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Listen to San Sebastian’s debut album now and preorder it today!

September 12th, 2011

Hear it now!

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First Spin Album Review: The Kooks, Junk of the Heart

September 7th, 2011

The Kooks Junk of the Heart, Listen Here EMI B Need to know: Formed in 2003 in East Sussex, The Kooks have shown the influence of their home country on all three albums. Taking their sound from the Brit pop genre of the last fifty decades, The Kooks have returned with their third album, the [...]

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Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Review, Reviews, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

Hear the new Fucked Up album, ‘David Comes To Life’

May 30th, 2011

Two years ago, Toronto’s Fucked Up shocked a lot of people when they took home the Polaris Music Prize for their 2008 album The Chemistry of Common Life. But the band’s ten-year evolution from a basement-playing, hardcore band to a nearly-mainstream-accepted visionary punk band has led to this latest statement of theirs: David Comes To [...]

Tags: David Comes to Life, daydream nation, death cab for cutie, first spin, fucked up, The Vaccines
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Listen to Beyonce’s new single 1 x 1

May 27th, 2011

Waiting for Beyonce’s album 4 to hit stores on June 24 seems like miiiiiiles away. But today we have a special treat for your ears in the form of Beyonce’s latest track, 1 + 1 (she seems to be going through a numbers theme, don’t cha think?). The song is a sexy love letter with [...]

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Posted in first spins, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison

Listen to new albums from Tinie Tempah, Moby, Danger Mouse and more!

May 10th, 2011

Ever feel like there’s nothing to listen to? Every song sounds old, nothing is inspiring and you’ve finally resorted to the dreaded music diet (diets are never good, especially ones that involve less music in your life). MuchMusic has the answer to fatten up your ears! Our First Spins section is straight-up overflowing this week [...]

Tags: Ben Harper, Danger Mouse, first spin, Moby, sloan, Tinie Tempah
Posted in Blog, first spins, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Reviews | Posted by Allison

Listen to Avril Lavignes’ new single, Smile

April 26th, 2011

Smile, the second single off of Avril Lavigne’s Goodbye Lullaby, dropped today and is all kinds of awesome-sauce. The love song (possibly written for boyfriend Brody Jenner?) is a little Natasha Bedingfield meets Kelly Clarkson. We likey! Smile is a better representation of the singer’s fourth album than the first single, What The Hell. While [...]

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Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, first spins, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison

Listen to Till The World Ends remix feat. Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha

April 26th, 2011

Gawd. Dang. This remix is so freakin’ good. It seems only fitting that the two artists Spears would chose to remix the second single off Femme Fatale would be Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj. Minaj, as we reported earlier this month, has been slated as the opening act for Spears’ upcoming tour after Enrique Iglesias backed [...]

Tags: Britney Spears, first spin, Ke$ha, nicki minaj, Till The World Ends
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, first spins, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Allison

Listen to the new song by Emily Osment and Josh Ramsay!

April 25th, 2011

What happens with Emily Osment and Josh Ramsay from Marianas Trench team up? Your favourite new song is born! I luuuuurve this track. Here’s a little history on how this collabo came togehter. Last summer Emily Osment was on the Soda Pop Tour along with Danny Fernandes. Josh Ramsay appeared on a track with Danny [...]

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Memphis to meet up with The Wedge tomorrow

March 8th, 2011

Tomorrow night on The Wedge we’ll be meeting up with the guys in Memphis. If you’re not aware of the duo, they’re comprised of Chris Dumont and Torquil Campbell, who most people know as the frontman for Montreal’s Stars. The band will be performing songs from their brand new album, Here Comes A City (out [...]

Tags: Damian Abraham, first spin, Here Comes A City, memphis, Stars, The Wedge
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