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Watch: The Wedge Presents Osheaga

September 9th, 2011

So this past July, The Wedge ventured off to the Osheaga Festival Musique Et Arts in Montreal, Quebec. Since Damian was performing with his band Fucked Up, it was a perfect opportunity to give viewers a documentary-style look behind the scenes of Osheaga at what the average concertgoer doesn’t usually get to see. Over the [...]

Tags: broken social scene, city and colour, Damian Abraham, Death From Above 1979, fucked up, Jamie xx, kevin drew, Osheaga, Sam Roberts, shad, The Flaming Lips, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Wedge
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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Early Daft Punk music to get release

August 3rd, 2011

Long before they donned the robot helmets and built that giant pyramid, French dance duo Daft Punk were just a couple of Frenchmen making the transition from shoegaze to house after a journalist insulted them in a review. Thanks to the Soma, we’ll hear more from those innocent upstarts as the label has announced they’ve [...]

Tags: daft punk, Death From Above 1979, jj, Ne-Yo, Soma, superchunk
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When did you first hear Sloan?

May 9th, 2011

For 20 years now, Sloan have been one of the major contributors to CanRock. Singlehandedly putting East Coast Canada’s music scene on the map in 1991, the former Haligonians have left one of the better bodies of work over their three-decade run. Now, in a new series of videos, the band have assembled an impressive [...]

Tags: broken social scene, Buck 65, Dave Foley, Death From Above 1979, degrassi, Double Cross, Jason Schwartzman, k-os, kevin drew, Kids In the Hall, Sebastien Grainger, sloan, Stefan Brogen, the dears
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Death From Above 1979 confirm first Canadian reunion show

April 1st, 2011

We’ve known for a couple of months now that Death From Above 1979 have launched a full-scale reunion. But it was pretty disappointing to learn that the first handful of shows they’d be playing would not be on Canadian soil, and instead choosing to bring their “power” to Austin, London and Coachella. Finally we have [...]

Tags: Death From Above 1979, Osheaga
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Death From Above 1979′s SXSW gig gets rowdy

March 21st, 2011

The long-awaited reunion by Toronto noise rock duo Death From Above 1979 reached legendary status Saturday when police were brought out to intervene. According to police reports, the “secret” gig attracted a massive crowd, on both sides of an erected fence. Not long into the set, fans started ripping down the fence, which brought out [...]

Tags: Death From Above 1979, South By Southwest
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Death From Above 1979 post rehearsal video

March 14th, 2011

We’re all waiting to hear if there will be more to Death From Above 1979′s reunion other than the five dates they have planned so far, which includes Coachella and two shows at the London HMV Forum in England. Still no Canadian dates yet, but if you’re heading down to Austin, Texas this week for [...]

Tags: Death From Above 1979, Jesse F. Keeler, Sebastien Grainger
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Watch Wedge host Damian get his haircut by DFA79′s Sebastien Grainger

February 17th, 2011

Last night on The Wedge, host Damian Abraham was in desperate need of a haircut. So what better to place to get clipped than Toronto’s coolest barbershop, the Crow’s Nest. But upon arrival, Damian learned that his barber was none other than Sebastien Grainger, the singing drummer from the recently reunited Death From Above 1979! [...]

Tags: Damian Abraham, Death From Above 1979, Sebastien Grainger, The Wedge
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Death From Above 1979 issue statement about reunion

February 4th, 2011

Just a couple weeks ago, it was reported that Toronto powerhouse duo Death From Above 1979 were reuniting out of the blue to play the Coachella Valley Music Festival in April. While that was great news, Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler were both keeping quiet about their band’s resurrection, but thankfully now they have [...]

Tags: Coachella, Death From Above 1979
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Death From Above 1979 are reuniting for Coachella

January 19th, 2011

For music fans, this morning meant the unveiling of the line-up for Coachella 2011. And while it was cool to see that Kanye and Arcade Fire were actually headlining, the name that stuck out most to a lot of people was “Death From Above 1979.” Yeah, the Toronto based noise-pop duo that broke up in [...]

Tags: Coachella, Death From Above 1979
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

New.Music.Live.: Why You Worryin’ Bout Those Breakups?

December 7th, 2010

Hey ya’ll. It’s Jessica from the New.Music.Live. team. Today’s daily band break-up teaser comes from Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn. Albarn told Theage.com that after their current tour, the band is going to have a hard time to “keep going at this size and pace” in the future. Doesn’t it seem like everyday another band makes projections [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Death From Above 1979, Gorillaz, playlist
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Jessica F