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MP3: Zeus “Are You Gonna Waste My Time?”

October 6th, 2011

Toronto’s classic rock revivalists Zeus are back with a single off their upcoming sophomore album, which is planning to be released in early 2012 via Arts & Crafts. In Zeus fashion, “Are You Gonna Waste My Time?” is full of stellar guitar riffs and solos and as Arts & Crafts puts it, the song “conjure[s] [...]

Tags: Arts & Crafts, The Sam Roberts Band, Zeus
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: The Weeknd Plan To Drop First Official Music Video Soon

September 23rd, 2011

The Weeknd’s Abel Tesfaye is finally starting to slowly come out of his mysterious shadow. Exclaim reports that Tesfaye will be releasing his first official music video for “The Knowing,” a track from his first mixtape, House Of Balloons. The short film will be directed by Mikael Columbu who promised on his Facebook page that [...]

Tags: Arts & Crafts, dan mangan, MGMT, pearl jam, Pink Floyd, The Shins, The Weeknd
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

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 |

Matt’s Weekly Tunes

March 18th, 2010

Hi kids. Below are my top tunes from the past week. This one’s Canadian-inspired and for the most part, Arts & Crafts inspired. Go on. Listen to these. Munch on them. Take them home. You’re guaranteed to love them. “Low Sail” – Amy Millan(Master of the Burial, 2009) Listen Here “Heart of Chambers” – Beach [...]

Tags: Amy Millan, Arts & Crafts, Beach House, jason collett, Stars, Zeus
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent |

This Blog Is Broken

February 25th, 2010

One of Canada’s finest bands is soon to release a new album; we dissect the discography and break down the timeline of events in the life of Broken Social Scene.

Tags: Amy Millan, Arts & Crafts, broken social scene, bss, canadian music, correspondents, emily haines, expose, feist, good tunes, jason collett, kevin drew, leslie feist, music, this book is broken
Posted in Featured, Music & Videos, The NewMusic | Posted by Matty - Correspondent |

New Music Alert: Timber Timbre

July 20th, 2009

Timber Timbre. I had heard of them many a time but I had never really taken to time to stop, pause, and listen. After hearing through word of mouth of their greatness, and after their 2009 Polaris Music Prize long list nomination, I made a mental note to look them up. It was then that [...]

Tags: Arts & Crafts, Final Fantasy, Polaris Music Prize, Timber Timbre
Posted in Blog, Concert Reviews, Music & Videos | Posted by Kate M. |