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The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: The War On Drugs announce North American tour

September 28th, 2011

Road warriors The War On Drugs are getting back to what they do best, embarking on another tour for their recently released and universally praised new album, Slave Ambient. The Philly band have added another leg to their fall tour that sees them go into December to support The National for a NYC show as [...]

Tags: Belle & Sebastian, bloc party, CMJ, Kele Okereke, Stevie Jackson, The Field, The War On Drugs
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Stream Feist’s New Album Metals

September 28th, 2011

After four long years, Feist is back with Metals, her follow-up to the commercially successful album, The Reminder. Metals isn’t out until next week, but its now available to stream in its entirety. Feist also included a handwritten note, as well as a few drawings that you will receive once you begin streaming. Upon first [...]

Tags: bloc party, feist, Kele Okereke, Sigur Rós, The War On Drugs, The Weeknd
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: DJ Mehdi passes away

September 13th, 2011

One of French dance music’s best known producers, DJ Mehdi, has passed away at the age of 34. Part of the Paris-based Ed Banger collective that also includes Justice, Busy P, SebastiAn and Mr. Oizo, Mehdi Favéris-Essadi was best known for his electro/hip-hop sound and work on remixes and soundtracks. Collaborators Chromeo tweeted a message [...]

Tags: bloc party, Bobby Gillespie, DJ Mehdi, Kele Okereke, Peaking Lights, Primal Scream
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Jens Lekman returns with new EP

July 19th, 2011

He was once a prolific genius, but it’s been four years since Swedish heartbreaker Jens Lekman released his classic LP, Night Falls Over Kortedala. On September 20th, the wait will finally be over when he releases a brand new EP called An Argument With Myself. In an interview with the Walla Walla Washington Union Bulletin, [...]

Tags: bloc party, brett anderson, Jens Lekman, Kele Okereke, suede
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke writing a book

January 26th, 2011

Bloc Party fans brace yourself: It’s gonna be a while before you get another record from the band. In an interview with the NME, frontman and recent solo artist Kele Okereke has admitted to beginning his debut as a writer. “I’m moving to Manhattan in the next couple of weeks,” he said. “I’m writing a [...]

Tags: bloc party, Kele Okereke
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Kele Moves Off Of The Bloc

July 12th, 2010

Bloc Party lead singer Kele has moved off of the block with his new solo album, The Boxer. The record has already produced a hit song “Tenderoni” with plenty more expected to sucker punch our ears. He talked with MuchMusic from our rooftop sky yard when he stopped by Toronto. Check out what he had [...]

Tags: bloc party, Kele, Tenderoni, The Boxer
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Jessica F

Mehek’s Music Monday: Cut Copy

January 18th, 2010

Kay, so we’ve totally ranted about how amazing these dudes are before, but I think they need some more love. There’s music that makes you laugh…makes you cry…makes you want to throw expired milk bags at some people… ….then there’s music that makes you want to dance. And you want to dance, right? RIGHT?

Tags: bloc party, Cut Copy, daft punk, Franz Ferdinand
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Mehek - Correspondent

Bombay Bicycle Club – The Next Big Thing

December 17th, 2009

What do you get when you have four British boys, a couple oceanic guitars, whirling drums, a shimmering synth, some lyrical genius, and impeccable musical talent; toss in some boyish young love, raw emotions, and quavering vocals – then stir it all together with UK’s one-and-only Jim Abbiss (the magical producer who brought you The [...]

Tags: bloc party, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bon Iver, broken social scene, Ed Nash, England, good tunes, How We Are, Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, London, lttgoe, m83, next big thing, Suren de Saram, The Arctic Monkey, The Boy I Used to Be, The Maccabees, top secret
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Megan C

Glastonbury 2009 Video Picks

July 3rd, 2009

Last week/weekend one of the biggest, if not the biggest, music festivals took place in the UK. That being Glastonbury. Over the years thousands of bands have played a stage at Glasonbury. Some of the big names that have played include Jay-Z, Kings Of Leon, The Verve, The Killers, The Who, Oasis, Pulp, Coldplay and [...]

Tags: black eyed peas, bloc party, blur, glastonbury, Kings of Leon, lady gaga, the killers
Posted in Concerts & Events | Posted by Alberto

New Bloc Party Video!

July 2nd, 2009

The video is out for Bloc Party’s new single “One More Chance”!As Jessica said before the song is a little bit creepy but I don’t mind at all. The piano bit makes it. Favorite part. It’s my favorite part in the music video too, as we see a jolly fellow playing along on the keys [...]

Tags: bloc party
Posted in Blog | Posted by Kate M.