A couple months ago when Canadian collective Arcade Fire won the Album of the Year Grammy over presumed frontrunner Eminem, the Interweb and Twitterverse exploded as some outraged, uninformed protesters dared to ask the question, "Who is Arcade Fire?" But judging from the massive crush of music fans who showed up to catch the indie darlings' headlining set on day two of California's Coachella festival, it's pretty obvious that plenty of people know the answer to that query. It seemed like the entire Empire Polo field in the Indio desert tilted on the earth's axis in the direction of the main stage, as thousands of concertgoers heaved forward to catch the band's much-anticipated show--and the artists playing on competing stages at the time (like retro soul sensation Raphael Saadiq and disco dollies the Scissor Sisters, both of whom would have normally drawn sizeable crowds) were sadly forced to play to not even half-full tents.

But let's face it, Arcade Fire were far and away
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