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Watch interviews with Polaris nominees Austra, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta! & Ron Sexsmith

September 21st, 2011

We all know that Arcade Fire took home this year’s Polaris Music Prize on Monday night. Damian talked to them afterward, armed with his very own oversized Polaris cheque (from 2009). But there were ten artists nominated, and The Wedge got… four more of them (Timber Timbre, Braids, The Weeknd, Colin Stetson and Destroyer would [...]

Tags: 2011 Polaris Music Prize, Austra, Damian Abraham, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, Ron Sexsmith
Posted in Blog, News, Polaris Music Prize, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Top Five Chris Martin Collaborations

September 16th, 2011

When Chris Martin hits the stage this Wednesday at 9 pm ET as part of Rogers Presents: Live In The Lot With Coldplay, the musician will be accompanied by his fellow band members. But Chris is known to dabble in a variety of genres with other artists, collaborating with some of music’s biggest. Today we’re [...]

Tags: chris martin, coldplay, jay-z, Kanye West, nelly furtado, Rogers Presents: Live in the Lot with Coldplay, Ron Sexsmith, The Streets
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison

Polaris Music Spotlight: Ron Sexsmith

September 14th, 2011

With only a few days days left until one of the coolest award ceremonies graces our site with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2011 Short List (stream all the albums here)! Today we shine the spotlight on Ron Sexsmith! Who: Born in [...]

Tags: Polaris, Polaris Music Prize, Ron Sexsmith
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison

The 2011 Polaris Music Prize shortlist announced

July 6th, 2011

Place your bets. The ten albums vying for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize were announced this afternoon by CBC Radio 3 personality Grant Lawrence and The Wedge‘s own Damian Abraham. Bands returning to the shortlist include Montreal’s Arcade Fire with their Grammy- and Juno-winning album The Suburbs, as well as St. John’s Hey Rosetta! with [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Austra, Braids, Colin Stetson, Damian Abraham, Destroyer, Galaxie, Grant Lawrence, Hey Rosetta!, Polaris Music Prize, Ron Sexsmith, The Weeknd, Timber Timbre
Posted in Blog, News, Polaris Music Prize, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

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