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The Wedge News Round Up For June 27

June 27th, 2011

Morrissey says there aren’t any labels out there that want to release his new album… Watch the full version of the Spike Jonze-directed Arcade Fire film, Scenes From The Suburbs… Wild Beasts announce North American tour, play three Canadian dates… Still Corners to release their debut album on Sub Pop in October… Watch a trailer [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Morrissey, Scenes From The Suburbs, spike jonze, Still Corners, The Jesus Lizard, Wild Beasts
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

Throwback Tuesday: 100%

May 24th, 2011

“Sonic Youth is the band that got me into punk, and introduced me to independent music and alternative music. I remember seeing this video on TV and falling in love with it because it had skateboarding, which I thought was AWESOME. My friend told me it was a skateboard video, and because I can’t skateboard, [...]

Tags: 100 percent sonic youth, Sonic Youth, spike jonze, tamra davis, Throwback Tuesdays
Posted in Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Char |

Arcade Fire to released deluxe edition of The Suburbs

April 18th, 2011

Having won “Album of the Year” honours at both the Grammy and Juno Awards this year, Arcade Fire have decided to capitalize on their “who is Arcade Fire” fame and reissue last year’s The Suburbs. According to BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe (via Pitchfork), the Montrealers will repackage the album to include two brand [...]

Tags: arcade fire, pitchfork, Scenes From The Suburbs, spike jonze, the suburbs, Zane Lowe
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

Watch a doc on the making of The Pharcyde’s classic “Drop”

March 10th, 2011

One of the true classic videos of the 1990s was “Drop” by the seminal west coast Hieroglyphics crew, The Pharcyde. Directed by Spike Jonze, the 1995 clip featured the four members of the group performing their song while walking in the street – in reverse. Now a short documentary on the eye-poppin’ promo has been [...]

Tags: Drop, spike jonze, The Pharcyde
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Cam |

Versus: Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”

November 25th, 2010

Lauren: The new video by Arcade Fire is BOOOORING! I fell asleep watching it. I needed that nap. But I don’t enjoy slow, pointless, story videos that don’t pick up aspects of the music at all and don’t evoke the same feeling or imagery I felt when I listened to the song. I love Arcade [...]

Tags: arcade fire, playlist, spike jonze, suburbs
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Jessica F |

Watch the Spike Jonze-directed video for Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs”

November 19th, 2010

So, legendary video director and Oscar nominated filmmaker Spike Jonze has directed the new Arcade Fire video. What a team! The clip is for the song “The Suburbs” and to give you a sense of what to expect, try some kind of hybrid with the DNA of M.I.A.’s “Born Free” and Smashing Pumpkin’s “1979.” It [...]

Tags: arcade fire, spike jonze, the suburbs
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Cam |

Arcade Fire + Spike Jonze collaborate on short film

April 12th, 2010

A short film is in the works between Spike Jonze and Montreal-based The Arcade Fire. The film is currently casting and will be shot in Austin in the near future. Jones used The Arcade Fire’s music for his 2009 film “Where The Wild Things Are”. Many are speculating that the film will incorporate The Arcade [...]

Tags: arcade fire, correspondents, film, spike jonze
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Mehek - Correspondent |

Much Worthy Matrix April 9

April 9th, 2010

Check out this new feature on the MuchMusic blog, it’s the Much Worthy Matrix. Every day we will rate the stories you will see on MuchMusic that day from A-List to D-List and Cringe Worthy to Brag Worthy. Let us know if you agree or disagree with where we place the stories on the matrix [...]

Tags: adam lambert, arcade fire, Brother Ali, drake, Floria Sigismondi, jesse giddings, jimmy fallon, justin bieber, justin timberlake, P. Diddy, robin antin, spike jonze, the roots, The Situation, Vanessa Hudgens
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F |

Spike Jonze’s Kanye West short flick debuts

October 19th, 2009

The long awaited Kanye West music video/short film by Where The Wild Things Are director Spike Jonze is finally out. We Were Once A Fairy Tale is loosely based on his song “See You In My Nightmares” from 808s and Heartbreak. In the video a drunken Kanye hooks up with a girl in the club [...]

Tags: 808s and Heartbreak, Kanye West, See You In My Nightmares, spike jonze, We Were Once A Fairy Tale
Posted in News | Posted by Cam |

Friday Fun Stuff

October 16th, 2009

It’s Friday! Cut loose (footloose)! Let’s see what’s going on shall we? * Feeling hungry? I packed you a lunch in your Twilight lunch box! Yummy right? * Cupcake cars! * Where The Wild Things are comes out today! I’m so excited! Neat-o fact? Spike Jonze wrote the script listening to Arcade Fire! * This [...]

Tags: Andy Samberg, arcade fire, cupcakes, Justice, Saturday Night Live, spike jonze, twilight, Where The Wild Things
Posted in Blog, Just For Fun | Posted by Kate M. |