I went to see Arcade Fire play Studio Coast in Shin-Kiba on Monday evening. It was my first time seeing Arcade Fire, and I didn’t realize that they were such a large band. There were ten members up on stage: two horns, two strings (like, violins), three guitar-like objects (bass, guitar, banjo, etc.), one or two percussionists, and one or two keyboardists. Also, one accordion or some other random instrument that I could not identify that has to be wound up somehow.

It was amazing too that people rotated through the instruments. Very interesting to watch, and great music. Also, very, very lively. One member in particular was running around, jumping, stomping, just completely crazy.

It was a great show, I’m really glad I got the chance to go. I’m pretty sure it was pretty well known in the Tokyo area, in fact one of the blogs that I read (Jean Snow’s blog) had a post on the show also.

Next month I’m going to catch the Stars and Broken Social Scene. Lots of Canadian bands. (I also recently bought the Weakerthans’ Reunion Tour CD, as well as Magnetic Fields’ Distortion, but they aren’t Canadian.)