Friday, January 4, 2013

News : Paramore, Black Keys Top Our List Of 2013's Most Anticipated Rock Albums

News : Paramore, Black Keys Top Our List Of 2013's Most Anticipated Rock Albums

At the beginning of 2012, could anyone have predicted that the year's biggest rock breakout would be Fun., a band with just a single album (and a couple of tours) to their credit? Probably not ... which is why making predictions about just what will hit over the next 12 months is an inexact science at best.

So rather than waste time attempting to forecast 2013, today we're going to highlight some of the rock albums we're most excited about this year: Big returns from established acts that, regardless of whether or not they actually sell, certainly have us waiting with bated breath. Some already have release dates attached, most are merely works in progress, but all will definitely help make the next year a memorable one. Here are our picks for the Most Anticipated Rock Albums of 2013. (Read More)

Who Is Arcadia Fire?
Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, consisting of husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. The band came to prominence in 2004 with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Funeral.

Arcade Fire has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year (they hold the distinction of being the only musical group to have won their first and only Grammy in that category), the 2011 Juno Award for Album of the Year, and the 2011 Brit Award for Best International Album for their third studio album, The Suburbs, released in 2010 to critical acclaim and commercial success. In earlier years they won the 2008 Meteor Music Award for Best International Album and the 2008 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year for their second studio album, Neon Bible. They also received nominations for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for all three of their studio albums. The band's work has also been twice named as a short list nominee for the Polaris Music Prize in 2007 for Neon Bible and in 2011 for The Suburbs, winning the award for The Suburbs.

The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy, and take most of these instruments on tour; the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows. (Read More)

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