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The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Pukkelpop Festival Turns Deadly

August 18th, 2011

Three concert goers have died after two stages collapsed at Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium. A severe storm caused trees to fall over, destroying both of the stages. This is the third stage to collapse this summer at a major festival due to weather. In July the Ottawa Bluesfest stage collapsed after a severe storm. This [...]

Tags: News, Pukklepop, radiohead, The Wedge
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The Wedge: Five After Five

August 12th, 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! Feist, How Come You Never Go There How Come You Never Go There by Feist Radiohead, Remix 12-Inch No. 4 B-Lines, Love Will Keep Us Together Love Will Keep [...]

Tags: 5 After 5, B-Lines, Deadmau5, feist, Marina and the Diamonds, radiohead
Posted in 5 After 5, Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

The Wedge News Round Up: Noel Gallagher wishes he wrote The Cave

August 12th, 2011

Noel Gallagher has said that he wishes he had written Mumford and Sons breakout song The Cave. “I haven’t heard anything that sounds as good as that. I don’t mind them. A lot of f**king people hate them in England. I think it’s the waistcoat and facial hair. I don’t mind them. I think that [...]

Tags: Jani Lane, Mumford and Sons, News, noel gallagher, radiohead, The Wedge, Warrant
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Fire consumes record label warehouse

August 9th, 2011

Thanks to the London riots, a major fire engulfed a Sony DADC warehouse in Enfield. The three-storey, 20,000 square-metre distribution centre holds stock for the Pias Group, which handles more than 150 record labels. Among the labels affected by the fire include Beggars (4AD, XL, Matador), Domino, Warp, FatCat, Mute, Rough Trade and Soul Jazz, [...]

Tags: Justice, Pias Group, Portugal. The Man, radiohead, Surfer Blood
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Empire of the Sun announce tour

July 26th, 2011

After an unsuccessful attempt to finish a tour of North America last year, Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore are giving it another go this fall. The Aussie duo have scheduled an eight-stop tour that includes a show in Toronto at the new Echo Beach on September 13th. Expect lots of colours, costume changes and maybe [...]

Tags: ATP, Empire of the Sun, Hot Snakes, Phil Selway, radiohead, Still Corners, The Drums
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Radiohead’s ‘Live From The Basement’ to hit TV

July 20th, 2011

A few months ago, Radiohead performed their latest album The King of Limbs in its entirety for Live From The Basement. The BBC series helmed by Radiohead’s longtime producer Nigel Godrich will now air the special this Saturday, July 23rd on MTV2 (check your local listings). In other band related news, the remixes for the [...]

Tags: From The Basement, Future Islands, Loney Dear, Nigel Godrich, radiohead, The Doughboys
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge News Round Up For June 6

June 6th, 2011

Japandroids have announced a big North American tour for the fall with Bass Drum of Death… M83 planning a double album featuring Zola Jesus… Dinosaur Jr is reissuing their classic album Bug on cassette… Die Antwoord collaborator/DJ Leon Botha has died at the age of 26… Radiohead have launched a remix series for their new [...]

Tags: die antwoord, dinosaur jr., Japandroids, Leon Botha, m83, radiohead, Zola Jesus
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Radiohead already back in the studio recording

March 31st, 2011

Just a few weeks ago Radiohead released their eighth album, The King of Limbs, and this past Tuesday issued it on CD and LP. You’d think they’d be planning a tour or just kicking back and relaxing, but nope. They’re back at it again. In an interview with Q Magazine, guitarist Jonny Greenwood admitted that [...]

Tags: Jonny Greenwood, Q Magazine, radiohead
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Radiohead to release limited 12” on Record Store Day

March 28th, 2011

It is a great week for Radiohead fans. The band has been working hard lately on their publication, The Universal Sigh, as well as the physical release of their new album, The King of Limbs, both of which come out tomorrow (March 29th). Now, Radiohead has just announced that they will be releasing a 12” [...]

Tags: radiohead, record store day
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent

Read Radiohead’s newspaper, The Universal Sigh

March 28th, 2011

Radiohead’s newspaper has hit newsstands across the world… and virtually online. The band literally took to the streets to promote their newest creation, The Universal Sigh. This morning in London, England, frontman Thom Yorke even manned a pop-up newsstand (see above), personally handing out copies to a swarm of people. You can see video of [...]

Tags: radiohead, The King of Limbs, The Universal Sigh, thom yorke
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam