Kitty

I'd also say:

MGMT
The Moths!
Band of Horses
Vampire Weekend
the Ting Tings

- if they want to record an album, do videos, tour support, promote and market the album - £60grand is nothing. On average it will cost at least £20-£30k to record the album, at least £10k to pay for a months tour (if they're lucky) leaving them with around £20k to promote the album, a PR campaign will cost at least £10k, then there's radio pluggers etc. etc. and they haven't even done a video yet! The £60grand doesn't go in their pockets you know and it's recoupable too, so they would have to quit their jobs to make the album work, but would never be guaranteed any sort of return

poor little Arcade Fire - how many gigs have you been to? Every band at almost every gig, no matter what or who it is, gets stuff thrown at them. You're probably the sort of person that would laugh at bottles being thrown at 50Cent or those two 'pop' girls years ago at Reading, but when your idea of 'real' music gets the same treatment on a much smaller scale you will be appalled by it. I didn't say it was right or agreed with it, I just said that this sort of thing happens

I am not condoning it - I am just stating fact

is nothing these days, as you rightly said; to 'work' the album properly they're not going to be able to have normal jobs anymore and unless they have some massive songs they are going to be back on the dole in about a year

people have been throwing shit at bands for years and always will - it's par for the course, if they can't handle it, then they should fuck off