Getty Image This past weekend, a Pitchfork report came out outlining multiple sexual assault allegations against Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler. The recounts from several people seemed especially damning for the musician who came across as a man using his position of power to make unwanted sexual advances. Butler issued a statement claiming that, …
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Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Addresses The Multiple Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Him
Getty Image Win Butler, the lead singer of Arcade Fire, has had multiple women come forward and allege that he sexually engaged with them in an appropriate manner, as reported by Pitchfork. The alleged misconduct spans from 2015 to 2020 with three women and one gender-fluid individual, all of which are reportedly loyal Arcade Fire …
The ‘NBA Jam: Shaq Edition’ Arcade Machine Is A Must Have For Die Hard Fans
YouTube Right now in my apartment sits something that, to be completely honest, I never thought I would have: an arcade machine for NBA Jam. But this machine doesn’t only have NBA Jam on it — there is also NBA Jam: Tournament Edition, and the not as well-known but just as fun NBA Hangtime. Arcade …
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How A 90s ‘X-Men’ Arcade Game Helped Relaunch Comic Book Movies
Ralph Ordaz The ’80s may be the era of introduction for video games, specifically at-home consoles like the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Entertainment System. But the ’90s pushed gaming further into the mainstream and further from the technological dark ages. While it’d be wild to imagine calling 16 and 32 bit systems (ask your …
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Will Butler Released Two New Songs As His First Offerings Since Leaving Arcade Fire
A couple of months ago, Arcade Fire finally released the long-awaited, new album We, following the 2017 album Everything Now. Along with the unveiling of the album, there was the unexpected announcement that Will Butler had exited the band. “I left at the end of last year, after the new record was complete,” he wrote. …
Arcade Fire Sets ‘The Tonight Show’ Ablaze With An ‘Age Of Anxiety II’ Performance
Arcade Fire stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a luminary rendition of “Age Of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)” off of their latest album We. Singers Win Butler and Régine Chassagne belted passionately with the backing of band members Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and Jeremy Gara. Strobe lights, mini stands, and …
Arcade Fire Put Their Spin On Harry Styles’ Summery Hit ‘As It Was’ With A Cover
It’s not a stretch to call Harry Styles’ “As It Was” the biggest song of the year so far. No, its three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 aren’t the most a song has had at that spot in 2022 (Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” each …
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Arcade Fire Gives Electric Performances Of ‘The Lightning I, II’ And ‘Unconditional (Lookout Kid)’ On ‘SNL’
At long last, Arcade Fire returned with their sixth album We on Friday. The project presented ten songs across 40 minutes of music that the band first started putting together towards the end of 2020. We is the band’s first album since 2017’s Everything Now, but it’s also the group’s first project without their longtime …
Arcade Fire Announces 2022 Tour Dates In Support Of Their New Album, ‘We’
Getty Image Arcade Fire has one of the week’s defining releases with We, their new album that’s out now. While fresh tunes would have been enough good news, the band offers more today, as they’ve announced a run of 2022 tour dates for the latter half of the year. The trek starts with a European …
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Win Butler Shares His Thoughts On Brother Will Butler Leaving Arcade Fire
Getty Image Arcade Fire underwent a major change recently, as the group announced longtime member Will Butler left the band in late 2021, a move the now-ex member only announced in March. Now, Win Butler, the band’s singer and Will’s brother, has spoken up about the departure. In a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane …
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How Classic Arcade Games Look In Slow Motion
If you’ve ever wondered what classic arcade games look like in slow motion, today is your lucky day. Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys filmed some classic games at high speeds so he could see what they look like in ultra slow motion. Watch the video above to get all the technical details about …
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Arcade Fire Join The 2022 Coachella Lineup At The Last Minute
Getty Image Coachella is now just hours away from kicking off on Friday, April 15. At this point, it would be safe to assume there wouldn’t be time to make changes to the lineup, save for something like an unprecedented cancellation. That’s just what organizers have done, though, as they revealed today that Arcade Fire …
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