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The Suburbs

The Hieroglyphics of Family

Melinda Wentzel | Posted 01.28.2013 | Parents
Read More: Family Dynamics, Parenting, Children, Love, Family, Family Bumper Stickers, The Suburbs, Motherhood, Family Humor, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Melinda Wentzel

The unthinkable has happened. I've become one of those women who puts stick figure people on her car. You know -- to broadcast procreative talents in a manner that even cavemen could readily grasp.

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A New American Dream?

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 06.05.2012 | Business
Read More: Suburban Growth, Suburbs, Video, American Dream, Business News, Sprawling Suburbs, Urban Growth, Mcmansions, The Suburbs, Robert Shiller, Suburban Sprawl, Business News

WASHINGTON — Living in an outlying Chicago suburb, Jeff Wehrli recalls a heady time not too long ago when city dwellers poured in and developers...

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Arcade Fire Delivers The Sermon On The Mount

Michael Gilmour | Posted 10.26.2011 | Religion
Read More: Arcade Fire, Bible, Suburbia, The Suburbs, Neon Bible, Sermon on the Mount, Sacred Sounds, Scripture Commentary, Arcade Fire Album of the Year, Arcade Fire and Scripture, Arcade Fire the Suburbs, Arcade Fire Sermon on the Mount, Religion News
Michael Gilmour

Arcade Fire's The Suburbs is an example of lyricists using biblical intertexts for artistic, not confessional purposes. Ideas from the Sermon on the Mount lurk in the background of the album.

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Arcade Fire's 'Ready To Start' Remix

Posted 09.24.2011 | Home
Read More: The Suburbs Deluxe Edition, Arcade Fire, Arcade Fire Suburbs Deluxe, Arcade Fire New Album, The Suburbs, Ready to Start Remix, Music, Arcade Fire Ready to Start Remix, Arcade Fire the Suburbs, On Our Radar, Video, Home News

There will be a remix track in store for us when the Arcade Fire releases the deluxe edition of The Suburbs on Aug. 2. The track, "Ready to Start," is...

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LISTEN: Arcade Fire Team With David Byrne

Posted 07.23.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Arcade Fire Spike Jonze, Arcade Fire, Video, Culture Wars, Arcade Fire Album of the Year, Scenes-From-the-Suburbs, Arcade-Fire-the-Suburbs, Speaking in Tongues, The Suburbs, David Byrne, Spike Jonze, Entertainment News

Arcade Fire are gearing up to release a deluxe edition of last year's smash hit album The Suburbs which garnered the band a Grammy for album of the ye...

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Arcade Who? A Playlist for the Uninitiated

Joe Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Arcade Fire Album of the Year, Arcade Fire, The Suburbs, Music, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
Joe Vogel

For years now, Arcade Fire has been transitioning from indie obscurity to mainstream popularity. So here is a playlist for one of the most unique and compelling bands of the past decade.

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Rockin' The Suburbs, Memorable Mumfords, and How The West Was Won in 2010

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Justin Bieber, M.I.A., Florence and the Machine, Far East Movement, The Xx, Kanye West, Taio Cruz, The Suburbs, The National, Ray Lamontagne, Sprawl, Arcade Fire, Music, Broken Bells, Mumford and Sons, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

They don't make music like they used to.

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What Was The Best Album Of The Year?

Huffington Post | Theo Spielberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Fame Monster, Kanye West, Entertainment, Eminem, My World 2.0, Halycon Digest, Beach House, Music, Teen Dream, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Speak Now, Deerhunter, Album of the Year 2010, Album of the Year, Arcade Fire, Gorilla Manor, Taylor Swift, Contra, Slidepollajax, Vampire Weekend, Local Natives, Lady GaGa, The Suburbs, Recovery, Justin Bieber, Entertainment News

2010, the year The Beatles catalogue finally made it to iTunes. Besides the much anticipated pairing of Apple records with Apple Inc., the year saw th...

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'Suburban Nation'

Jeff Speck | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Suburbs, Public Schools, House, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Housing Market, Suburbia, Chicago Suburbs, Housing, Suburban, National Infrastructure, Slidepollajax, Sprawl, The Suburbs, Housing Crisis, Urban Sprawl, Books News
Jeff Speck

But now, a preference has become a mandate, as sprawl has quietly been identified as a central cause behind a growing list of mounting national crises including foreign oil dependency, climate change, and the obesity epidemic.

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Arcade Fire Pick a Big, Glorious Fight With Madison Square Garden, Win (SLIDESHOW)

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Britt Daniel, Arcade Fire, Nycbeat, Slideshow, Win Butler, Owen Pallett, Madison Square Garden, The Suburbs, Régine Chassagne, Spoon, Funeral, Transference, Slidefullscreen, New York News
Zara Golden

It's probably not helpful for me to say, "You guys, it was big." But, you guys? Arcade Fire at Madison Square Garden was huge.

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Arcade Fire Ignites Madison Square Garden

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Msg, U2, Arcade Fire, David Bowie, The Suburbs, Spoon, Madison Square Garden, Arcade-Fire, New York News
Salvatore Bono

I have been to plenty of concerts in my time, I have seen hundreds of bands, yet, of any band to emerge in the last decade or so, no one puts on a show like Arcade Fire.

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PLAY > SKIP: New Music for August 3

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Remix, Arcade Fire, Buckcherry, Squeeze, Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust, Lady GaGa, The Suburbs, Spot the Difference, All Night Long, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

This week, Lady Gaga goes to "The Fame Monster" well one more time, Squeeze milks their '80s catalog, Buckcherry wants more cowbell, and Arcade Fire leaves me speechless. Skip ahead to see what to play.

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