1. Posted on 19 January, 2012

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    “It sounds like Arcade Fire,” my colleague wrote. This makes beautiful sense. Springsteen has publicly embraced the Montreal-based band as the heir apparent to his own E Street Band. Arcade Fire is a classic rock band whose members grew up in the 1980s; they understand that synth-pop can rouse a crowd, too. The Arcade Fire sound resolves the contradictions that kept Boss fans and New Wavers apart in the 1980s. —Ann Powers, via ‘We Take Care Of Our Own’: Springsteen New Wave Of Social Protest

    “It sounds like Arcade Fire,” my colleague wrote.

    This makes beautiful sense. Springsteen has publicly embraced the Montreal-based band as the heir apparent to his own E Street Band. Arcade Fire is a classic rock band whose members grew up in the 1980s; they understand that synth-pop can rouse a crowd, too. The Arcade Fire sound resolves the contradictions that kept Boss fans and New Wavers apart in the 1980s.

    —Ann Powers, via ‘We Take Care Of Our Own’: Springsteen New Wave Of Social Protest