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The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Smith Westerns talk Pukkelpop stage collapse

August 22nd, 2011

Smith Westerns were the band set to play when the fatal stage collapse occurred at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium last week, killing five people. The band have now spoken out about the incident to Dutch national TV station VPRO. Frontman Cullen Omori said, “At first a screen fell on our drum set. I thought [...]

Tags: Devo, Jay Layton, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pukkelpop Festival, Smith Westerns, The Black Keys, The Embassy, The Flaming Lips
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The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Portugal. The Man robbed at Lollapalooza

August 8th, 2011

The latest band to have their gear get ripped off is Alaska’s Portugal. The Man in Chicago. This wasn’t just their gear though, it was basically everything but the band members themselves. A long, long list of their gear and serial numbers were posted as well as photos of the “red Ford 15 passenger 350 [...]

Tags: Austra, Dominant Legs, mayhem, Nurses, Portugal. The Man, Tasseomancy, The Flaming Lips
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Watch Damian take over the backstage of Osheaga

August 5th, 2011

On this week’s episode of The Wedge, the crew followed Damian around backstage at the Osheaga Festival of Music and Art before and after his band Fucked Up performed. Among the many, many things that happened, we were able to conveniently bump into artists such as City and Colour’s Dallas Green, Shad and the friendly [...]

Tags: city and colour, dallas green, Damian Abraham, Osheaga, shad, The Flaming Lips, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Wedge
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The Wedge Playlist for August 3

August 3rd, 2011

For the week of August 3, The Wedge featured videos from John Maus, Toro Y Moi, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Braids, Timber Timbre, Telekinesis, Twin Sister, Quicksand, and The Flaming Lips. John Maus Head For The Country Ribbon Music Director: Jennifer Juniper Stratford Toro Y Moi How I Know Carpark Records/ADA Director: [...]

Tags: Braids, John Maus, Quicksand, Telekinesis, The Flaming Lips, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Timber Timbre, Toro Y Moi, Twin Sister
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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Feist reveals album cover, tracklist for ‘Metals’

August 2nd, 2011

Yep, above is a cropped look at the cover for Feist’s upcoming new album, Metals. Following a promotional campaign that allowed her fans to paint in the cover by numbers, she’s now also revealed the tracklisting to go along with the October 4th release date (via Arts & Crafts) and the fall tour, which includes [...]

Tags: beastie boys, feist, Osheaga, The Flaming Lips, Wild Flag
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The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Inside Sufjan Stevens’ dance rehearsal

July 29th, 2011

On August 2nd and 3rd, beloved singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens will end his lengthy tour with two shows at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in support of last year’s The Age of Adz. To commemorate the occasion, Sufjan hired a choreographer to incorporate dance routines into the show. Vulture caught up with him to discuss the performances as [...]

Tags: Holy Ghost!, Morrissey, Sufjan Stevens, The Flaming Lips, weezer
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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Morrissey causes uproar over Norway comments

July 28th, 2011

The always controversial Morrissey has sparked outrage over a comment he made on stage during his concert in Warsaw, Poland Sunday night. Acknowledging the tragic events in Norway this past weekend, Morrissey said, “We all live in a murderous world, as the events in Norway have shown, with 97 dead. Though that is nothing compared [...]

Tags: Hum, Lightning Bolt, Morrissey, The Flaming Lips, Yuck
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The Wedge: Five After Five

July 19th, 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! Dum Dum Girls “Coming Down” Best Coast “Girlfriend (Lindstrøm remix) Damu “Mermaid” M83 “Midnight City” The Flaming Lips “Gummy Fetus songs”

Tags: best coast, Damu, Dum Dum Girls, Lindstrøm, m83, The Flaming Lips
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The Wedge Morning News Round Up For July 12

July 12th, 2011

British Sea Power pen autobiography for new Rough Trade book series Real Estate to release new album, Days, on October 18th The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn working on solo album The Flaming Lips and Weezer to take turns performing on stage together Jason Stollsteimer declares that The Von Bondies are “done”

Tags: British Sea Power, Craig Finn, Jason Stollsteimer, Real Estate, Rough Trade, The Flaming Lips, The Hold Steady, The Von Bondies, weezer
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The Wedge News Round Up For June 13

June 13th, 2011

The Horrors announce North American tour to coincide with new album, Skying… The Decemberists are NOT breaking up, just taking some time off… Watch Thurston Moore perform in the comforts of his NYC apartment for the Take Away Show… Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has picked his 13 favourite albums of all-time… Peter Hook to [...]

Tags: Joy Division, Peter Hook, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips, The Horrors, Thurston Moore, Wayne Coyne
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