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  • Win Butler Silenced by ESPN’s Sage Steele After Winning MVP at NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Toronto

    Win Butler may have won MVP at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Toronto on Friday night, but that didn’t prevent him from being silenced by ESPN reporter Sage Steele.

    While interviewing Win Butler following the game, he began talking politics instead of sports–something that seriously goes against the grain of ESPN. Their motto–Stick to Sports–was fully respected by Sage Steele, as she pulled the mic away from the MVP.

    “I just wanted to say, it’s an election year in the U.S., the U.S. has a lot it can learn from Canada, (such as) health care, taking caring of people,” Win Butler began.

    That’s when Steele put him in his place–swiftly, but politely, too.

    “We’re talking about celebrity stuff, not politics,” she told the Arcade Fire frontman.

    Win Butler appeared a bit angry–and a little dejected, too. It seems he had something he wanted to say, and he fully expected he’d get to say it.

    Sage Steele showed she was definitely the bigger person in this situation. She patted Win Butler on the shoulder before turning to leave him.

    “Congratulations on your MVP,” she said.

    What’s your take on Win Butler’s attempt to talk politics after being named MVP at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Toronto on Friday night? Was it a clear case of bringing up the wrong thing at the wrong time?

    Was Sage Steele justified in silencing the MVP?

  • Sage Steele Shuts Down Win Butler When Talk Turns from Celebrities to Politics

    Sage Steele shut down Win Butler, the MVP of Friday’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Toronto on Friday night. When Butler started talking about things the U.S could learn from Canada, the ESPN reporter quickly pulled the mic away.

    “I just wanted to say, it’s an election year in the U.S., the U.S. has a lot it can learn from Canada, (such as) health care, taking caring of people,” Butler said during a post-game interview with Sage Steele.

    “We’re talking about celebrity stuff, not politics,” Steele quickly told the Arcade Fire frontman.

    While Butler seemed both annoyed and dejected, Sage Steele gave him a pat on the shoulder after she shut down his non-celebrity ramblings, and wished him well.

    “Congratulations on your MVP,” she told him.

    Win Butler played a great game on Friday, carrying his teammates to a 74-64 victory over the U.S. team. That didn’t mean he had the right to push things with Sage Steele, however. She stuck closely to the ESPN motto, “Stick to Sports.”

    Are you impressed by the way Sage Steele shut Win Butler down during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday?

    She did so eloquently, while still showing a great sense of sportsmanship by congratulating Brown despite his gaffe.

  • Google Posts Arcade Fire’s YouTube Music Awards Performance

    YouTube held its first music awards ceremony on Sunday. Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts hosted, and Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Eminem, M.I.A. and Avicii performed.

    Arcade Fire did their song Afterlife. and the YouTube Spotlight channel has posted this video of the performance with direction from Spike Jonze and John Gonzalez and production by Sunset Lane Entertainment and VICE.

    Unfortunately, embedding is disabled (seemingly going against everything YouTube stands for), so you’ll have to click over to watch it.

    Last week saw Arcade Fire released their entire new album, Reflektor, for free on YouTube, making it available for fans ahead of the October 29th release. That video is no longer available, but you should have no problem finding the album on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, etc.

    Google had developed a significant history with the band over the years. As far back as 2010, the company partnered with the group on a Chrome experiment – an interactive music video showcasing HTML5. Then, in September, the two partnered again on another interactive video.

    It’s no surprise to see the band playing a significant role in Google’s new music awards.

    Image: YouTube

  • Arcade Fire’s New Album Reflektor Is Free on YouTube, For Now

    Without further ado – here’s the new Arcade Fire album, titled Reflektor, in its entirety:

    No, this isn’t a leak or some ill-gotten rip. This was released and promoted by Arcade Fire themselves.

    Of course, this is just a “teaser” and will most definitely disappear when the album actually drops. You can pre-order the album on iTunes, or on the official Reflektor site. There, you can buy a digital album, CD, and Vinyl.

    Reflektor comes out on October 29th.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Arcade Fire Gives Epic Performance On SNL

    Arcade Fire Gives Epic Performance On SNL

    Arcade Fire’s upcoming album, “Reflektor”, gave them two singles to work with for their “Saturday Night Live” performance over the weekend, and the band delivered spectacularly with a stage full of musicians and some creative makeup.

    Of course, guest host Tina Fey couldn’t resist turning the group’s stage presence into a sketch with a game show in which she had to figure out which of the two people put before her was a new cast member and which one belonged in the band. Check out the performances below.

    Image: NBC

  • Arcade Fire Releases Teaser Video

    Canadian indie rock band, Arcade Fire released a teaser video for what it seems to be titled, “Reflektor.” The video flashes:Sept. 9, 9 p.m., the likely release date of the video.

    The band has been pretty hush-hush about the details of their latest album. The band’s fourth record is due out Oct. 29th on Merge.

    The video-that debuted today-opens with budding synthesizers that slowly crescendo along with the steady beat of bongos. The video creeps away from filtered shots of hands preparing on keys to black-and-white shots of rolling ocean waves. The mood of the video seems to fit perfectly with the band’s sound.

    There’s a lot riding on this next album for the Canadian super-group since their last album, “The Suburbs” won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

    James Murphy, the former frontman for LCD Soundsystem produced the band’s latest album. This however isn’t the first time the band has collaborated with Murphy. Some of the band performed and appeared in the LCD Soundsystem, “Shut Up and Play the Hits” documentary.

    Arcade Fire is comprised of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. The band first made waves in 2004 with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, “Funeral.”

  • Google Pushes Chrome With Arcade Fire Experiment

    Music lovers and sentimental types who have been hesitant to try out Chrome now have a somewhat compelling reason to do so.  Google, Arcade Fire, and director Chris Milk have teamed up to create an experience that combines one of the band’s new songs with images of the viewer’s childhood home and bits of video.

    The project is titled "The Wilderness Downtown," and won’t run well (if at all) in browsers other than Chrome.  Viewers should consider closing other programs, too, as it’s rather processor-intensive.

    Otherwise, here’s as much information as seems possible to give without spoiling the experience.  A post on the Official Google Blog stated, "’The Wilderness Downtown’ takes you down memory lane through the streets you grew up in.  It’s set to Arcade Fire’s new song ‘We Used to Wait’ off their newly released album The Suburbs . . ."

    Then the post continued, "The project was built with the latest web technologies and includes HTML5, Google Maps, an integrated drawing tool, as well as multiple browser windows that move around the screen."

    All in all, this makes for a very interesting (and interactive) video.  And due to the personalized nature of it, people who might prefer to stick with Firefox or IE won’t get the full impact by just catching a recording someone else posted on YouTube.

    The one thing to watch for is whether Google has enough imagery of your old home to flesh out the video as intended.