Will Butler

The story

William Pierce Butler is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band for eighteen years, between 2003 and 2021, and played synthesizer, bass, guitar and percussion. He is known for his spontaneity, energy and antics during live performances and is the younger brother of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler. In 2010, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as part of Arcade Fire.

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Stories

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Records

• Stereophonic (Original Cast Recording) · 2024 · soundtrack
• Hard Times (Shiftee & Zak Leever's Blood Rave remix) · 2021 · Single · remix
• Friday Night · 2016 · live

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Bands and projects

• 2003 to 2021
  Arcade Fire
• Will Butler + Sister Squares

The bands Will Butler played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Will Butler in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Will Butler in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Will Butler

• TV on the Radio3 sources agree
• Spoon3 sources agree
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah3 sources agree
• Vampire Weekend3 sources agree
• The Walkmen3 sources agree
• Wolf Parade3 sources agree
• Franz Ferdinand3 sources agree
• Cold War Kids2 sources agree
• Modest Mouse2 sources agree
• Editors2 sources agree
• Interpol2 sources agree
• Radiohead2 sources agree

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Will Butler’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.

Also called Will Butler

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