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The Shins and Dan Mangan rocked Montreal

August 8th, 2012

We were so happy to catch our Canadian boy Dan Mangan and American indie legends The Shins at Osheaga. Have you read our review of the full fest yet? You can do so by checking out our Osheaga page here! Also, we have some exclusive snaps of the party, especially from Dan and The Shins [...]

Tags: dan mangan, Osheaga, Osheaga 2012, The Shins
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos | Posted by Aimee

The Wedge Playlist for April 8th

April 9th, 2012

For the week of April 8th, The Wedge played music from the following artists: Lana Del Rey, Kasabian, Miike Snow, Niki & The Dove, Tanlines, Swim Deep, Rich Aucoin, Black Box Revelation, Dan Mangan, and Sugar. LANA DEL REY BLUE JEANS (4:13) UNIVERSAL DIRECTOR: YOANN LEMOINE KASABIAN DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN (4:04) SONY DIRECTORS: ARNAUD BOUTIN, [...]

Tags: black box revelation, dan mangan, Kasabian, Lana Del Rey, Miike Snow, Niki & The Dove, playlist, Rich Aucoin, Sugar, Swim Deep, Tanlines, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Big Day For Album Releases, Including Wilco, Dum Dum Girls, and Twin Sister

September 27th, 2011

Today marks a big day for album releases, unless you’ve already illegally downloaded all of them. Nirvana released the Nevermind 20th Anniversary edition, which Pitchfork awarded the rare rating of 10. Chicago rock veterans Wilco released their ninth album, The Whole Love and L.A. girl group Dum Dum Girls dropped their sophomore album, Only In [...]

Tags: dan mangan, Dum Dum Girls, Marion, nirvana, Ohbijou, radiohead, smashing pumpkins, Twin Sister, wilco, Youth Lagoon
Posted in Blog, News, 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

Dan Mangan Wants To See You This Thursday!

October 26th, 2010

Singer. Songwriter. Indie/folk/rock music. Take your pick on reasons to like Dan Mangan, and then enjoy those reasons in two days on Thursday, October 28th…. …cause he’s playing Trinity St. Paul’s in Toronto! And Much has a pair of tickets for you and the one wonderfully magnificent and amazing person in all the world you [...]

Tags: dan mangan, Free Tickets, giveaways
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concerts & Events, Contests, Music & Videos, The NewMusic | Posted by Michael

Check out pics from the 2010 Polaris Awards and bid on Polaris artwork!

September 21st, 2010

Last night’s Polaris Music Awards were a huge success! All ten shortlisted nominees performed tracks off their Polaris nominated albums. Montreal rockers Karkwa took home the nights honours and $20,000 in prize money. Check out pics from last nights show below! If you missed the live stream you can watch the awards show on demand [...]

Tags: broken social scene, caribou, dan mangan, karkwa, Owen Pallett, Polaris Music Prize, radio radio, shad, tegan and sara, The Besnard Lakes, The Sadies
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, News, pics | Posted by Allison

Polaris Music Prize Spotlight: Dan Mangan

September 14th, 2010

With only six days until one of the coolest award ceremony’s graces our channel with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2010 Short List! Today we shine the spotlight on Dan Mangan!

Tags: dan mangan, Polaris Music Prize
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, The NewMusic | Posted by Allison

Touring “Peculiar Travel Suggestions”

August 18th, 2010

Dan Mangan will be touring peculiar travel suggestions starting October 25th this year. The singer, whose Nice, Nice, Very Nice album scored a nomination for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, has titled his official tour as “Peculiar Travel Suggestions” as he plans on hitting up “the most beautiful and awe inspiring music venues this country [...]

Tags: dan mangan, Harbourcoats, Polaris Awards, polaris prize, The Burning Hell
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, News, The NewMusic | Posted by Michael

Polaris Prize shortlist announced!

July 6th, 2010

The Polaris Prize short list was just announced and without dilly-dallying here are the ten nominees for the $20,000 prize! – Tegan And Sara – Sainthood – Shad – TSOL – The Sadies – Darker Circles – Radio Radio – Belmundo Regal – Owen Pallet – Heartland – Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice [...]

Tags: Besnard Lakes, broken social scene, caribou, dan mangan, karkwa, owen pallet, Polaris Music Prize, polaris prize, radio radio, shad, tegan and sara
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concerts & Events, News | Posted by Maddy

The party has arrived at the Games!

February 9th, 2010

The Vancouver 2010 games are about more than just sports, you know. Sure, having a major international event in Canada is an honor, but I regret to admit that what excites me the most is the entertainment. Two weeks of cool Canadian artists performing at FREE venues all across the city! Uh, does it get [...]

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Posted in Blog | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent