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Los Campesinos! “Hello Sadness” (Video)

November 14th, 2011

Gareth, the lead singer of Los Campesinos!, sings the lyrics to “Hello Sadness” as two masked figures drag him across various terrain, while his bandmates are also being tortured. One is being force fed spaghetti, another is being waxed against his will, and another is vigorously scrubbing floors. This is all going down in the [...]

Tags: Hello Sadness, Los Campesinos!
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Simone |

Los Campesinos! “Hello Sadness” (MP3)

October 11th, 2011

On November 15, Arts & Crafts will release Hello Sadness, the new record from Los Campesinos! Below, you can listen to their title track, which is the follow-up single to “By Your Hand.” The album was recorded and mixed by John Goodmanson who’s also worked with Sleater Kinney and Death Cab For Cutie. According to [...]

Tags: Hello Sadness, Los Campesinos!
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

The Wedge: Five After Five

September 8th, 2011

For “5 After 5″ we bring you the five best tracks released into the world today via the World Wide Web. Click on ‘em and enjoy! Los Campesinos! “By Your Hand” Blouse “Videotapes” The Soft Moon “Total Decay” Dead Gaze “It’s Not Real” Shlohmo “FADER Mix”

Tags: Blouse, Dead Gaze, Los Campesinos!, Shlohmo, The Soft Moon
Posted in 5 After 5, Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Hear Jack White & Insane Clown Posse track

August 31st, 2011

It’s the collaboration no one was waiting for, but now that it’s out everyone is excited to hear: Jack White and Insane Clown Posse. Oh, and Mozart. And Jeff The Brotherhood. Yes, White’s label Third Man Records dropped this doozy on the world this morning. Produced by White, the track is called “Leck Mich Im [...]

Tags: Insane Clown Posse, Jack White, Jeff the Brotherhood, Los Campesinos!, Manic Street Preachers, Mozart
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Gallows release first track with Wade MacNeil

August 30th, 2011

Gallows have revealed the first sampling of what they sound like with new frontman Wade MacNeil. Having announced the former Alexisonfire/Black Lungs guitarist/singer as their new vocalist earlier this month, they’re now offering the brand new track “True Colours” up as a free download. The 37-second-long cut is being called the band’s heaviest to date. [...]

Tags: Gallows, Los Campesinos!, Thee Oh Sees, US Open, Wade MacNeil
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Damon Albarn heading to the congo for new LP

July 21st, 2011

Damon Albarn is currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo to record a new album (no, not Blur or Gorillaz). He’s said to be working with Actress, Dan the Automator and Richard Russell, boss of XL Recordings, as well as others including local musicians. The goal is to hopefully finish the album in seven days. [...]

Tags: Actress, Butthole Surfers, Damon Albarn, Dan the Automator, Los Campesinos!, Richard Russell
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

The Wedge Presents… The Ultimate Rapture Mixtape

May 20th, 2011

Okay, so tomorrow the Rapture apparently descends upon us. And if that is the case (highly skeptical about this one, by the way), well, you might want to make a mixtape to take it all in. Some people might be looking for some life-affirming music, some might want tunes to throw a party to end [...]

Tags: blur, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Los Campesinos!, lykke li, modest mouse, nine inch nails, Pixies, Rapture, Silver Sun, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sonic Youth, The Beta Band, The Cure, The Knife, The Sisters of Mercy, the strokes
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

Arts and Crafts

March 17th, 2010

This will very much just be a post about my undying love for the record label, Arts & Crafts. Arts & Crafts is a Toronto-native, indie record label. It was launched in 2002 by Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew and Jeffrey Remedios, a former Virgin Records executive. The first album that A&C backed was Broken [...]

Tags: Amy Milan, apostle of hustle, Arts and Crafts, Bell Orchestre, broken social scene, Charles Spearin, Constantines, feist, Gentleman Reg, Gonzales, jason collett, Los Campesinos!, phoenix, Sally Seltmann, Stars, Still Life Still, The American Analog Set, the dears, The Hidden Cameras, the most serene republic, the stills, Timbre Timber, Valley of The Giants, Years, Young Galaxy, Zeus
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent |

Matt’s Weekly Tunes

March 2nd, 2010

Hey, hey, hey!!!!!!!!!!!! Ladies and gentlemen. Dudes and dudettes. Girls and boys. READERS OF THE MUCH BLOG! Yeah, all six of you. Ready to ‘gasm over some sick ass tunes? The tunes that I’ve been all over the past week, obviously. Ready? “Lucky Ones” – Broken Social Scene Present: Kevin Drew (Spirit If…, 2007) [listen] [...]

Tags: beastie boys, broken social scene, correspondents, good tunes, kevin drew, listen, Los Campesinos!, memphis, music, Stars, weekly tunes
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent |

New Release Tuesday

January 26th, 2010

Aw yeah! Monday is ovah! We are one day closer to the magical time that is known as ‘Saturday’. All hail the weekend! Until then, we have a sweet, sweet line up of new releases in music and dvd’s to get you through the week. Ch-ch-ch-check it owwt!

Tags: Alia Shawkat, backstreet boys, Beach House, Blue Rodeo, Bruce Willis, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Corinne Bailey Rae, David Bowie, Ellen Page, Four Tet, Good Shoes, Hadouken!, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Jason Castro, jennifer lopez, Jesse Bradford, Lady Antebellum, Little Ashes, Los Campesinos!, Magnetic Fields, Matt Czuchry, michael jackson, new found glory, robert pattinson, Saw VI, Surrogates, this is it, Three 6 Mafia, Tobin Bell, Whip It, White Rabbits
Posted in Movies, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison |