Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire

Pros: Black Mirror is amazing

Cons: A repeat song from the last album: No Cars Go.

The Bottom Line: Amazing album from an amazing band.

Review: The Arcade Fire is one of the few indie bands from Montreal that has broken into the international scene. Its first album came out to amazing reviews from all the important music critics. They opened for U2 during their Vertigo tour in 2005. After taking ...

Pros: remarkable orchestration, powerful songs

Cons: clunky lyrics at times, poor choice of ending song

The Bottom Line: A great album from what the AV Club called "the biggest little indie band" out there.

Review: In this month's Spin cover story, Arcade Fire frontman and lead singer Win Butler cites church music from 1902 to 1960 as a musical inspiration and refers to 1920s Russian dystopic literature by way of explaining his views on free speech in and ...

Pros: Top-notch production, inspired performances, and accomplished songwriting -- what's not to like?

Cons: Only that this album likely won't be awarded the attention it rightfully deserves.

The Bottom Line: An engaging and provocative successor to Funeral and easily among the best of 2007.

Review: The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge) Taking their infectious sound even deeper into the existential void they began exploring on 2004’s Funeral, the prodigious French-Canadian sextet The Arcade Fire flourishes on the spirited Neon Bible. Bolstered ...