Braids | MuchMusic.com

The Wedge: Five After Five

September 22nd, 2011

For “5 After 5″ we bring you the five best tracks released into the world today via the World Wide Web. Click on ‘em and enjoy! Dom “Crazy Girl” and “Things Change” Family Band “Again” Baths “Lammicken (Braids Cover)” Smith Westerns “End Of The Night (Peaking Lights Remix)” Mozart Parties “Black Cloud”

Tags: Baths, Braids, Dom, Family Band, Mozart Parties, Peaking Lights, Smith Westerns
Posted in 5 After 5, Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Polaris Music Spolight on Braids!

September 16th, 2011

With only a few days days 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 Braids! Who: The Calgary born [...]

Tags: Braids, Polaris, Polaris Music Spotlight
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison

The Wedge: Five After Five

September 2nd, 2011

For “5 After 5″ we bring you the five best tracks released into the world today via the World Wide Web. Click on ‘em and enjoy! Toro y Moi “All Alone” M83 “Midnight City” (Big Black Delta remix) Braids “Peach Wedding” Neutral Milk Hotel “Engine” (Alternate Version) Little Dragon “Seconds” (Syd the Kid of OFWGKTA [...]

Tags: Big Black Delta, Braids, Little Dragon, m83, Neutral Milk Hotel, OFWGKTA, Syd the Kid, Toro Y Moi
Posted in 5 After 5, Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge Playlist for August 10

August 10th, 2011

For the week of August 10, The Wedge featured videos from TV On The Radio, My Morning Jacket, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Bombay Bicycle Club, Braids, Girls, The War On Drugs, Dominant Legs, and Gallows. TV On The Radio Caffeinated Consciousness Universal Director: Tim Nackashi My Morning Jacket Holdin’ On To Black Metal ATO/Metal [...]

Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Braids, Dominant Legs, Gallows, Girls, My Morning Jacket, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, The War On Drugs, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Video: Braids “Lammicken”

August 4th, 2011

This new video from Calgary/Montreal hypnagogic pop crew Braids and their impressive debut album, Native Speaker, is as simplified as the song’s three-word lyric. It’s also as mesmerizing as the song itself. Director Mark Webber plays with coloured dyes to generate some beautifully psychedelic results that match the pulsating music perfectly. Tune in, zone out [...]

Tags: Braids, Lammicken
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Cam

The Wedge Playlist for August 3

August 3rd, 2011

For the week of August 3, The Wedge featured videos from John Maus, Toro Y Moi, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Braids, Timber Timbre, Telekinesis, Twin Sister, Quicksand, and The Flaming Lips. John Maus Head For The Country Ribbon Music Director: Jennifer Juniper Stratford Toro Y Moi How I Know Carpark Records/ADA Director: [...]

Tags: Braids, John Maus, Quicksand, Telekinesis, The Flaming Lips, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Timber Timbre, Toro Y Moi, Twin Sister
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

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
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge News Round Up For June 16

June 16th, 2011

Guided By Voices’ Bob Pollard talks reunion, doing it for the money and getting back in shape… Twin Shadow to change his hair for every city he plays on upcoming Haircut Tour… A.C. Newman, Braids, The Black Lips, PS I Love You and more react to the post-Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver… Shonen Knife to [...]

Tags: A.C. Newman, Braids, Grouplove, Guided By Voices, PS I Love You, Shonen Knife, The Black Lips, Twin Shadow
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge Playlist for February 2

February 2nd, 2011

For the week of February 2, The Wedge featured videos from Crystal Castles, Destroyer, The Go! Team ft. Bethany Cosentino, Rural Alberta Advantage, Braids, Cat’s Eyes, Das Racist, The White Stripes, and Hüsker Dü. Crystal Castles Baptism Last Gang/Universal Music Director: Ethan Kath & Rob Hawkins Destroyer Kaputt Merge Director: Dawn Garcia The Go! Team [...]

Tags: Bethany Cosentino, Braids, Cat's Eyes, Crystal Castles, Das Racist, Destroyer, Husker Du, rural alberta advantage, the go! team, the white stripes
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone