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Beck “Looking For A Sign” (Stream)

March 21st, 2012

We haven’t had a new album in four years from Beck (2008′s Modern Guilt), but between his Record Club, producing other artists and the odd soundtrack work (Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Twilight: Eclipse). He’s trickled out another new track for a film, a harmonica-heavy slow-burner for the new Jason Segel/Ed Helms comedy Jeff Who [...]

Tags: Beck, Looking For A Sign, Stream, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Stream, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Feist “How Come You Never Go There” (Beck Remix) (MP3)

December 15th, 2011

Two years ago, Beck created Record Club, a project where he’s joined by his musician friends to cover an entire album in one day. One of those friends was Feist, where they covered a track off of Skip Spence’s 1969 album, Oar. Today we find another Beck/Feist collaboration, as he’s remixed her song “How Come [...]

Tags: Beck, feist, How Come Your Never Go There, Metals, Record Club
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: PJ Harvey wins the Barclaycard Mercury Prize

September 7th, 2011

Last night PJ Harvey won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for her album, Let England Shake. The prize honours artists based on musical merit as opposed to record sales. This is the second win for Harvey as she won 10 years ago for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, which also happened to be [...]

Tags: Beck, Criminal Records, Eric Levin, foo fighters, Jenny Lewis, Neil Young, PJ Harvey, PJ Harvey Barclaycard Mercury Prize, The Arcade Fire
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Review: Thurston Moore’s Demolished Thoughts

May 26th, 2011

Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Matador A Need to know: One of the most accomplished and recognizable figures in underground music, Thurston Moore really needs no introduction. As the co-singer/songwriter/guitarist for Sonic Youth, he has spent the last 30 years at the forefront of the no wave, experimental, alternative and independent music movements. Known for his [...]

Tags: Beck, Demolished Thoughts, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge News Round Up For May 24

May 24th, 2011

The Rapture didn’t come after all, but this weekend we learned that the band The Rapture are coming back on September 6th. If you want to hear Ted Leo performing Minor Threat, Titus Andronicus performing The Replacements and tUnE-yArDs performing Sonic Youth, among others, check out NPR’s stream of the Our Concert Could Be Your [...]

Tags: Beck, Our Concert Could Be Your Life, Stephen Malkmus, Ted Leo, the Dismemberment Plan, The Horrors, the rapture, The Wedge, Titus Andronicus, tUnE-YaRdS
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Scott Pilgrim VS. the World: An epic of epic epicness!

August 13th, 2010

Attention: All nerds! Comic book chicks! Video gamers! Lovers of all things awesome! Synchronize your watches for this Friday the 13th! For that is the day that Scott Pilgrim VS. The World will hit theaters and begin to take over the world. And you must see it. Nerds have never been so cool. Must I [...]

Tags: Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza, Beck, Black Lips, broken social scene, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuss, Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, metric, Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shawn Of The Dead
Posted in Blog, Movies | Posted by Kate M.

Stream The New Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack

August 10th, 2010

If you are at all like any of the staff working hard in our office, you are freakin’ excited about the upcoming movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Well lucky you, because the soundtrack to the movie is out today and available to stream online. The soundtrack features songs written and performed by Beck as [...]

Tags: Beck, broken social scene, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Crash and the Boys, Plumtree, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Sex Bob-Omb
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Jessica F

MIA Not a Bieber Fan: Much Worthy Matrix May 12

May 12th, 2010

Check out this new feature on the MuchMusic blog, it’s the Much Worthy Matrix. Every day we will rate the stories you will see on MuchMusic that day from A-List to D-List and Cringe Worthy to Brag Worthy. Let us know if you agree or disagree with where we place the stories on the matrix [...]

Tags: bat for lashes, Beck, Brandon Flowers, Eclipse, justin bieber, lil wayne, m.i.a., twilight, Vampire Weekend
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F

Eclipse soundtrack revealed!

May 12th, 2010

After an excruciating roll out that saw MySpace unveil all of the artists on the Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack one by one, the tracklisting is final. What we knew already was that Muse had the lead single called “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever),” but if you’re impressed with that, well, check out the rest [...]

Tags: Band of Horses, bat for lashes, Beck, Eclipse, florence + the machine, metric, muse, The Dead Weather, Vampire Weekend
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Cam

Beck’s website is filled with musical coolness!

July 8th, 2009

Beck’s website has been filled with random neat things lately! It seems like every time I visit it there’s a new surprise waiting for me! First there was the Record Club, were Beck and his friends covered songs without rehearsing them, releasing a new video/song every week. Here is the most recent one, Femme Fatal. [...]

Tags: Beck, Tom Waits
Posted in Blog | Posted by Kate M.