2013-10-31
An interesting yet unsurprising follow-up to 2010's The Suburbs, Reflektor is another bloated, exploratory concept album from everyone's favorite Canadian chamber-alt turned mainstream outfit. This time, the record's storyline is centered around the harsh duality between connect/disconnect in the digital age; Arcade Fire has been touring not under their usual playful moniker but rather marauding around as "The Reflektors," a collective alter ego that indicates a statement along the lines of: "We are not entertainers, but mirrors! We are REFLEKTING the hideous truths of modern life to the listener!" Edgy.
Liam McKay and the Saints
Confessions to a Lover
BUTCH WALKER AND THE BLACK WIDOWS
The Spade
Citizen Cope
The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
BOO CITY
Midnight Folklore
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS
SAM LLANAS
4 A.M. (The Way Home)
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