The Hollywood Reporter

Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’: Anatomy of a Rollout

"They're a small band that's punching above their weight," says manager Scott Rodger, who, along with publicist Steve Martin and radio whiz Karen Glauber, set the path for a No. 1 debut. By Colin ...
The Daily Beast

‘Reflektor’ Makes Arcade Fire the Biggest Band in the World

In this day and age, can one band find universal appeal? Yes, says Andrew Romano, and you’ll find out why when you listen to Arcade Fire’s near-perfect new album, Reflektor. What does it mean, in this ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’: A Timeline to No. 1

The roll-out road to the top of the album charts was long, steady and nearly perfectly navigated. By Colin Stutz Arcade Fire Reflektor Album Cover - S 2013 The band performs again as the Reflektors at ...
Paste

Arcade Fire: “Reflektor”

Amazingly, we don’t know a whole lot about Arcade Fire’s upcoming album. We know that Merge Records will release it on Oct. 29 and that it may—or may not—be titled Reflektor. We know it features ...
Time

Arcade Fire’s Rare Power Shines on ‘Reflektor’

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. “The world breaks everyone and afterward many ...
Rolling Stone

Inside the Making of Arcade Fire’s Interactive “Reflektor” Video

For Arcade Fire‘s guerilla-style launch of their new single, “Reflektor,” the band paired up with a familiar collaborator: Google. The goal on both ends was to create a short film that would allow the ...
Pitchfork

Read St. Vincent's Review of Arcade Fire's Reflektor

Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) has written a review of Arcade Fire's Reflektor for The Talkhouse, a website that lets musicians write about new albums. (You may remember Lou Reed's rave review of ...
Rolling Stone

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Sheds Light on ‘Reflektor’

Arcade Fire are finally shedding light on the band’s upcoming new album. Frontman Win Butler talked about the process of recording Reflektor, due October 29th, in an interview that aired today on BBC ...
NME

David Bowie’s appearance on Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’ single confirmed

David Bowie‘s appearance on the new Arcade Fire single ‘Reflektor’ has been confirmed. A message posted on Bowie’s official Facebook page this evening said: “We can confirm that David Bowie has ...
NME

Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’ – A New Direction Or Disco Curveball?

It’s been nearly three years since Arcade Fire’s last album ‘The Suburbs’ and anticipation for their next record has been running high for a while. Originally confirmed for a release in September, ...
Billboard

Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’: What We Learned From An Early Listen

Here's what we learned from an early listen of Arcade Fire's "Reflektor," out Oct. 28. By Reggie Ugwu I’ll admit, when I first watched Arcade Fire’s performance on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, ...
Billboard

Arcade Fire, ‘Reflektor’: Track-By-Track Review

Let Billboard guide you track-by-track through this indispensible release from one of the genre's most beloved bands. By Chris Payne Arcade Fire has been touted as Generation Y’s answer to U2, and ...