Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

Aug, 31. 2010 by Matt .

Just a warning, I’m going to pepper this post with youtubes of this show.

American Express has started an “UNSTAGED” concert series, they broadcast live shows on the internet. To further immerse the viewers in the experience, they enable viewers to cycle through two camera angles; the director’s camera feed and a second roaming camera feed. Awesome! And Later this year they’ll be giving John Legend and The Roots the same treatment.But lets get back to this album.

This was probably the most anticipated album of the year for me; I love these guys. Mostly because I love seeing fellow Canadians rocking out but these guys are the epitome of cool. According to iTunes, I’ve listened to their new album, The Suburbs, 41 times not including the play through as I’m writing this post. The album is closer to their earlier stuff (Funeral) and less like their last album (Neon Bible). Both were awesome albums, I just liked their first one more.

I could go on and on about this album, but it’s better if you just watch the clips. I put my favourite up first, otherwise I tried to keep it to the setlist.

Kanye West – Power

Aug, 30. 2010 by Matt .

It takes a guy some pretty large stones to put himself in a religious themed anything. But this Renaissance inspired moving painting is fucking cool. Awesome art direction, cool song, a bit egotistical but whatever. I’m sure this creative new style with echo throughout many films to come. Any suggestions for movement names? I’m thinking “Neo Contemporary Renaissance”. Giotto would have been proud.

Broken Bells – The High Road

Aug, 30. 2010 by Matt .

It’s been playing on the radio so much, I figured I’d just post it for the sake of posting it. These guys are unreal.

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Kanye ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj – Monster

Aug, 29. 2010 by Matt .

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