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Top Ten Best Cover Songs of 2011

December 31st, 2011

Another End of Year list? Yes please. We’ve got the Top 10 Covers of 2011 for you! The best of the best of the best. Here we go. 10. The Low Anthem – “Ghost Woman Blues” (George Carter Cover) This is an awesome way to start off the list. This is an absolute gem. The [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Bon Iver, feist, Franz Ferdinand, holiday wrap, James Blake, Karen O, kelly clarkson, LCD Soundsystem, The Black Keys, tokyo police club, trent reznor, wilco
Posted in Blog, Holiday Wrap, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent

David Lynch ft. Karen O “Pinky’s Dream” (MP3)

October 28th, 2011

Filmmaker, artist, and musician David Lynch announced his debut album back in August and gave it the wacky title, Crazy Clown Time. The first single was “Good Day Today” and today we have to second single, “Pinky’s Dream,” which you can hear below. It features Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on vocals, who [...]

Tags: Crazy Clown Time, David Lynch, Good Day Today, Karen O, Pinky's Dream, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Trailer for Karen O’s ‘Stop the Virgens’ psycho-opera (Video)

October 13th, 2011

Last night Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O saw her “psycho-opera” Stop the Virgens make it anticipated premiere as part of The Creators Project’s Monster Arts and Culture Festival in Brooklyn. Described as “an assault on the tragic joys of youth, fever dreams drenched in visual seduction, a cathartic spell spun through a cycle of [...]

Tags: Karen O, Nick Zinner, Stop the Virgens, The Wedge, trailer, Video, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Karen O details “psycho-opera”

August 25th, 2011

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ singer Karen O has spilled the beans about her upcoming “psycho-opera.” Titled Stop the Virgens, the production will run for eight shows at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, beginning on October 12th and ending on the 22nd. The show was co-created by Karen O and design director KK Barrett, produced by The [...]

Tags: Altas Sound, Bradford Cox, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jeff Buckley, Karen O, Stop the Virgens, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Flaming Lips Say Boycott eBay

July 18th, 2011

Wayne Coyne tells fans to boycott the sale of costumes that were used on an on stage performance in 2003. Coyne says that the costumes, which were worn by audience members, are stolen. Conversely, the eBay seller says they were legitimately purchased at an auction. In any case, Coyne is not pleased. Read more at [...]

Tags: flaming lips, Karen O, neon indians
Posted in News, The Wedge | Posted by Emily

The Wedge News Round Up For May 30

May 30th, 2011

Ratatat are trying to ban cell phone photos from their concerts… Friendly Fires have cancelled their Toronto show tonight because of exhaustion… Hear Trent Reznor and Karen O’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s “The Immigrant Song”… Watch the entire Death Cab For Cutie performance on VH-1 Storytellers… And to pay tribute to the late Gil Scott-Heron, [...]

Tags: death cab for cutie, friendly fires, Gil Scott-Heron, Karen O, ratatat, The Wedge, trent reznor
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge News Round Up For May 27

May 27th, 2011

If you can’t make it to Gorge Amphitheater in Washington State this weekend for the Sasquatch Music Festival, you can stream it live over at NPR… Trent Reznor and Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) are collaborating on a song for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo soundtrack… It’s only been ten years, but now we’re [...]

Tags: Bob Mould, Gorilla Vs. Bear, Karen O, NPR, Sasquatch!, Sugar, The Avalanches, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, trent reznor, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

NME Shockwave Awards Burn Some, Award Others

February 25th, 2010

The NME Shockwave awards were presented last night to musicians in some unconventional categories. Kanye West won Villain of the Year, presumably for his various blog tirades and the Taylor Swift debacle. Lady Gaga won Best and Worst Dressed, catering to the range of opinions. Matt Bellamy (on right) from Muse and Karen O from [...]

Tags: Inglorious Basterds, jonas brothers, Kanye West, Karen O, Kasabian, lady gaga, Matt Bellamy, muse, NME Shockwave Awards, paramore, taylor swift, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in News | Posted by Jessica F

Matt’s Weekly Tunes

February 3rd, 2010

Happy Wednesday, internets. It’s time for another one of my infamous segments of Weekly Tunes (!!!11one!!1!)! So yes. My mega sweet list of three songs that’s I’ve been molesting via iTunes over the past week or so. “Come On Get Higher” – Matt Nathanson (Some Mad Hope, 2007) [listen] “Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 1: Overture” – [...]

Tags: correspondents, good tunes, Karen O, matt nathanson, muse, music, power rangers
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent

Miley stripped of Grammy nomination

December 11th, 2009

Miley Cyrus has been stripped of a Grammy nomination. Miley’s hit “The Climb” was shortlisted for best song written for a motion picture, but it turns out the song was not specifically written for Hannah Montana: The Movie. The Grammy Academy says that it goes “to great lengths to review submissions through a meticulous and [...]

Tags: Grammys, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Karen O, miley cyrus, where the wild things are, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Posted in News | Posted by Cam