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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Arctic Monkeys taking a break from recording

August 26th, 2011

Seeing as they’ve released four albums and an EP in the last five years, Arctic Monkeys deserve some time off from making music. Frontman Alex Turner says they’re taking a much needed break from writing and recording, mainly because of touring commitments and how difficult it is to create an album on the road. “I [...]

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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Krist Novoselic to play Nevermind in Seattle

August 18th, 2011

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Nevermind, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic is joining a group of musicians on stage at the Sky Church as part of the Experience Music Project in Seattle on September 20 to play the album in full. The is in addition to the box set reissue of the album, the London [...]

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The Wedge Playlist for July 13

July 13th, 2011

For the week of July 13, The Wedge featured videos from Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Motopony, Kurt Vile, Theophilus London, Chilly Gonzales, Hidden Cameras, Warpaint, Cold Cave, and Dead Kennedys. Arctic Monkeys The Hellcat Spangled Shalala Domino/Outside Director: Focus Creeps The Strokes Taken For A Fool Sony Director: Laurent Briet Motopony King Of Diamonds Tinyogre/Sony [...]

Tags: arctic monkeys, Chilly Gonzales, Cold Cave, Dead Kennedys, Hidden Cameras, Kurt Vile, Motopony, the strokes, Theophilus London, Warpaint
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The Wedge News Round Up For July 1 to 4

July 4th, 2011

Bon Iver named co-curator for Pitchfork Music Festival Paris… Arctic Monkeys to stream this Wednesday’s concert in London live… Public Image Limited are back in the studio working on new material… The tracklist for Justice’s new album has been revealed… According to witnesses, Kills’ singer Alison Mosshart was not the “best” man after all at [...]

Tags: Alison Mosshart, arctic monkeys, Bon Iver, Jamie Hince, Justice, pitchfork, Public Image Limited, The Kills
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The Wedge News Round Up For June 17

June 17th, 2011

Indie rock supergroup Wild Flag announce details for their debut album on Merge… Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor unveils his new solo project, CANT… Arctic Monkeys have doubts about their future… Vancouver’s Shimmering Stars sign to Hardly Art, ready debut album… Classic live footage from the Hacienda club of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Orange [...]

Tags: arctic monkeys, CANT, grizzly bear, Hacienda, Shimmering Stars, Wild Flag
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The Wedge News Round Up For June 1

June 1st, 2011

Arctic Monkeys’ new album cover censored by American supermarkets… Watch Erykah Badu join My Morning Jacket on stage… Apparently, Chad VanGaalen is never happy with any of his records… More details emerge on Björk’s new iPad album, Biophilia… And since it’s the first day of June, why not reflect on May with a monthly edition [...]

Tags: arctic monkeys, Bjork, Chad VanGaalen, Erykah Badu, Gorilla Vs. Bear, My Morning Jacket
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Listen to Arctic Monkeys new song here

April 12th, 2011

The Arctic Monkeys have released their first single, Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I Moved Your Chair, off their highly anticipated fourth album. On June 7 the four blokes from Sheffield will be releasing Suck It And See and if the first single is any indication of what the rest of the album will sound like, [...]

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Arctic Monkeys announce the release of their fourth album

March 10th, 2011

The Arctic Monkeys have released more information on their upcoming fourth studio album to be released this June. The delightfully titled Suck It and See will be released on June 6 and was produced by James Ford in LA. This will mark the first release from the English group since 2009′s Humbug, which was produced [...]

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Arctic Monkeys announce North American tour, release new track

March 7th, 2011

Former hype magnet Arctic Monkeys have announced they’ll be returning to North America for a quick tour prior to the release of their currently untitled fourth album. The dozen gigs scheduled throughout May and June include two Canadian dates: Toronto’s Kool Haus on May 21st and Montreal’s L’Olympia on May 22nd. The Sheffield boys surprised [...]

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Mehek’s Music Tuesday: The Temper Trap

March 16th, 2010

I have a tendency to re-watch movies and television shows just so I can jot down some lyrics to Google them later…you know, to find THAT song. Yeah, you do it too. Don’t lie! Anyway, the movie 500 Days of Summer had a subtle moment with these guys playing in the background. It was kind [...]

Tags: 500 Days of Summer, adele, arctic monkeys, Conditions, Cut Copy, Florence and the Machine, Jim Abbiss, Kid Cudi, lady gaga, radiohead, The Temper Trap, U2, Wolfmother
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Mehek - Correspondent