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Arcade Fire Pair Have Baby Boy

HuffPost Canada Music | Aaron Brophy | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada Music

One of rock's royal families has just gotten a bit bigger. Régine Chassagne and Win Butler, the power couple behind Arcade Fire, have welcomed a b...

Best Canadian Music Video Declared

Huffington Post Music Canada | Melody Lau | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Music

The inaugural Prism Prize was handed out last night in Toronto, which celebrates the best Canadian music video of the year. The award and $5,000 grand...

Arcade Fire's Régine Chassagne Shows Off Baby Bump

Huffington Post Music Canada | Jason MacNeil | Posted 02.25.2013 | Canada Music

Reports are flying like the proverbial stork with news that Arcade Fire's Régine Chassagne and husband/lead singer Win Butler are having a baby T...

Drake, Arcade Fire, Grimes Nominated For Music Video Prism Prize

Huffington Post Music Canada | Jason MacNeil | Posted 02.14.2013 | Canada Music

Arcade Fire, Grimes, Drake and Metz are some of the nominees for the inaugural Prism Prize honoring the top Canadian music video of the year based on ...

M for Montreal: How La Belle Ville Survived 'Next Seattle' Status to Maintain its Music Scene's Fire

Huffington Post Music Canada | Dave Jaffer | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Music

In the early- to mid-2000s, propelled by the global successes of Arcade Fire, The Dears, Stars and The Stills, Montreal became considered among the wo...

Who Needs Their MTV? How Music Videos Roared Back In 2012

Huffington Post Music Canada | Melody Lau | Posted 12.20.2012 | Canada Music

One of the year's biggest music successes wasn't defined by millions of record sales, arena tours or even a controversial headline. He simply released...

Arcade Fire Make 'Selfish' Obama Endorsement

Huffington Post Canada | Jason MacNeil | Posted 11.05.2012 | Canada Music

After endorsements from a host of musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, The National and Moby, President Barack Obama has another huge musical group in...

Music Helps me Imagine a Better World

Hadani Ditmars | Posted 12.03.2012 | Canada Music
Hadani Ditmars

Thank God for Vancouver's Music on Main. Not only was its vaguely 18th century feeling -- a return to an intimate musical salon vibe -- sweet relief from our oversaturated and increasingly digitized culture, the opening night's program actually gave me some hope for humanity in the midst of so much global tragedy. For a few transcendent moments, the festival drowned out the drum beats of war with the sweet sound of strings, and I dreamed of a return to a truly human culture.

Why Are Arcade Fire and Celine Dion Joining Forces?

The Huffington Post Canada | Aaron Brophy | Posted 09.26.2012 | Canada Music

Arcade Fire and Celine Dion are joining forces. No, it's not a masterplan to destroy hipster minds everywhere. Rather, the pair will be part of a g...

David Byrne And Arcade Fire's Win Butler Talk Career Suicide, Fashion and Not Becoming Fat Elvis

Melody Lau | Posted 09.24.2012 | Canada Music

The Pop Montreal Music Festival hosted a conversation between David Byrne and Arcade Fire's Win Butler to discuss Byrne's newest book, How Music Works...

TIFF: Arcade Fire, K'naan Remind Movie Stars About Haiti

The Huffington Post Canada | Sarah Kurchak | Posted 09.10.2012 | Canada Music

Members of Arcade Fire brought the house -- or at least the garden party tent -- down with both their music and their message at the Artists For Peace...

Rufus Wainwright Gets Behind Quebec Protesters

CP | Nelson Wyatt, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada

MONTREAL - The world's biggest jazz festival opened Thursday with its opening act declaring his support for Quebec's protesting students.Crooner Rufus...

Polaris Prize Announces 2011 Shortlist

Spinner Canada | Posted 09.05.2011 | Canada

Had Arcade Fire's runaway hit album, 'The Suburbs,' failed to make the Short List for Canada's celebrated Polaris Prize, both critics and fans would h...