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The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Feist announces Toronto gig with Jeff Tweedy, Ed Droste, and more

September 12th, 2011

Canada’s acclaimed musician Feist is set to release Metals, the long-awaited follow-up to 2007′s The Reminder. She recently revealed her tour schedule in support of the album, where she will visit a number of Canadian cities, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Quebec City. Now the people of Toronto will get another treat [...]

Tags: feist, nirvana, The National, Trash Talk
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: The Strokes Members Not Contributing To Music

August 29th, 2011

The Strokes bassist, Nikolai Fraiture says that recording their fifth studio album felt like marriage therapy. Despite the band being in a “good place”, Fraiture tells the daily star that some members aren’t exactly pulling their weight saying, “some people are bringing in stuff, some are not. There aren’t so many finished songs but we [...]

Tags: Jon Stewart, jonti, nirvana, the strokes
Posted in News, The Wedge | Posted by Emily

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Wavves compose music for new MTV series

August 25th, 2011

Nathan Williams of Wavves has been signed on to score and compose songs for an upcoming new scripted MTV series. Titled I Just Want My Pants Back, the show is based on David J. Rosen’s novel and will premiere after the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night. A new Wavves song called “I Wanna Meet [...]

Tags: Butch Vig, dave grohl, Dum Dum Girls, Fat Possum, Grand Ole Party, gross magic, I Just Want My Pants Back, Jon Stewart, Krist Novoselic, MTV, Nevermind, nirvana, Wavves
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: The Drums to go electronic?

August 24th, 2011

Although it’s still a few weeks until their second album, Portamento, sees a release, indie pop phenom The Drums are already talking about putting down their guitars for their third album. Speaking with NME, frontman Jonathan Pierce said the recent purchase of a vintage Korg PS-3100 synth has changed their musical perspectives completely. “I feel [...]

Tags: Butch Vig, Liam Gallagher, Nevermind, nirvana, noel gallagher, The Drums
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Krist Novoselic to play Nevermind in Seattle

August 18th, 2011

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Nevermind, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic is joining a group of musicians on stage at the Sky Church as part of the Experience Music Project in Seattle on September 20 to play the album in full. The is in addition to the box set reissue of the album, the London [...]

Tags: arctic monkeys, News, nirvana, The Wedge
Posted in News, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: 1992 Doc of The Smiths Recovered

August 17th, 2011

A previously unreleased documentary of The Smiths from 1992 has surfaced. The doc was presumed lost until it was discovered recently and was initially intended to be a part of the bands Best Of compilation that was given to press. You can watch part of the doc at NME. (Via NME) London’s The Loading Bay [...]

Tags: Bjork, Kiss, michael jackson, News, nirvana, The Smiths, The Wedge
Posted in News, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: The Smiths’ complete box set revealed

July 27th, 2011

Rhino UK has put together a new box set from the seminal ’80s indie band The Smiths. Simply titled The Smiths — Complete, the “super deluxe collectors’ box set” is said to include everything the band has ever done. Overseen by guitarist Johnny Marr and remastered with engineer Frank Arkwright from “the original tape sources,” [...]

Tags: Bruce Peninsula, Facebook, nirvana, The Smiths, Zola Jesus
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: The Strokes’ debut gets a tribute

July 26th, 2011

Following their tributes to Radiohead’s OK Computer, Björk’s Post and R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People, music blog Stereogum has gathered a cast of musicians to cover The Strokes’ Is This It. Celebrating the rock’n’roll reviving album’s tenth anniversary, the tribute includes Real Estate doing “Barely Legal,” Owen Pallett tackling “Hard to Explain,” Austra attempting “Alone, [...]

Tags: Is This It, lykke li, Mint Records, Nevermind, nirvana, Panda Bear, Stereogum, the strokes, Tomboy
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge: Hypothetical Grunge Tribute Albums

July 19th, 2011

The September issue of SPIN magazine will soon hit newsstands and on the cover is Kurt Cobain swimming underwater in a celebration of his band Nirvana’s seminal album, Nevermind. With cover text that reads “What Nevermind Means Now,” the mag has graciously compiled a free 13-track download featuring a variety of bands like Titus Andronicus, [...]

Tags: Badmotorfinger, L7, Nevermind, nirvana, pearl jam, Smell The Magic, soundgarden, SPIN, Ten
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Mercury Prize shortlist announced

July 19th, 2011

The shortlist for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize have been announced. The lucky ten albums vying for the prize are Let England Shake by PJ Harvey, Disc-Overy by Tinie Tempah, The English Riviera by Metronomy, On A Mission by Katy B, Anna Calvi by Anna Calvi, Man Alive by Everything Everything, Good Days at Schloss [...]

Tags: Bjork, m83, Mercury Prize, Nevermind, nirvana, PJ Harvey, SPIN
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam