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The Sun Parade “Need You By My Side” (Video)

June 27th, 2012

The Sun Parade is made up of Chris Jennings and Jefferson Lewis. These Northampton natives have a young summer romance sound about them. Watch the video for “Need You By My Side” to see what I mean. Makes you wanna fall in love under the sun a little bit.

Tags: The Sun Parade, The Wedge, Video
Posted in Blog, Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Melissa

Mountain Folk “Don’t Go Down There” (Video)

June 27th, 2012

It could be something about the band name or maybe something about the music video, I think its definitely something about the song “Don’t Go Down There” that makes Mountain Folk very ethereal. Mountain Folk consists of Tom Eno, a former solo-artist and René Kirkegaard, a record store owner.The song “Don’t Go Down There” is [...]

Tags: Mountain Folk, The Wedge, Video
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Melissa

Lupe Fiasco “Bitch Bad” (Stream)

June 27th, 2012

Leave it to Lupe Fiasco to create some pretty thought provoking music. In “Bitch Bad” comes Lupe’s discussion and analysis of how misogynistic and derogatory language influence both male and female audiences. The lyrics are self-reflexive and the message is clear. It will be interesting to see what Lupe does with the video for this [...]

Tags: lupe fiasco, RapCity, Stream
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Stream | Posted by Melissa

Thee Oh Sees “Lupine Dominus” (Stream)

June 27th, 2012

Check out this single by San Fransisco’s Thee Oh Sees. “Lupine Dominus” is the first track released off of their 14th album Putrifiers II. Give this psychedelic jam a solid listen because the full album isn’t set to come out until September 2012.

Tags: Stream, The Wedge, Thee Oh Sees
Posted in Blog, Blog, Stream, The Wedge | Posted by Melissa

Com Truise “Open” (Stream)

June 27th, 2012

Com Truise’s “Open” sounds like dreamy, intergalactic, synth filled magic. “Open” will be released on July 17th off of the album filled with demos and unheared singles titled In Decay. I’m excited.

Tags: Com Truise, Stream, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Stream, The Wedge | Posted by Melissa

Iggy Azalea f T.I and B.o.B “Million Dollar Misfits” (Stream)

June 26th, 2012

“Million Dollar Misfits” is the newest single to be released by Iggy Azalea. Once again, Iggy has teamed up her mentor/boss T.I. The song also features a special appearance by fellow Grand Hustle Records label mate B.o.B. With two crowd favorites on the track the single is bound to get noticed by those who have [...]

Tags: b.o.b, Iggy Azalea, RapCity, Stream, T.I
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Stream | Posted by Melissa

Lana Del Rey releases a trailer for “National Anthem”

June 26th, 2012

In what appears to be an attempt to stay relevant – just kidding – Lana Del Rey has released a trailer for her forthcoming video “National Anthem.” This promo video stays true to Lana Del Rey’s signature low-fi montage style videos and features an ever so dapper A$AP Rocky. A$AP Rocky and Lana Del Rey [...]

Tags: A$ap Rocky, Lana Del Rey
Posted in Blog, Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Melissa

The Wedge “Best Of 2012 – So Far” Playlist

June 25th, 2012

This week on The Wedge we looked back on all the videos we have aired in 2012 and picked the ten best ones. Who did we pick for our number one? Scroll down and find out below. Agree with us? Disagree with us? Did we completely miss something? Tweet us and tell us @MUCHthewedge THE [...]

Tags: Bear In Heaven, Best Videos of 2012 So Far, Grimes, M.I.A, The Shins, The Wedge, Thundercat, Trash Talk, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Youth Lagoon
Posted in Blog, Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Melissa

RapCity playlist for June 23rd

June 25th, 2012

For this week’s show our RapCity team gathered to decide the best of the best of 2012. Some of our favorites from the year included Tyga, Future, Juicy J, Kanye, Jay-Z, Nas, Nicki Minaj, Odd Future, French Montana, 2 Chainz and Drake. What do you think? Do you agree with our “best so far” playlist? [...]

Tags: Best Videos of 2012 So Far, RapCity, videos
Posted in Blog, Blog, RapCity | Posted by Melissa

Beirut “The Rip Tide” (Video)

June 22nd, 2012

Thank you Beirut for releasing one of the most beautiful music videos I have seen all year. The treatment and visual effects are absolutely stunning. Watch the sky transform from cool blues to red and orange sunsets. Amazing.

Tags: Beirut, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Melissa