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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 Polaris Music Prize gets a monetary raise

June 7th, 2011

For your average Canadian recording artist, $20,000 is a nice wad of cash to take home. Every September for the last five years, one lucky recipient has had a massive, oversized cheque written in their name for that sum of money, thanks to the Polaris Music Prize. Recognizing the best homegrown talent, the Prize is [...]

Tags: caribou, Final Fantasy, fucked up, karkwa, Patrick Watson, Polaris Music Prize
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Osheaga 2010: What went down and who brought it!

August 6th, 2010

This past weekend Osheaga took over a beautiful lil island in Montreal and turned it into a beautiful weekend of amazing music! There was snow, dance parties, sing-a-longs, collective boo-ing, a walk off stage, performers in the crowd, and fireworks! Yeah. I’m not kidding. Wanna hear more? Reviews, recaps and more photos of Osheaga 2010 [...]

Tags: Diplo, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, emily haines, Final Fantasy, Japandroids, Lady Ga, Major Lazer, metric, MGMT, Osheaga, Owen Pallett, rivers cuomo, robyn, snoop dogg, Stars, Switch, The Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, the gaslight anthem, weezer
Posted in Blog, Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events | Posted by Kate M.

Why YOU should go to Osheaga 2010!

July 28th, 2010

Hey! What are you doing this weekend? As in July 31st & August 1st? Any big plans? I know! You should check out this year’s 2010 Osheaga music festival in Montreal! Pourquoi (aka why!)? Well let me serve you some delicious tid-bits on fun facts, and reasons to hit up this summer’s not to miss [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Beach House, Deadmau5, Devo, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Final Fantasy, Japandroids, k'naan, metric, Osheaga, Owen Pallett, Pavement, snoop dogg, Sonic Youth, Stars, weezer
Posted in Blog | Posted by Kate M.

Gaming In 2010

February 2nd, 2010

2009 saw an incredible amount of games released that blew everyone away with amazing graphics, incredible gameplay & continued stories from previous releases. 2010 is set to up the anti and make us all forget what 2009 brought us in the video gaming world. Let’s start with Xbox 360. Last year Microsoft announced that they [...]

Tags: alan wake, bioshock, dantes inferno, fable 3, Final Fantasy, god of war 3, gow3, halo, mass effect, ps3, splinter cell, xbox 360, zelda
Posted in Gamers | Posted by Alberto

Final Fantasy vs. The Rain

July 29th, 2009

When I say Final Fantasy most would think of the video game. I think of Owen Pallett, the talented Torontonian musician who works magic with his violin and looping machine. He has arranged the strings on various albums including Arcade Fire, Beirut, and more Not too long ago he played at the Hillside festival in [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Beirut, Final Fantasy, Owen Pallett
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos | Posted by Kate M.

New Music Alert: Timber Timbre

July 20th, 2009

Timber Timbre. I had heard of them many a time but I had never really taken to time to stop, pause, and listen. After hearing through word of mouth of their greatness, and after their 2009 Polaris Music Prize long list nomination, I made a mental note to look them up. It was then that [...]

Tags: Arts & Crafts, Final Fantasy, Polaris Music Prize, Timber Timbre
Posted in Blog, Concert Reviews, Music & Videos | Posted by Kate M.