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The Wedge Playlist for July 6

July 6th, 2011

For the week of July 6, The Wedge featured videos from Arcade Fire, Austra, Braids, Destroyer, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, Timber Timbre, Ron Sexsmith, and Final Fantasy. Arcade Fire The Suburbs Sonovox/F.A.B. Director: Spike Jonze Austra Lose It Paper Bag/Fontana North Director: M Blash Braids Plath Heart Flemish Eye/Outisde Director: Blair Neal Destroyer Kaputt Merge/F.A.B. Director: [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Austra, Braids, Destroyer, Final Fantasy, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, Owen Pallett, Ron Sexsmith, Timber Timbre
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge Playlist for June 8

June 8th, 2011

For the week of June 8, The Wedge featured videos from Justice, Sebastian, Owen Pallett, James Blake, Titus Andronicus, Tame Impala, Dominique Young Unique, Def Sound, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and Human League. Justice Civilization Because/Warner Director: Edouard Salier Sebastian Embody Because/Warner Director: So Me Owen Pallett The Great Elsewhere Domino Records Directors: Geoffrey Pugen & [...]

Tags: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Def Sound, Dominique Young Unique, Human League, James Blake, Justice, Owen Pallett, Tame Impale, Titus Andronicus
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Check out pics from the 2010 Polaris Awards and bid on Polaris artwork!

September 21st, 2010

Last night’s Polaris Music Awards were a huge success! All ten shortlisted nominees performed tracks off their Polaris nominated albums. Montreal rockers Karkwa took home the nights honours and $20,000 in prize money. Check out pics from last nights show below! If you missed the live stream you can watch the awards show on demand [...]

Tags: broken social scene, caribou, dan mangan, karkwa, Owen Pallett, Polaris Music Prize, radio radio, shad, tegan and sara, The Besnard Lakes, The Sadies
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, News, pics | Posted by Allison

Polaris Music Prize Spotlight: Owen Pallett

September 14th, 2010

With only six days until one of the coolest award ceremony’s graces our channel with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2010 Short List! Today we shine the spotlight on Owen Pallett!

Tags: Owen Pallett, Polaris Music Prize
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, The NewMusic | Posted by Allison

Tunes for the long weekend!

September 3rd, 2010

Hey Much blog readers. It’s been FAR too long. How are you? Good? Good! Getting ready for another year at school? Boo. I know I am. That’s why it’s time for… Matt’s Weekly Tunes! Here’s some songs that will hopefully get your spirits up on account that we’re starting school in less than a week! [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Beach House, Owen Pallett, Polaris Music Prize 2010, Scott Pilgrim
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent

Osheaga 2010: What went down and who brought it!

August 6th, 2010

This past weekend Osheaga took over a beautiful lil island in Montreal and turned it into a beautiful weekend of amazing music! There was snow, dance parties, sing-a-longs, collective boo-ing, a walk off stage, performers in the crowd, and fireworks! Yeah. I’m not kidding. Wanna hear more? Reviews, recaps and more photos of Osheaga 2010 [...]

Tags: Diplo, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, emily haines, Final Fantasy, Japandroids, Lady Ga, Major Lazer, metric, MGMT, Osheaga, Owen Pallett, rivers cuomo, robyn, snoop dogg, Stars, Switch, The Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, the gaslight anthem, weezer
Posted in Blog, Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events | Posted by Kate M.

Why YOU should go to Osheaga 2010!

July 28th, 2010

Hey! What are you doing this weekend? As in July 31st & August 1st? Any big plans? I know! You should check out this year’s 2010 Osheaga music festival in Montreal! Pourquoi (aka why!)? Well let me serve you some delicious tid-bits on fun facts, and reasons to hit up this summer’s not to miss [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Beach House, Deadmau5, Devo, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Final Fantasy, Japandroids, k'naan, metric, Osheaga, Owen Pallett, Pavement, snoop dogg, Sonic Youth, Stars, weezer
Posted in Blog | Posted by Kate M.

2010 Polaris Prize Shortlisters Make 2011 Predictions

July 7th, 2010

An impressive 2010 Polaris Music Prize shortlist was announced Tuesday under the sweltering summer sun in Toronto. Nominees included Owen Pallett for Heartland, Karkwa for Les Chemins De Verre and Shad for TSOL. We figured these elite musicians have their ear to the ground for what we should be listening to this year. So, MuchMusic.com [...]

Tags: karkwa, Owen Pallett, Polaris Music Prize, shad
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Jessica F

Polaris Shortlisters Chat About Their Chances

July 6th, 2010

The Polaris Music Prize shortlist was announced today and it included an impressive selection of diverse Canadian talent. Some of the notable nominees include 2008 Polaris Prize winner Caribou for Swim, Shad for TSOL and Broken Social Scene for Forgiveness Rock Record. The winner will receive a $20,000 cash prize. MuchMusic caught up with nominees [...]

Tags: broken social scene, caribou, karkwa, Owen Pallett, Polaris Music Prize, shad, The Sadies
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Jessica F

Coachella line-up announced

January 19th, 2010

Coachella has announced its full line-up and it looks well, very Coachelly-ish. Headliners for the three nights over the weekend of April 16th to 18th are Jay-Z (Friday), Muse (Saturday) and Gorillaz (Sunday). Among the other big names scheduled to play are LCD Soundsystem (pictured), Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, She [...]

Tags: Coachella, David Guetta, Deerhunter, Gorillaz, Grace Jones, grizzly bear, Hot Chip, jay-z, Julian Casablancas, LCD Soundsystem (pictured), Major Lazer, Matt & Kim, MGMT, muse, Owen Pallett, passion pit, Pavement, phoenix, She & Him, Spoon, The Dead Weather, The Gossip, the xx, them crooked vultures, thom yorke, tokyo police club, Vampire Weekend, Yo La Tengo
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Cam