{"id":27413,"date":"2017-06-02T10:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=27413"},"modified":"2017-06-03T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T18:33:24","slug":"its-blockbuster-friday-check-out-videosong-releases-from-arcade-fire-and-radiohead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-06\/its-blockbuster-friday-check-out-videosong-releases-from-arcade-fire-and-radiohead\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Blockbuster Friday: Check Out Video\/Song Releases from Arcade Fire and Radiohead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seems like Fridays are the new blockbuster reveal-days in the music industry. Following a tumultuous Thursday, two of the biggest names in music, Radiohead<\/strong> and Arcade Fire<\/strong>, have today released official videos for new(ish) songs. Heard of ’em? Entire Amazon Clouds are bursting with bytes of bravos for both these beloved bands.<\/p>\n

So we will desist, except to say that Arcade Fire’s<\/strong> new big-budget video and announced big-arena tour smack of big-business to us (and more power to ’em, but at least Radiohead<\/strong> had the grace to tour some smaller venues such as the Santa Barbara Bowl<\/strong><\/a>). That’s no comment on the new song, which as usual swings for the fences and touches all the bases of their anthem-ish tendencies. But time will tell if Everything Now<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and its other tracks are merely overwrought and under-thought\u00a0Reflektor<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0fodder or something resembling their masterful albums The Suburbs<\/strong><\/em> or Funeral<\/strong><\/em>. Leader Win Butler<\/strong> has said about the new release: \u201cThere\u2019s sort of an everything-nowness to life, I feel like almost every event and everything that happens surrounds you on all sides. It\u2019s trying to capture some of the experiences of being alive now in all its flaws and all its glory.\u201d Fingers-crossed for deliverance Win, but for now we’re sticking with our Song of the Week<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from Broken Social Scene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n