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Revisit The Wedge’s best moments of 2012

December 7th, 2012

There were many highlights in 2012 for The Wedge. And if we could air them all, well, we’d need a ten-hour special. So, we got ruthless and chopped them down to 30 minutes… or 22 with commercials. Best of all though, Damian shot his throws in the super secret, we-probably-even-shouldn’t-be-posting-this Wedge archive located three miles [...]

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Watch Damian hit the Ossington strip on The Wedge

November 15th, 2012

When Damian was a young lad, his mom said he was not allowed to frequent the mean Toronto street of Ossington. (It’s an Avenue, actually.) Well, the times have changed and Ossington has gentrified and become one of the nicer strips in the city. Picking up a piece of pizza from his favourite, Pizza Libretto, [...]

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Watch Damian experience the Halifax Pop Explosion!

November 8th, 2012

Damian and The Wedge crew recently traveled out east to Nova Scotia to take in this year’s Halifax Pop Explosion!, an international music festival and conference that presents 150 bands in 20 venues over 5-days to over 20,000 fans and industry delegates from around the world. Invited to speak about his prized record collection, Damian [...]

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Watch Diplo co-host The Wedge with Damian

October 11th, 2012

This week on The Wedge, we had a very special guest co-host with Damian: Diplo, the man behind Major Lazer, Mad Decent, and production for the likes of Beyonce, M.I.A., Usher, Das Racist, No Doubt, Robyn, and so on. And since we were so excited to have him, we asked Diplo if he would pick [...]

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Watch Damian attempt to jog & talk Canadian punk with Sam Sutherland

October 5th, 2012

Damian is all about fitness these days. And because of that, he felt that it was important to bring his new exercise regimen to The Wedge. Joining him this week is fellow fitness guru and author of Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk, Sam Sutherland, to discuss the rise of Vancouver’s burgeoning punk scene.

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Watch The Wedge go behind the scenes at the Polaris gala

September 28th, 2012

This past Monday night, the 2012 Polaris Music Prize went down at the Masonic Temple in Toronto. The prize, which celebrates the best in Canadian music, ended up going to Feist for her album, Metals. She took home $30,000 and bragging rights for having the best Canadian album of the past year. But the night [...]

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Watch an interview with The xx

September 21st, 2012

Having sold over 1.5 million copies of their self-titled debut, London’s The xx continued to make big waves out of minimal music this week when their second album debuted the top five of both Canadian and American charts, as well as reach #1 in the UK. Their music is hushed, delicate and warm, and when [...]

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Watch Damian interview Twin Shadow

September 21st, 2012

Two months ago, Twin Shadow (aka George Lewis Jr.) released his sophomore album, Confess, which like his 2010 debut, was critically acclaimed and demonstrated his impressive progression as an artist. During a recent trip to Toronto, Lewis sat down with Damian to discuss his persona, how serious he is about acting and betting on himself [...]

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Watch Damian take on NOFX, Andrew WK, The Descendents at Riot Fest

September 13th, 2012

While we know him as the very huggable, excited host of The Wedge, it’s always nice to get a glimpse of Damian at work fronting his band Fucked Up. This past Sunday, Damian took part in Riot Fest, a full-day festival that showcases some of punk’s best, both past and present. Besides Fucked Up, the [...]

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Watch Damian have a picnic with Eight and a Half

August 28th, 2012

Recently Damian had a picnic with Toronto’s Eight and a Half, a supergroup consisting of Broken Social Scene (Justin Peroff) and Stills members (Dave Hamelin, Liam O’Neil). The guys sat down in the park to choose some videos, talk about the new-ish “man band”, gorge on some “straight edge” wine and “normal” cheese, and then [...]

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