tenderness 023

tenderness 023

Last month I went to see Arcade Fire at the Oracle in Oakland and had all my teenage longings to hear songs from their album The Suburbs live. Through the generosity of a friend, we were able to be picked up and dropped off at the venue to save on the "how the hell do I get home" post-concert feeling. With that aside, there was something so completely surreal about finally seeing them in person. I'd equate it to finally meeting your childhood hero or talking with someone you had always admired from afar.

The tour was in light of their new release of Everything Now, their fifth studio album filled with synth-y pop and the same nostalgic songwriting of Win Butler and his honey voiced wife and co-bandmate Regine. The majority of their show was dedicated to showing off the new songs off Everything Now, but I still got to hear bangers from Funeral, The Suburbs, Neon Bible, and Reflektor. 

  • 1:51pm Electric Blue by Arcade Fire on Everything Now (Sonovox)
  • 1:52pm You Shook Me by Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
  • 1:54pm Smooth Operator by Sade on Diamond Life (CBS)
  • 2:02pm Standing in the Middle of the Field by Cut Copy on Haiku From Zero (Astralwerks)
  • 2:06pm Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine on The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
  • 2:12pm Your Love by Mick Jenkins on Wave[s] (Good Years Music Limited)
  • 2:17pm Oh Baby by LCD Soundsystem on American Dream (DFA)
  • 2:19pm Fallin' by Alicia Keys on Songs in A Minor (RCA)
  • 2:25pm Sea of Love by Cat Power on Juno (Yebo Music)
  • 2:29pm Somebody To Love by Queen on A Day At the Races (EMI)
  • 2:31pm Peace Train by Yusuf / Cat Stevens on The Very Best of Cat Stevens (Universal Island Records)
  • 2:36pm Vacation Town by The Front Bottoms on Going Grey (Fueled by Ramen )
  • 2:39pm Blue Train Lines (feat. King Krule) by Mount Kimbie on Love What Survives (Warp Records)
  • 2:43pm Soft Shock (acoustic) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Its Blitz! (DGC Records)
  • 2:47pm Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse on Back to Black (Universal Island Records)
  • 2:52pm Buffalo by Toro y Moi on What For? (CarPark Records)
  • 2:54pm Kitsch by Sur Back on Kitsch
  • 2:54pm Held by Young Magic on Still Life
  • 2:54pm KUSF Campus by
  • 2:54pm Eyesdown Featuring Andreya Triana by Bonobo on Black Sands
  • 2:54pm Buffalo by Toro y Moi on What For?
  • 2:58pm Day Glow Fire by Future Islands on The Far Field