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The Wedge Playlist for November 2

November 2nd, 2011

For the week of November 2, The Wedge featured videos from Frank Ocean, Lykke Li, Washed Out, Real Estate, Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, Ty Segall, Ryan Adams, Stars, Huddle, and Aphex Twin. Frank Ocean Swim Good Universal Director: Nabil Lykke Li Sadness Is A Blessing Atlantic/Warner Director: Tarik Saleh Washed Out Amor Fati Sub Pop/Outside [...]

Tags: Aphex Twin, arctic monkeys, Frank Ocean, Huddle, lykke li, Real Estate, ryan adams, Stars, The Kooks, Ty Segall, Washed Out
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

Liz’s Tuesday Tunes: Stars, Frank Ocean, Lights and more!

July 19th, 2011

These songs are tickling my fancy today. Hope you enjoy! Lights feat. Shad K & Holy F*ck – Everybody Breaks a Glass The always wonderful and talented LIGHTS is coming out with a brand new album and while there are little details about the release, I have heard rumors that this album is a true [...]

Tags: Active Child, Frank Ocean, holy f**k, lights, shad, Stars
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison |

Memphis to meet up with The Wedge tomorrow

March 8th, 2011

Tomorrow night on The Wedge we’ll be meeting up with the guys in Memphis. If you’re not aware of the duo, they’re comprised of Chris Dumont and Torquil Campbell, who most people know as the frontman for Montreal’s Stars. The band will be performing songs from their brand new album, Here Comes A City (out [...]

Tags: Damian Abraham, first spin, Here Comes A City, memphis, Stars, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, MuchMusic Guests, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

The Wedge Playlist for March 2

March 2nd, 2011

For the week of March 2, The Wedge featured videos from Beady Eye, The Kills, Here We Go Magic, Stars, Sam Prekop, Noah and the Whale, Toro Y Moi, Beach House, and Yo La Tengo. Beady Eye The Roller Maplemusic Director: Charlie Lightening The Kills Satellite Domino/Outside Director: Sophie Muller Here We Go Magic Casual [...]

Tags: Beach House, Beady Eye, here we go magic, Noah and the Whale, Sam Prekop, Stars, The Kills, Toro Y Moi, Yo La Tengo
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

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. |

Osheaga 2010 photos!

August 2nd, 2010

Woah! Osheaga! There are roughly a bajillion things worth mentioning about the crazy awesomeness that was the past two days of the Montreal festival! Many a review and recap of many a good time are on the way, but first we’ll start things off with some photos! Enjoy!

Tags: arcade fire, Japandroids, metric, Osheaga, robyn, Stars, the gasli, 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. |

Stars tell us which band is being slept on!

July 23rd, 2010

We have a new(ish) segment on MUCH called Slept On where we ask bands to tell us which artists they think are “slept on” (not famous enough for how talented they are), so we asked indie rock lovelies Stars for their pick when they stopped by MUCH recently. Stars members Torq and Amy chose Scottish [...]

Tags: Stars, the trash can sinatras
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Maddy |

Stars release fifth studio album – a review

June 22nd, 2010

Toronto-native indie rockers, Stars, are known for their absolutely soul-wrenching lyrics and elaborately gorgeous harmonies and vocals. In 2007, Stars released an LP titled In Our Bedroom After the War and to follow it up, their fifth long player, The Five Ghosts, will be released today (June 22) via Soft Revolution Records. In light of [...]

Tags: Stars
Posted in Music & Videos, Reviews | Posted by Matty - Correspondent |