Listen Up! No. 38: Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait

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Sounds like The Suburbs could be the longest 63 minutes (63 minutes!?) of your life. But then, the suburbs often amount to nothing much without the immediate context inwhich they're located, so we'll see...

Listen Up No.18: Besnard Lakes - Albatross

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Slightly belated as lead-off singles go (the album dropped in March), for those who haven't picked up the excellent The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, here's a gentle reminder of why you should. Think skyscraping guitars, peaked only by the soaring melodies. As far as the vid goes... it's some kind of faux-espionage intrigue that's gone way over my head but still retains my interest. Oooo, deep.