The long-awaited second full length from critically acclaimed Montreal collective Arcade Fire somehow far surpasses its predecessor in sonic and emotional impact. Formed in mid-2003, the band has ...

Chris Hampton knows how to build from close-to-scratch. As Oregon football’s safeties coach in 2025, the Ducks’ new defensive coordinator... Her leadership and level of play on the field seeps into ...

After the groundbreaking release of "Funeral" in 2004, Arcade Fire set themselves up for a sophomore slump. Shortly after it hit the market, "Funeral" topped every music snob's album of the year ...

The wait is over. Five months after the Arcade Fire issued its second album, "Neon Bible," and cemented itself as one of rock's most vital new bands -- albeit a peculiar one -- the dramatic Canadian ...

The Canadian art rockers amped up their precious orchestral pop with some Bruce Springsteen-like everyman appeal. An album about religion, war and even Jessica and Ashlee Simpson’s dad, “Neon Bible” ...

With its first album, Funeral, Arcade Fire expressed the anguish and misery of the 21st century. The band members have not attempted to distance themselves from their brilliant debut. In fact, they ...

Musically, Neon Bible builds from the dark, New Order-esque swoon of “Keep the Car Running” to the pipe-organ-drenched penitence of “Intervention” to a gathering “ocean of noise.” Spiritual, stirring, ...