Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal (Montreal, Quebec), Quebec, Canada, and fronted by the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and R�gine Chassagne. In addition to instrument mainstays guitar, drums (Drum kit) and bass guitar, members play piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard (keyboard instrument), French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy. The band takes most of their instruments on tour, and the multi-instrumentalist band members switch instrumental duties throughout their shows.

Arcade Fire has won numerous awards, including both the Meteors (Meteor Music Awards) 2008 Best International Album award and the Juno Awards 2008 Alternative Album of the Year award for Neon Bible. It has also been nominated for the Best Alternative Music Album (Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album) Grammy in 2005 for Funeral (Funeral (album)) and in 2008 for Neon Bible.