Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec which is based around the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. In 2004, their first full-length album Funeral was recorded. The group uses of a large number of musical instruments in addition to mainstays rock instruments of guitar, drums, and bass guitar, such as bowed string instruments, accordion, various brass and harp. The band first came to note after Funeral garnered a 9.7 rating from Pitchfork media. In 2006, the group won a Canadian Juno Awards for Songwriter of the Year.

The Arcade Fire is an orchestral rock band based in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . Its members are Win Butler , Régine Chassagne , Richard Reed Parry , William Butler , Tim Kingsbury , Sarah Neufeld , and Jeremy Gara . Howard Bilerman , who played drums on the album Funeral, has since moved on to other projects. As of May 2005, the touring band includes horn player Pietro Amato (who is in Bell Orchestre and torngat ) and violinist Owen Pallett . Pallett has also opened for their shows, appearing