History Music / ArcadeFire

** Music/{{Beck}}, who showed up to help, also jabbed at electronic artists by encouraging the crowd to "[survive] the four on the floor", a wildly used rhythm in electronic music.

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Music/TalkingHeads, Music/DavidBowie, Music/RoxyMusic, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Music/NeutralMilkHotel, Music/NeilYoung, Music/{{Bjork}}, Music/FlamingLips, Music/SonicYouth, Music/{{Pixies}}, Music/TheSmiths, Music/{{The Cure|Band}}

Music/BlackCountryNewRoad]

+ Music/TalkingHeads, Music/DavidBowie, Music/RoxyMusic, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Music/NeutralMilkHotel, Music/NeilYoung, Music/{{Bjork}}, Music/FlamingLips, Music/SonicYouth, Music/{{Pixies}}, Music/TheSmiths, Music/{{The Cure|Band}}

+ Music/BlackCountryNewRoad
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+ Music/TalkingHeads
+ Music/DavidBowie
+ Music/RoxyMusic
+ Music/BruceSpringsteen
+ Music/NeutralMilkHotel
+ Music/NeilYoung
+ Music/{{Bjork}}
+ Music/FlamingLips
+ Music/SonicYouth
+ Music/ThePixies
+ Music/TheSmiths
+ Music/{{The Cure|Band}}

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Alluded to briefly in "Crown of Love."

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Win Butler.

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: Just try and count how many times some variation on the phrase "the kids" appear. Taken UpToEleven with ''The Suburbs''.

* LoveAtFirstNote: Win first met Régine when she was singing jazz at an art gallery. Taking this trope UpToEleven, they wrote a song together ("Headlights Look Like Diamonds") on their very first date, and said song has remained a fan favourite.

+ Music/TheCure

* SpecialGuest: The TitleTrack of ''Reflektor'' features a guest verse by Music/DavidBowie, marking the last time he worked with an outside musician on one of their works (rather than having them appear on his own) before his death in 2016. Bowie confirmed his appearance on the song via a post on his Facebook page.

* ''WE'' (2022, upcoming)

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: As eclectic as you'd expect a rock band with an accordionist (Régine) and string section to be. Their live shows have been described as like "a [[Music/TheClash Clash]] concert hijacked by the Creator/CirqueDuSoleil."

** The shared titles of the two "Half Light" songs and the two "Sprawl" songs also serve as this for both pairs.

** The cover photo for ''WE'', a digitally recolored macro shot of an eye gazing rightward, recalls that of ''Scott III'' by Music/ScottWalker.

* ''We'' (2022)

* SpecialGuest: The TitleTrack of ''Reflektor'' features a guest verse by Music/DavidBowie, marking the last time he worked with an outside musician on one of their works (rather than having them appear on his own) before his death in 2016.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally level 2-3.
** ''Reflektor'' brings the level considerably higher, with some tracks like "Normal Person" going as high as a 5.
* UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}}: Win and Will Butler were raised Mormon. They're no longer engaged members of the Church, but a subtle ear can detect some influences.

Since the release of their debut album ''Music/{{Funeral}}'' in 2004, the band has emerged as one of the most prominent indie rock outfits this side of 2000, garnering near-unanimous critical favour, and acquiring a reputation for dynamic live shows as well as [[ColbertBump several famous fans]]. [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]] and [[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne]] have both sung their praises, and they've performed live with Music/DavidBowie, Music/{{U2}}, and Music/BruceSpringsteen. Arcade Fire are known for changing their sound between albums and once even between an EP and album, which always splits their fanbase. Despite this, their commercial success continues to increase.

The band's third album, ''Music/TheSuburbs'' was awarded the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year, which many music writers claim is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the band, their label Merge Records, and independent music as a whole.