In that NME cover story, Butler explained: “The album’s neither a love letter nor an indictment of the suburbs… it’s a letter from the suburbs.” If anything, the record could do with one ...

Arcade Fire, "The Suburbs" (Merge) 4 stars. There was no sophomore slump so don't go expecting some third album letdown from ... for Everyone;” and strong covers of Bob Dylan’s “Don ...

But six years later, they would close out the decade with The Suburbs, their third studio album and the one that would not only earn them praise but awards recognition in the form of a Grammy ...

I'd struggle to find too many friends these days who think much about album covers, let alone actually name a favorite. For most, music comes to us in digital form rather than a physical one ...

On their fantastic third album, The Suburbs, they aim higher than ever, with Roman numerals and parentheses in the song titles. In their dictionary, “suburbs” is nowhere near “subtlety.” ...

See About archive blog posts. In “We Used to Wait,” a restlessly mutating song deep in the recesses of the Arcade Fire’s ambitious new album, “The Suburbs,” Win Butler sings about a time ...

After some tantalizing teaser clips were released earlier this week, details have emerged regarding Arcade Fire’s third full-length, The Suburbs. Due August 3rd on CD and double-LP on Merge Records, ...

His stripped down cover of “The Suburbs” is a bit slower, giving the lyrics the full attention they deserve. Father John Misty’s cover proves just how differently two artists can transform a ...