Arcade Fired

If you live in Montréal, you are well aware that Arcade Fire are giving five shows this week at the Ukrainian Federation Hall. The venue being very small, the tickets for the 5 shows were sold out in a couple of minutes. I was not lucky enough to get mine that day but my prayers paid off since a co-worker who could not attend anymore sold me his tickets for tonight’s show. I invited my friend and music lover Véronique who also tried to get tickets the day they went on sale so she totally deserved to come with me to this very special event.

I saw Tapes ‘n’ Tapes at the Ukrainian Federation Hall last fall and the first time I walked in the place, I told myself ‘I feel like I’m in Prague'. Well, I haven’t been to Prague yet but that’s how I imagined an alternative venue in Prague would feel like.

The show was short (around 70-80 minutes) but I enjoyed every minute of it. The venue does not feature the best sound system but the spirit of the place totally fitted with the event in my opinion. I saw them when they opened for U2 in 2005 (they gave a mind blowing performance that night) so it was also a very nice experience to see+hear Arcade Fire in such a small venue. As stated in the newspaper, it might not happen again in the future given their popularity.

You can watch a video filmed at the first concert at the Ukrainian Federation last night:


Neon Bible is the title of their upcoming album...Tonight, once again, I realised that music is my religion.