Video: Arcade Fire - "You Already Know"

Arcade Fire shared the video for Reflektor's "You Already Know". It features the band performing alongside some “magical” paintings who take over vocal duties as Win films. 

Video: Arcade Fire – “We Exist”

During Coachella’s second weekend, actor Andrew Garfield appeared in a dress and wig during Arcade Fire’s performance of “We Exist,” off the band’s 2013 Reflektor LP. Win Butler explained to the crowed that the song is about a son coming out to his father which gave Spiderman in drag some context for the audience, that and the fact that the band was filming part of their latest video which you can now watch below…

Video: Owen Pallett – “The Riverbed” & “On A Path”

Owen Pallett has had a busy year working with the Arcade Fire on the Oscar nominated HER score but now he’s ready to focus on his own material with his latest solo record, In Conflict which comes out May 13. Today, we get videos for two songs featured on the upcoming release. "On a Path" is a lyric video made by artist Steve Kedo who apparently photographed every object in Pallett’s home while staying with him for a week and "The Riverbed" which was directed by Eva Michon and stars Owen's uncle Jim Pallett. Both songs also feature contributions from Brian Eno.

Video: Arcade Fire – “Afterlife”

The Arcade Fire return to your screens today with their latest music video from the recently released Reflektor LP. "Afterlife" was written and directed by Emily Kai Bock, the narrative is a dark and compelling, incorporating nightmares, lost lovers, and familial bonds into a somnambulistic seven minutes. You may recall that Kai Bock also directed videos for other Onomatopoeia favorites including Grimes' "Oblivion" and Grizzly Bear's "Yet Again," that were also produced by The Creators Project.

Listen: Arcade Fire – “Afterlife”

We got a radio rip stream of Arcade Fire's lush "Afterlife" from the band’s forthcoming Reflektor LP due out on October 29th, give it a listen below now and let us know what you think?

Video/Download: Arcade Fire – “Here Comes the Night Time”

Arcade Fire ruled Saturday evening on NBC taking on musical guest duties on the season premiere of SNL and following it up with a 30 minute Roman Coppola directed TV special. The video features three new tunes “Here Comes The Night Time,” '”We Exist” and “Normal Person.” A series of skits with cameos from the likes of Bono, Rainn Wilson, Ben Stiller, Michael Cera, James Franco, AzizAnsari, Eric Wareheim, Bill Hader, and Zach Galifianakis are spliced in with live footage of the band performing. As an added bonus the band shared a download of the new songs heard in the video you can grab HERE. Reflektor is out on October 29 via Merge.

Video: Arcade Fire - "Reflektor"

Arcade Fire returned to the scene today with their latest single and interactive video. "Reflektor," which is currently being hosted at justareflektor.com, allows the viewer to control lighting effects and more used throughout the clip (if you have a web cam there are some great surprises.) A fun idea but you probably want to know what the song sounds like? Classic AF, melodies, harmonies, French lyrics and everything in-between, David Bowie lends some support with backing vocals for good measure.

Read about the making of the video here and explore the technology used to create it here. Written, directed, and produced by longtime Arcade Fire collaborator Vincent Morisset and filmed in Jacmel, Haiti. The new album Reflektor is out October 29 via Merge.

BONUS: Alternate video...

Listen: Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II" (Soulwax Remix)

Mashup masters Soulwax  gave dropped a remix of Arcade Fire’s "Sprawl II" Today. Zane Lowe premiered their take off The Suburbs LP on his BBC Radio 1 show. Have a listen below…

Listen: Arcade Fire - "Abraham's Daughter" (The Hunger Games OST)

The Arcade Fire are contributing to T Bone Burnett’s soundtrack for the forthcoming film epic, The Hunger Games (which is based on the über-popular young adult book series). “Abraham’s Daughter” is the first of two new songs the band has recorded for the soundtrack, listen to it below….

Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler said this of the song…

“I tried to put myself in the headspace of how excited I’d be if this film was coming out when I was 15. I still remember hearing Radiohead’s “Exit Music (for a Film)” in Romeo + Juliet when I was that age… Our whole approach was to get into the world and try to create something that serves the story and the film. There’s something in the story of Abraham and Isaac that I think resonates with the themes in the film, like sacrificing children. So we made a weird, alternate-universe version of that, where it’s as if Abraham had a daughter — kind of a metaphor for [the movie's hero] Katniss.”

Video: Arcade Fire's Complete Austin City Limits Performance

PBS has offered up The Arcade Fire’s full set from Austin City Limits. Featuring songs from all three of their albums, the gig was the last time the band was to perform in support of their third studio album The Suburbs. Check out The one-hour set, which saw Win Butler getting up close and personal with the audience as well as the set list from the night’s performance below...

Watch Arcade Fire on PBS. See more from Austin City Limits.

SET LIST:
Ready To Start
Keep The Car Running
Haiti
Rococo
The Suburbs
Month Of May
Rebellion (Lies)
Wake Up
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Video: Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

The Arcade Fire released a new video for "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" from their 2010 album, The Suburbs. Why would they bother making a video for a song that is 2 years old you might ask? Well,... this video is special as it is a part of an interactive project put together by director Vincent Morisset.

 A Sprawl II website was created in which users are supposed to interact and record snippets of themselves dancing and singing via webcam and it somehow splices with the video. I don't have a webcam so I could test it out myself so the website was a bit jarbbled to me but I am interested to see the desired effect.

 

Sunday Matinee - Celebrating Sunday's with a live clip - Quinn & Meklit

For this weeks edition of Sunday live San Francisco duo, Quinn DeVeaux & Meklit Hadero, do a nice acoustic soulful cover of Arcade Fire's "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)", recorded at the Port Franco Gallery.

They will be releasing a covers album in January 2012 on Porto Franco Records.

Download: Party Supplies - Firecrackers

You may recall back in July we did a post on Queens native and MPC copy-and-paste wizard Party Supplies  signing  to Fool’s Gold.  Well it seems the label let loose a free 10 track album of introductory material including some of the mixes’ we shared in the form of Firecrackers. Be sure to grab the album while it's still easily availablle online.

Listen: Chambaland - "Keep Up"

My buddy Dan keeps busy, if he ain’t making people laugh with his many comedy projects he’s creating mashup’s so I did what anyone would, I asked him to get a little busier and start contributing to Onomatopoeia. I thought a nice little intro would be to post one of his recent creations in the form of mashup “Keep Up” (Eminem/Destiny’s Child/Arcade Fire/Dr. Dre/Katy Perry/Prodigy) the track will be featured on his upcoming mix tape On My Mind out sometimes by week’s end.  So enjoy the track below and look to see many more treats from Dan himself soon.

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Fool’s Gold Signs Party Supplies

Party Supplies just signed to Fool’s Gold.  If you haven’t heard of the man he is a copy-and-paste wizard hailing from Queens.  Loaded with a quick-trigger approach and an MPC, Party Supplies has drowned YouTube with live videos of him splicing up the likes of Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and more. Expect a more hip-hop oriented sound on his debut release. 

 In the mean time take a gander at the video below as well as two remix's ....

Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait (Party Supplies Remix)

Creators Project: Arcade Fire & Chris Milk’s "Summer Into Dust" documentary

As a part of The Creators Project, the Arcade Fire teamed with director Chris Milk for a unique installation based around the track “Wake Up” during their recent Coachella gig. The video below outlines every intricate detail, the gist is that Milk was able to use the LEDs and IR transmitters of beach balls handed out to the crowd to paint various pictures and patterns. The end result was a landmark in performer-audience interaction.
Despite Coachella wrapping up back in April, the project isn’t quite over yet. For those lucky enough to have snagged/violently stolen one of those balls, head here on a regular basis to see updates on sharing/uploading photos, videos, and stories.