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Download “Wake Up” (from ryspace.com, live at Judson Memorial Church)

or listen to this live track recorded by Ryan

As I prepare for two Arcade Fire shows this week, writes Washington Post’s J. Freedom du Lac:

A ticket to an Arcade Fire show represents the possibility, if not the probability, of being transported — of transcendence. It’s the reason tickets to the 3,700-seat venue sold out in less than an hour. It’s also why the band is becoming increasingly known as one of the most vital live acts in contemporary popular music — a sort of modern-day art-rock answer to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, whose galloping music was echoed in Arcade Fire’s superlative set-closer, “Keep the Car Running.” (The Talking Heads are another important touchstone.)

Hmm. Full article.

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