November 17, 2014
Members of Arcade Fire standing in front of TONTO at the National Music Centre from left to right: Will Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Régine Chassagne, Win Butler, and Richard Reed Parry.
It’s official: Arcade Fire band member Will Butler, younger brother to lead singer Win Butler, may release an LP as early as next year.
Will played a stage in Brooklyn at Baby’s All Right Friday night where he treated fans to a set of ten songs in the duration of 40 minutes.
“Take My Side” – Will Butler Live at Baby’s All Right.
The set was reportedly stripped down with Will momentarily switching between playing guitar and synthesizer and two additional singers provided backup vocals.
It cost $5.00 to see the show. Tickets sold out, too, which only seems right under the circumstances.
This isn’t the first time Will has meddled in projects outside Arcade Fire. Will shared the nomination for Best Original Score with fellow Canadian musician Owen Pallett at the 86th Academy Awards for Her.
They lost to Steven Price for Gravity, but still, a nomination is pretty cool, I guess.
Other Arcade Fire’ers have busted out their own side projects, as well. Richard Reed Parry released a classical album earlier this year called Music for Heart and Breath featuring performances by the Kronos Quartet and the Dessner twins from The National.
Richard Reed Parry – Music for Heart and Breath
Arcade Fire Tube has enough stuff on their page to satiate any fan looking to watch the other videos from the night.
*reads full article about arcade fire’s will butler* *thinks it says win the entire time*
— anthea (@anth_ea) November 15, 2014
And yeah, I made the same mistake at first, too. At least we’re honest.
In other news….
New documentary explores the future of Toronto music!
Like a good friend would, Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells invited Grimes to share her all-natural beauty secrets on Krauss’ blog Beauty Lies Truth.
Canada’s most endearing rockstar Bryan Adams will be honoured at Canada Music Week 2015 in Toronto with the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award.
Peruse CBC Music’s list of Canadian movies about music with optimism knowing you can be cooped up indoors this winter AND enjoying yourself at the same time.
Neil Young says no to Starbucks in letter posted to his official website.
Nickelback tickets at a discount!
Mac DeMarco in trouble in America.
–Leyland Bradley
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