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Will Damian quit The Wedge to become a professional Tweeter???

January 17th, 2013

Sometimes the smallest acknowledgement can go to someone’s head. Take for instance the almighty Pitchfork calling Damian one of the top 40 tweeters of 2012. Damian was one of the 40, and made a quick decision to give up his day job. So this week’s episode of The Wedge was supposed to be Damian signing [...]

Tags: Azari & III, Damian Abraham, Dan Deacon, Icona Pop, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Interview, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Dan Deacon “True Thrush” (Video)

July 18th, 2012

Based on a game that’s based on the game Telephone, the first video from Dan Deacon’s forthcoming America album (out Auguts 28th via Domino) follows a high concept: Deacon and director/Wham City collaborator Ben O’Brien acted out a detailed 20-second skit as Jerry and Marie, complete with props and costumes. Then, two people who hadn’t [...]

Tags: Dan Deacon, The Wedge, True Thrush, Video
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Cam

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Stream new album by Dum Dum Girls

September 20th, 2011

Garage, indie pop band, Dum Dum Girls are about to release their sophomore album, Only In Dreams on September 27. The album is being released via Sub Pop and it’s currently streaming on the record label’s Soundcloud page. They’ve already released two addicting singles; the fast tempo, head bopper, “Bedroom Eyes,” and the epic ballad, [...]

Tags: Dan Deacon, Dum Dum Girls, EMA
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Flying Lotus gives away 6 new tracks

July 22nd, 2011

Flying Lotus just keeps on giving. He’s already given us two new tracks this week, and now the mind-bending producer has uncovered six more for you to marvel at over the weekend. As Some Kind of Awesome points out, 8 tracks is practically an album. (Via SKOA) If you’ve ever wondered how you can get [...]

Tags: Black Flag, Dan Deacon, Flying Lotus, No Age, No Flag
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge News Round Up for May 11

May 11th, 2011

Watch a really out-there short film by the deranged mind of Dan Deacon http://bit.ly/lUtV3O Celebrate: Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer and The Walkmen are all set to record new albums http://bit.ly/iLpb3E Fleet Foxes charted at #4 in the Billboard Album Charts… ahead of J-Lo! http://bit.ly/m9qVYU DJ Shadow’s new album will be released in September http://bit.ly/kXXGkV XL Recordings [...]

Tags: Dan Deacon, DJ Shadow, Fleet Foxes, grizzly bear, robert pattinson, The Walkmen, XL Recordings, Yeasayer
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

10 Best of The Wedge

December 31st, 2009

Hey everyone! It’s almost 2010! Insert in “Time moves so fast and blah blah blah” speech here. But hey time does move fast! So fast that sometimes you blink and miss out on some preeeeeettttty rad things. What am I blabbering on about? I’m talking ’bout the best Wedge music videos of 2009! They’re kooky, [...]

Tags: arctic monkeys, Best of, Dan Deacon, Fever Ray, friendly fires, Harlem Shakes, holiday wrap, Justice, Lenny Kravits, Matt & Kim, Noah and the Whale, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos | Posted by Kate M.

Dan Deacon @ The Great Hall

November 5th, 2009

Way back in May I had barely even heard of Dan Deacon before. It was that same month that a friend of mine went to a Dan Deacon concert at the DeLeon White Gallery in Toronto. She would not stop raving about how Dan got the whole crowd dancing, a feat I find very impressive. [...]

Tags: Child Bite, Dan Deacon, DD/MM/YYYY, Nuclear Power Pants, Violent Femmes
Posted in Blog, Concert Reviews | Posted by Kate M.