Full disclosure, I prefer the musical stylings of Arcade Fire to Kenny Chesney. In fact, by the time the 2013 Grammy-winners for best album wrap up their current world tour at the end of this month, I will have seen it on two stops -- Minneapolis and Chicago. In contrast, by the time Mr. Chesney wraps up his last tour, of his last album,...

Arcade Fire are in the final stretch of their continent-spanning Reflektor tour, and as you may have heard, they’ve adopted the habit of paying tribute to each city they visit by covering a song/artist from (or associated with) that city. This started on the second night of the tour, in Minneapolis, where they covered Prince’...

Arcade Fire played Manfield, MA last night and — surprise, surprise — performed a cover. This time it was the Pixies’ “Alec Eiffel” from their 1991 album Trompe Le Monde. The band got their start in nearby Boston. The next stop on the Reflektor tour is Bangor, ME, followed by a three-day stint in...

The band take on the Boston natives as the 'Reflektor' tour calls into neighbouring Mansfield, Massachusetts

The Unicorns recently reunited to play some shows — their first in a decade — opening for Arcade Fire, and as we reported, those performances have been incredible. Timed with this is a reissue of their sole album, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone, which comes with a handful of bonus tracks. We’ve [...]