Tag: ARCADEFIRE

For a band whose lyrics pine so heavily for a technologically simple past, Arcade Fire has really pushed themselves into the forefront of Internet marketing with the announcement of their third feature length album, 'The Suburbs.' First, the Canadian septet drafted a handwritten postcard to their fans announcing their upcoming single, scanned it and uploaded the missive for the blogosphere to ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The revamped Ask.com, which will actually utilize live humans to field certain queries, just entered beta mode and is currently accepting invitation requests. [From: Ask.com] Director and founding member of Monty Python Terry Gilliam reportedly plans to direct the live YouTube webcast of Arcade Fire's August 5th concert at ...

If you can't get a ticket to Arcade Fire's two-night stand at Madison Square Garden, don't fret. According to Spinner, the Canadian indie rock group will stream its August 5th concert in New York City on YouTube. The band recently released a trailer (after the jump) promoting the streaming concert, which will be captained by a well-known director. (Rumor has it, Spike Jonze.) [Ed. Note: We think ...