Arcade Fire Win Group and Songwriter of the Year at Juno Awards - Spinner

Richard Young, Rex Features

WatchingArcade Fireaccept theirJunofor Group of the Year Sunday {March 27} in Toronto felt a little bit like déjà vu. The Montreal collective took the first award of the evening, beaming with pride that same way we've seenWin Bulterand co. do at nearly every award show this season.

"Thank you, we're so happy,"said Win Butler onstage with his bandmates at the Air Canada Center, before giving a shout-out to bands like the Royal City andHidden Cameraswho Arcade Fire"came up with."

While scoring aGrammyfor Album of the Year last month was obviously a monumental occasion for Arcade Fire, being the toast of the town in their own country this weekend -- the bandwona Juno for Alternative Album of the Year at the last night's gala dinner -- has to feel downright magical.

It was only a short time later that the band was climbing the Juno steps once again to claim their next award for Songwriter of the Year, which paid tribute to their work on 'Ready to Start,' 'We Used to Wait,' and 'Sprawl II: Mountains Beyond Mountains,' all featured on their unstoppable disc 'The Suburbs,' nominated for the prestigious Album of the Year award.

"Thank you so much,"said Butler again, taking this second chance in the spotlight to draw attention to the Arcade Fire-supported charity Kanpe, which helps raise funds for relief effort in Haiti, where his wife and Arcade Fire's co-songwriter Régine Chassagne emigrated from.

"Keep going, don't stop,"he said, asking the audience and those watching the televised ceremony from home to continue donating to the organization.

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