Album Review
Arcade Fire/Rey,Alvino [coll] – [Merge Records]
Max Level 1/26/2006 7-inch, A Library
Arcade Fire are from Montreal, and have somewhere between 5 and 8 members, depending on who you ask. Side A is a pop number that rushes along with a nice buildup of keyboards, guitar, drums, and background vocals. Arcade frontman Win Butler’s vocals sound pretty worked-up emotionally, describing what might be a suburban neighborhood’s unseen underbelly; tunnels connecting bedrooms and such. Side B is an interesting thing: an old recording (previously unavailable?) of Butler’s grandfather, bandleader/steel guitarist Alvino Rey. He passed away in early 2004, and his 1940 performance of the standard “My Buddy” is included here as a tribute. Rey plays his famous talking steel guitar, and there’s a subtly amusing bit in the middle of the song.
you heard it 18 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 2790 days ago, Sir Cumference played Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
- 4382 days ago, Billy Jack played My Buddy
- 4383 days ago, Mayhem_PedalSteel played My Buddy
- 5365 days ago, cheech-a-phone played Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
- 6407 days ago, Stingray played My Buddy
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