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The Wedge Playlist for September 21

September 21st, 2011

For the week of September 21, The Wedge featured videos from Arcade Fire, Girls, Austra, Neon Indian, Cerebral Ballzy, Liturgy, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Veronica Falls, Still Corners, High Places, and Oh Land. Arcade Fire The Suburbs Sonovox/F.A.B. Director: Spike Jonze Girls Honey Bunny Matador Director: J.R. White and Ivan Shumaker Austra Lose It Domino Records/Paper [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Austra, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Cerebral Ballzy, Girls, High Places, Liturgy, neon indian, Oh Land, Still Corners, Veronica Falls
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Watch Damian interview Arcade Fire about Polaris Music Prize win

September 20th, 2011

Last night, the sixth annual Polaris Music Prize gala was held in Toronto. Co-hosted by The Wedge‘s very own Damian Abraham, who won it two years ago with his band Fucked Up, the 2011 prize was awarded to Arcade Fire for their 2010 album, The Suburbs. Being the co-host and all, Damian had the privilege [...]

Tags: 2011 Polaris Music Prize, arcade fire, Damian Abraham, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, News, Polaris Music Prize, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Arcade Fire Win the Polaris Music Prize

September 20th, 2011

Last night, 11 judges made up of music journalists, bloggers, and broadcasters chose Arcade Fire as the winners of the prestigious Polaris Music Prize. On behalf of the band, Win Butler, Richard Reed Parry, and Jeremy Gara accepted the giant cheque of $30,000. Whether you were surprised or not, no one can deny that The [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Arts & Crafts, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Polaris Music Prize 2011, Trust
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Polaris Music Spotlight: Arcade Fire

September 18th, 2011

With only one day left until one of the coolest award ceremonies graces our site with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2011 Short List (stream all the albums here)! Today we shine the spotlight on Arcade Fire! Who: Easily the most famous [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Polaris, Polaris Music Prize
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison

The 2011 Polaris Music Prize shortlist announced

July 6th, 2011

Place your bets. The ten albums vying for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize were announced this afternoon by CBC Radio 3 personality Grant Lawrence and The Wedge‘s own Damian Abraham. Bands returning to the shortlist include Montreal’s Arcade Fire with their Grammy- and Juno-winning album The Suburbs, as well as St. John’s Hey Rosetta! with [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Austra, Braids, Colin Stetson, Damian Abraham, Destroyer, Galaxie, Grant Lawrence, Hey Rosetta!, Polaris Music Prize, Ron Sexsmith, The Weeknd, Timber Timbre
Posted in Blog, News, Polaris Music Prize, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge Playlist for July 6

July 6th, 2011

For the week of July 6, The Wedge featured videos from Arcade Fire, Austra, Braids, Destroyer, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, Timber Timbre, Ron Sexsmith, and Final Fantasy. Arcade Fire The Suburbs Sonovox/F.A.B. Director: Spike Jonze Austra Lose It Paper Bag/Fontana North Director: M Blash Braids Plath Heart Flemish Eye/Outisde Director: Blair Neal Destroyer Kaputt Merge/F.A.B. Director: [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Austra, Braids, Destroyer, Final Fantasy, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, Owen Pallett, Ron Sexsmith, Timber Timbre
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The Wedge News Round Up For June 27

June 27th, 2011

Morrissey says there aren’t any labels out there that want to release his new album… Watch the full version of the Spike Jonze-directed Arcade Fire film, Scenes From The Suburbs… Wild Beasts announce North American tour, play three Canadian dates… Still Corners to release their debut album on Sub Pop in October… Watch a trailer [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Morrissey, Scenes From The Suburbs, spike jonze, Still Corners, The Jesus Lizard, Wild Beasts
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge News Round Up For June 20

June 20th, 2011

Drew Barrymore to direct, Miranda Cosgrove, Chloë Moretz and Donald Glover to star in new Best Coast video… Arcade Fire’s Regine Chassagne writes piece for The Guardian on Haiti… Throbbing Gristle reactivate Industrial label, prepare release of final LP… Cymbals Eat Guitars to release new album on Barsuk in September… Turbonegro reveal their new singer.

Tags: arcade fire, best coast, chloe moretz, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Donald Glover, Drew Barrymore, Miranda Cosgrove, Throbbing Gristle, Turbonegro
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Watch ‘The Wedge Presents Arcade Fire’

June 14th, 2011

The Wedge Presents Arcade Fire is a 30-minute documentary special about the Montreal-based indie rock band as they reach a new plateau of success in their storied career. Based around an interview with the group’s core members Win and Will Butler conducted by Wedge host Damian Abraham in the wake of their award show successes, [...]

Tags: arcade fire, The Wedge, The Wedge Presents Arcade Fire
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Catch an encore airing of ‘The Wedge Presents Arcade Fire’

June 13th, 2011

In case you missed it this weekend, MuchMusic will re-air The Wedge Presents Arcade Fire tonight at 6:00 PM EST, as well as Wednesday at both 4:00 PM and 9:30 PM, leading in to this week’s episode of The Wedge. The Wedge Presents Arcade Fire is a 30-minute documentary special about the Montreal-based indie rock [...]

Tags: arcade fire, The Wedge, The Wedge Presents Arcade Fire
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam