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The Spike Jonze-Directed Arcade Fire Short 'Scenes From The Suburbs' To Premiere At Berlin Film Fest

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 18, 2011 2:53 AM
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You gotta hand it to Arcade Fire. The hard-working indie rockers pretty much write their own playbook and their growing success has allowed them to work on their own terms with likeminded collaborators. Earlier this year they tapped Terry Gilliam to direct a webcast of their Madison Square Garden gig, but long before that, they were hard at work with Spike Jonze on a secretive short film based around the loose themes of their latest album "The Suburbs."
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More: Musicians, Short Films, Spike Jonze, Arcade Fire, Scenes From The Suburbs

Watch: Spike Jonze Directed Video For Arcade Fire's 'The Suburbs'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • November 19, 2010 1:57 AM
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After a rather bombastic, portentous second album, "Neon Bible," indie-rock favorites Arcade Fire came back in force this year with the excellent "The Suburbs," a near-concept record that paired the band's usual apocalyptic themes with images from suburban life. It sounds like it shouldn't work, but it's one of the strongest records of the year, and is likely to top a lot of critics' polls by the end of December.
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