I've been listening to a lot of Chiptune music lately, namely Bit Shifter, who is in my opinion one of the Apex's of what Chiptune can be. Oh and I know him to a slight extent so that's cool too. I've also decided to go back and listen to Arcade Fire starting with Funeral, which is one of those albums that defines "Independent" music and the spirit of music. Flawless album, and Neon Bible and The Suburbs are also good enough to warrant the praise they receive.
Funeral is flawless, you are right. What a fantastic album straight through. I wasn't that crazy about Neon Bible though, perhaps because Funeral is such a hard act to follow or perhaps it was because from title to sound it's a pretty heavy handed effort. I found more subtlety on Funeral. Great band.