Ready to Startby Arcade Fire

Featuring guest host Rachel Stevens on the show! Rachel normally produces Drive Time but is currently stepping in to produce and host KEXP's Sound and Vision podcast while Emily Fox is on maternity leave. (In the meantime, DJ Greta Rose is stepping in and doing a beautiful job producing Drive Time!) The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs."

*CELEBRATING THE MUSIC FROM 2010 TODAY! This was KEXP listener's #1 album of 2010! The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs." Donate to the One Day Drive here! www.kexp.org

TGIRF! Thank God It's Remix Friday! Damian Taylor & Arcade Fire remix This one is from the deluxe edition of Arcade Fire's 'The Suburbs.' At the hands of producer/engineer Damian Taylor and the band itself, the LP’s third single “Ready To Start” is extended by three and a half minutes of synths and electro beats that basically turn it into a Depeche Mode song. bit.ly youtu.be

The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs." The album was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, with some parts being recorded at the band's studio in Quebec and in New York City. Win Butler describes the overall sound of The Suburbs as "a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young",[9] stating that he wanted the album to sound like "the bands that I heard when I was very young, and wondered what those crazy noises were." bit.ly

'The Suburbs' lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs." bit.ly -- Watch the video for "Ready to Start": vimeo.com

The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs." Donate to the One Day Drive here! www.kexp.org

'The Suburbs' lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs." bit.ly -- Watch the video for "Ready to Start": vimeo.com

The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs."

Welcome to Drive Time with Kevin Cole! Have a message or song you'd like to request? Send us a message at dj@kexp.org, or text at 206-903-5397. About The Suburbs: The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs."

The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs."

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Number 4. The third studio album from Canadian band arcade Fire came out on August 2nd, 2010. Not to put too fine a point on it, but it won Album of the Year at the 2011 Grammy Awards, Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards, Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards, and the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album. (Apparently, others besides KEXP fell in love with it.)

The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs."

#25! The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs." The album was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, with some parts being recorded at the band's studio in Quebec and in New York City. Win Butler describes the overall sound of The Suburbs as "a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young", stating that he wanted the album to sound like "the bands that I heard when I was very young, and wondered what those crazy noises were." It was released by Merge Records in North America and by Mercury Records in the United Kingdom. bit.ly

Arcade Fire honored for their charity work in Canada: www.billboard.com

According to Arcade Fire's Win Butler, this song is about stepping outside the boundaries that are already defined. "For me, the feeling of "Ready to Start" came from going to art school and meeting a lot of people who had really defined political ideas and rules about art. But I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules." - bit.ly

Arcade Fire performed "Ready to Start" as their second performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011, immediately following The Suburbs winning Album of the Year.

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Here's a link to the blog for KEXP's review from the Arcade Fire's show last year in Seattle blog.kexp.org

The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs". The album was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, with some parts being recorded at the band's studio in Quebec and in New York City. Win Butler describes the overall sound of The Suburbs as "a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young", stating that he wanted the album to sound like "the bands that I heard when I was very young, and wondered what those crazy noises were." bit.ly

Here's the music video for this track: www.youtube.com

"Ready to Start" is a single from Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs. The band performed "Ready to Start" as their second performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards, immediately following The Suburbs winning Album of the Year. Check out more about this band at www.everythingnow.com.

Number 550 in our Top Songs of All Time countdown!

Playing KeyArena on October 15th!

"The bulk of The Suburbs focuses on this quiet desperation borne of compounding the pain of wasting your time as an adult by romanticizing the wasted time of your youth. " Read the full Pitchforl review here: pitchfork.com

Happy birthday, Winn Butler! He revealed how this album was influenced by a series of letters he exchanged as a youth: “In high school I had a letter-writing romance with a girl. I was trying to remember that time… waiting an entire summer, pretty much half a year, the anxiousness of waiting for letters to arrive. All day every day there’s almost this cloud of feeling hanging over everything. [Our family family would] be in Maine, I’d walk down to the post office and come back… the whole day was consumed by that feeling.” www.nme.com/news/music/arcade-fire-292-1296114

In addition to the six main members, The Arcade Fire has a touring band of six additional musicians:Sarah Neufeld, Owen Pallett, Diol Edmond,,Tiwill Duprate, Stuart Bogie, and Matt Bauder

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Arcade Fire played a live show in Barcelona in June. You can see that show in its entirety here: www.spin.com

Damian Taylor remix

"Directed by 2013 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Short Films winner Kahlil Joseph, The Reflektor Tapes is a fascinating insight into the making of Arcade Fire’s international #1 album Reflektor. The film recontextualizes the album experience, transporting the viewer into a kaleidoscopic sonic and visual landscape. It charts the band’s creative journey as they lay foundations for the album in Jamaica, record in Montreal and play an impromptu gig at a Haitian hotel on the first night of Carnival, before bringing their breath-taking live show to packed arenas in Los Angeles and London. The Reflektor Tapes blends never before seen personal interviews and moments captured by the band to dazzling effect, and features 15 minutes of exclusive unseen footage, filmed only for cinema audiences." thereflektortapes.com

Win Butler occasionally DJ's under the name DJ Windows 98. arcadefire.com