13 May 2025
Band: ARCADE FIRE
Who: The orchestral pop–rock collective from Canada, fronted by spouses Win Butler and Régine Chassagne who started their musical roller coaster journey back in 2004 with their magnum opus Funeral.
Album: PINK ELEPHANT
Their 7th one.
The Telegraph (British newspaper): “Pink Elephant doesn’t have quite the same swagger
as earlier albums. It is almost too personal, like listening to a preacher begging for forgiveness from his flock. Yet the sheer power of Arcade Fire in full flight should be enough to restore any sinner’s faith in rock and roll.”
Press photo by Danny Clinch
TUTV: It took me several spins to get connected with Pink Elephant. At first, it sounded
a bit arty farty with its instrumental interludes, but then the addictive strongness of most of the disco-beats infused songs won over my aural attention and the album grew on me.
Obviously Win Butler tries to come clean after some mentally/sexually
turbulent years. Year Of The Snake is one of the best singles so far this
year.
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Artists: THOM YORKE and MARK PRITCHARD
Who: Radiohead & The Smile orchestrator (56 now) and the pioneering
electronic musician/producer. They collaborated for the first time on a
track called Beautiful People which appeared on Pritchard‘s 2016 solo
longplayer Under The Sun.
Album: TALL TALES
© Pierre Toussaint
Clash Magazine says: “A sometimes otherworldly, frequently tongue-in-cheek, and occasionally surprisingly punchy album. It’s a distinctive part of the Yorke canon which also stands apart as a musical reference-point marking the convergence of two creative minds.”
TUTV: I expected a fully entertaining album after hearing the trippy/fizzy singles
‘Back In The Game’ and ‘This Conversation is Missing Your Voice’ but two songs in and
Yorke remembered me that he’s a fanatic Aphex Twin fan and I’m not.
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Band: PREOCCUPATIONS
Who: Canadian post-punk outfit from Calgary, Alberta.
They formed in 2012 under the name Viet Cong, a name
they dropped in 2016 following lots of criticism related
to the Vietnam War.
Album: ILL AT EASE
5th longplayer.
AllMusic: “Their fifth album brings fresh, often moving, perspectives to times of crisis.
‘Ill at Ease’ isn’t just some of Preoccupations’ most consistent music — it’s a welcome companion for times when the world seems like it’s ending.”
TUTV: Despite their pop-ped up and brightened their sound, storywise the quartet
still are concentrated on all doom and gloom happening on our messed up planet.
It’s an alluring work (although only 8 songs), but except for Focus, Bastards,
and the title track it lacks stand-out tunes that you want to go back to.
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