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The Strokes sweat it out in the studio

July 20th, 2011

Rolling Stone once claimed that The Strokes’ fourth debut album Angles was “worth the wait” and yet fans of the 5 piece rock group may not have to wait quite as long for their next offering. Bass guitarist, Nikolai Fraiture told NME.com that yes, the rumours are true about them being back in the studio [...]

Tags: angles, nme, Reading and Leeds Festival, rolling stone, the strokes, Time, UK
Posted in Headlines & Current Events, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Jordan

The Wedge News Round Up For July 5

July 5th, 2011

P.S. I Love You to release singles and rarities collection… The Drums reveal near break-up, new album title… Dog Day announce brand new album, Deformer… Girls to possibly maybe release new album soon-ish… NME has compiled its list of the 100 Greatest Music Videos of all time… and they got it all wrong.

Tags: Dog Day, Girls, nme, P.S. I Love You, The Drums
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Cam

My Chemical Romance, Foals, Arcade Fire win big at NME Awards

February 24th, 2011

The somewhat influential British music magazine NME held its annual Shockwaves NME Awards ceremony last night, where My Chemical Romance walked away with two of the biggest honours. The New Jersey rockers beat stiff competition from Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Drums and Vampire Weekend to take hom Best International Band, while their single [...]

Tags: arcade fire, dave grohl, Foals, muse, My Chemical Romance, nme, PJ Harvey, Shockwaves NME Awards
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

M.I.A. calls new Bieber video “an assault to my eyes”

May 12th, 2010

A few weeks back M.I.A. called out Lady Gaga for biting her style and sound. Now she’s blasting Justin Bieber for making videos that she deems are more offensive than her recent controversial video. Speaking to the NME, M.I.A. said “If I’m honest, I find the new Justin Bieber video more violent and more of [...]

Tags: justin bieber, m.i.a., nme
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Courtney Love says she’s dead

April 21st, 2010

In the grand tradition of musicians changing their name for no reason (Prince, John Mellencamp, P. Diddy – why?) Courtney Love says that Courtney Love is dead. Deep. From the ashes will arise the artist now known as Courtney Michelle. The Hole front woman, whose real name is Courtney Michelle Harrison, told NME magazine that [...]

Tags: courtney love, Frances Bean Cobain, Hole, John Mellencamp, nme, Nobody's Daughter, P. Diddy, Prince
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, News | Posted by Allison

M.I.A. disses Lady Gaga

April 7th, 2010

M.I.A. has taken numerous jabs at Lady Gaga in a recent interview with NME. In the cover story feature, the British rapper is blunt in her accusations, going as far as saying Gaga “sounds more like me than I f**king do!” While we can agree that Gaga does sound exactly like M.I.A. on Wale’s “Chillin’,” [...]

Tags: lady gaga, m.i.a., nme
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Cam

Lily Allen not retiring

February 25th, 2010

Lily Allen put to rest the rumours that she’s quitting making music on Wednesday night. The pop singer attended the Shockwaves NME Awards in London where she told reporters that she’s not quitting music, just taking a break. Allen told NME that she’s exploring other ventures, including fashion. “I’m setting up a record label and [...]

Tags: lily allen, nme
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concerts & Events | Posted by Maddy