Zohar Manor-Abel

Arcade Fire and David Bowie – Life on Mars [Live EP - Live at Fashion Rocks, 2005]

This week’s tune is by Montreal, Canada based indie rock band Arcade Fire, fronted by the husband and wife duo Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.

For this Monday’s Tune I’ve chosen to include the song “Halfway Home” by TV on the Radio, who were featured on Monday’s Tune last year.

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“The record industry is dead. It’s six feet underground and unfortunately the fans have done this,” [Gene, aka Chaim] Simmons said, according to AOL News. “They’ve decided to download and file share. There is no record industry around so we’re going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilized. As soon as the record [...]

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TV on the Radio – Staring at the Sun [Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, 2001]