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Drake, Feist, Braids, Destroyer, Fucked Up, D-Sisive nominated for Junos

February 7th, 2012

This morning nominations for the 2012 Juno Awards were announced. As expected, the Biebers, Hedleys and Bubles all received multiple nominations, but there were also lesser known artists that made the cut in specialty categories (i.e. the ones we often play on RapCity and The Wedge). Drake is an exception, of course, and nabbed himself [...]

Tags: Juno Awards, RapCity, The Wedge
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Said the Whale “We Are 1980″ (Video)

February 7th, 2012

The title of the newest video by Vancouver’s Said the Whale suggests a possible flashback to the year they claim to be, but they’ve opted for the way of the future. Posing the question, “What would it be like if we lived in touch screen mode?” “We Are 1980″ features all sorts of cool visuals, [...]

Tags: said the whale, The Wedge, Video, We Are 1980
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The Black Keys “Gold On the Ceiling” (Video)

February 7th, 2012

Instead of hiring a security guard to dance on the spot or pay someone for a treatment (see “Tighten Up” for their best), the Black Keys chose to show what life is like in the band by using footage from their record release party for El Camino. Shot at Webster Hall in NYC, “Gold On [...]

Tags: Gold on the Ceiling, The Black Keys, The Wedge, Video
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Baby Eagle & The Proud Mothers “Brave Women” (MP3)

February 6th, 2012

On Saturday night at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, I caught The Elwins perform a set of Canadian covers for the Exclaim! 20th Anniversary Edition of the Juno Concert Series. One of the tunes they performed was a cover of the Constantines’ “Young Lions” with Casey Mecija of Ohbijou. The band nailed it, sounding just [...]

Tags: Baby Eagle, Brave Women, MP3, Steve Lambke, The Proud Mothers, The Wedge
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The Shins “September” (Video)

February 6th, 2012

The Shins finally have a new album coming out on March 20th called Port of Morrow. About a month ago we heard “Simple Song,” the first new music from the band in quite some time. Now we have the B-side “September,” which arrives as a modest little video that shows the song being played on [...]

Tags: September, The Shins, The Wedge, Video
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Watch T-RexXx interview Wale

February 6th, 2012

Just a few years back, Wale was one of the most hyped MCs in the rap game. With his string of excellent mixtapes and co-signs from just about everyone, the DC native was destined to become huge. When it came time to drop his debut album, 2009′s Attention Deficit, the hype machine stopped working for [...]

Tags: interview, RapCity, T-RexXx, wale
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Lotus Plaza “Come Back” (Stream)

February 6th, 2012

Deerhunter’s Lockett Pundt will release a limited edition 10″ via Audraglint on Valentine’s Day featuring a new track from his Lotus Plaza project. “Come Back” will be accompanied by a new track from another one of Pundt’s bands, Nice Weekend, which also features his fiancée, Shayda Yavari. How romantic! You can pre-order the single over [...]

Tags: Lockett Pundt, Lotus Plaza, pitchfork, Stream, The Wedge
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Here We Go Magic “Make Up Your Mind” (MP3/Stream)

February 6th, 2012

Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic have announced May 8th as the release date for their next album, A Different Ship. The ten-track set was produced by the esteemed Nigel Godrich, who’s best known for his production on every Radiohead album since The Bends, as well as artists like Beck, Pavement, Air and Charlotte Gainsbourg. You [...]

Tags: here we go magic, Make Up Your Mind, MP3, Stream, The Wedge
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Jay-Z & Kanye West “Ni**as In Paris” (Fan Made Video)

February 3rd, 2012

Fan made videos are more often than not, the worst. But every once in a while, a piece of gold is dug up amongst all the sh*t. Tim Laroc has done just that with his video for Jigga & Yeezy’s long overdue single. Okay, knowing they’d have a few millis kicking around to throw towards [...]

Tags: jay-z, Kanye West, Ni**as In Paris, RapCity, Video
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Expensive Looks “Vanishers” (Video)

February 3rd, 2012

Expensive Looks, aka New York-based producer Alex Feld, just released his debut album Dark Matters on January 17th via Group Tightener. In his video for “Vanishers,” a young boy copes with his parents’ impending divorce by imagining he’s friends with a giant panda (read: adult dressed in a panda suit). They go to the fair, [...]

Tags: Expensive Looks, The Wedge, Vanishers, Video
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