2010 it was announced that a new double-sided 12" single would be released the same day, with the full album, called The Suburbs, to be released on August 2 in the UK and on August 3 in the US and Canada thanks to Merge Records. The album is produced by Markus Dravs, who worked on previous album, 2007's Neon Bible and was engineered by Marcus Paquin, who has also previously worked with the band. A track-by-track review ahead of The Suburbs release by The Quietus website said, “The progression is similar to the one William Blake takes us through in Songs of Innocence and Experience that suggests forward momentum and maturity.” The album was released with eight different covers. Design, Caroline Robert. Photos, Gabriel Jones. Synchronised Artwork by Vincent Morissette. The first show announced was Oxegen 2010 which took place in Ireland in July. The band announced that they will play songs from the new album in their headline performance at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2010, with Win Butler noting "We're really looking forward to playing the new songs live... [it's] like an inventor emerging from his basement after a year's work." In July 2010, Arcade Fire announced they would be broadcasting their August 5 concert at Madison Square Garden live via YouTube. They later announced the video would be directed by Terry Gilliam. The Suburbs was released worldwide at the start of August 2010 to extensive critical acclaim comparable to Funeral and Neon Bible. During the 2010 tour Arcade Fire are giving a tribute to Jay Reatard performing the cover of "Oh, It's Such a Shame". Win Butler confessed to Zane Lowe that the band wanted Jay Reatard to support the band on this tour but he unfortunately passed away. The Suburbs went on to debut at number one in the US (on the Billboard 200), selling 156,000 units in its first week. It was also number one in the UK and Canada. In August 2010, Arcade Fire and Google released an interactive music video CLIC VIDEO HERE , written and directed by Chris Milk, which allows you to enter the address where you grew up and the video is then geopersonalised. This video utilizes the band's song "We Used To Wait" off The Suburbs and showcases capabilities of HTML5 and Google's Chrome browser. On November 13, 2010, Arcade Fire made their second appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing "We Used to Wait" and "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)". Thanks Magik

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MagikUnicorn

12:27PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Le 53iemm Grammies Awards (Album de l'année) Arcade Fire Le groupe montréalais Arcade Fire a conclu sa soirée en raflant le prestigieux prix d'album de l'année. Le groupe était en compétition dans cette catégorie contre Eminem (Recovery), Lady Antebellum (Need You Now), Lady Gaga (The Fame Monster) et Katy Perry (Teenage Dreams). Plus tôt dans la soirée, le titre de meilleur album alternatif, pour lequel son opus The Suburbs était en lice, a plutôt été décerné à la formation The Black Keys, pour son album Brothers. Ces mêmes Black Keys ont ensuite mis la main sur le Grammy attribué pour la meilleure performance rock par un groupe ou un duo grâce à leur chanson Tighten Up, qui a devancé Ready To Start, d'Arcade Fire. Par ailleurs, le gala hors d'ondes a été profitable pour d'autres artistes canadiens. Michael Bublé a remporté le Grammy remis pour l'album pop traditionnel vocal de l'année tandis que Neil Young a gagné celui pour la meilleure chanson rock avec Angry World. Arcade Fire (auparavant appelé The Arcade Fire) est une formation de rock indépendant, originaire de Montréal, Québec, Canada. Les membres du groupe sont Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Parry, Tim Kingsbury, William Butler, Sarah Neufeld et Jeremy Gara. Le groupe a pris forme au début des années 2000. Il s'est développé autour du couple formé par Win Butler et Régine Chassagne. ...Le troisième album, The Suburbs, paraît le 3 août 2010. Des copies de l'album se trouvent cependant accessibles sur Internet dès la fin juillet. Huit pochettes différentes, déclinaison d'une photo de voiture en banlieue, sont proposées. Arcade Fire a donné quelques concerts au Canada dès juin 2010 dont un spectacle couru dans le cadre du festival montréalais Osheaga à la fin juillet 2010. La première date européenne a eu lieu à l'occasion du festival Rock Werchter le 4 juillet, suivi d'une date au Casino de Paris le 5 juillet. Certains titres du nouvel album y ont été joués. Après avoir parlé du deuil (Funeral) et du malheur (sur Neon Bible), les frères Butler, Régine Chassagne et leurs compères évoquent dans ce troisième album l'ennui ressenti dans les banlieues nord-américaines où ils ont grandi. Le disque comprend 16 pistes. Le 5 août 2010, le groupe est en concert au Madison Square Garden de New York, performance filmée par le réalisateur Terry Gilliam et retransmise en direct sur la chaîne YouTube d'Arcade Fire. VOIR LA VIDEO ICI Le mercredi 9 juin 2010, Arcade Fire a donné un concert gratuit pour la promotion de son nouvel album, The Suburbs, devant plus de 10 000 fans dans le stationnement de la Place Longueuil, à Longueuil. La tenue du concert n'avait été connue du public que quelques heures auparavant.

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mininessie

12:33PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

great !

jenny_c

12:41PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Extremely cool!!!

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LBJ2

12:42PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Wonderful work, MU. Very exciting. I love music in general. What a triumph.

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MarciaGomes

12:42PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

INCRIVEL TRABALHO MEU AMIGO BELA CRIAÇÃO ADOREI O EFEITO DO FOGO.++++++5 MAGNIFICA HISTÓRIA DA BANDA,PARABÉNS PELO ALBUM DO ANO.

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annie5

12:44PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Quelle bonne idée..FANTASTIQUE! Une belle soirée hier :)

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CarolSassy

12:49PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Very nice image! Excellent composition! (:

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Rainastorm

12:53PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Whoohoo!! AWESOME!

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evielouise

1:02PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

love what you've done here but didn't like the awards it was too loud and most dissapointing maybe I am getting too old lol::

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Lenord

1:25PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

I quit caring about The Grammy's when RAP and HipHop music entered the scene. There has always been Great Canadian Music Artists in all catagories over the years. The Guess Who, BTO, Red Rider, Rush, Jeff Healy, The Tragically Hip are some of my Favs and of course the Grandfather of Grunge Neil Young. Peace

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jendellas

1:28PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Excellent, I love most music, can do without rap & garage though :o)

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brycek

1:34PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Awesome work, Magik!

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carlx

1:38PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Excellent composition and I agree with Len!!!

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Bossie_Boots

1:39PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Fantastic superb work !!

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bebopdlx

1:54PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Nice work.

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PHELINAS

1:57PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Superbe image et surtout mise en scène.Très symbolique!Bravo à eux!

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lyron

2:17PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Great work!!

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DananJaya_Chef

2:18PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

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flaviok

2:26PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Uma banda e uma musica maravilhosa, parabéns. Uma imagem fantástica meu amigo, aplausos (5)

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Umbetro38

2:33PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

I'm feeling right now is not so good - by a change in my life - but I visit your Gallery and likes your pictures

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claude19

2:44PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Très belle création...meêm si je n'aime pas ces manifestations du fric ! Tu fais des belles choses...quand t'as envie !

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magnus073

2:45PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Magik, c'est une image fantastique vous avez créé mon ami. C'est une merveilleuse dédicace (au Feu d'Arcade)

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kbrog

3:05PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Fantastic work on this! :)

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flavia49

3:22PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

fabulous image

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willpee

3:24PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Fantastic render !!

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mickeyrony

3:29PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

We must recognize that Canadians have their place ..... lol Real beautiful and very good presentation. . You should send them your work as a thank ....(( 6.5 + +)) Il faut bien reconnaître que les Canadiens ont leur place lol..... Superbe Réal et très bonne présentation . . Tu devrait leur envoyer ton travail comme remerciement ....((6.5++))

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