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The Vaccines “Tiger Blood” (MP3)

October 19th, 2011

Two weeks ago UK buzz band The Vaccines released a cool video for their new single “Wetsuit,” which used thousands of fan-shot Instagram pics. Well, turns out that song will now be released as a double A-side single along with this brand new one, “Tiger Blood.” Fans of The Strokes, take note: guitarist Albert Hammond [...]

Tags: Albert Hammond Jr, MP3, the strokes, The Vaccines, The Wedge, Tiger Blood
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The Wedge News Round Up: Strokes frontman selling perfume in new ad

September 1st, 2011

Well, it’s pretty obvious that The Strokes aren’t exactly what they used to be ten years ago, but now frontman Julian Casablancas has resorted to selling perfume in a new ad for French fragrance company Azzaro. The campaign is for a scent called “Decibel: The Essence of Rock,” which as we all know, Julian already [...]

Tags: ECHO Songwriting Prize, Julian Casablancas, Scratch Acid, the strokes, tokyo police club, TV On The Radio
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The Strokes & Jarvis Cocker “Just What I Needed” (The Cars Cover)

August 29th, 2011

The Strokes bring Jarvis Cocker on stage to do a cover of “Just What I Needed” by The Cars during their set at Reading & Leeds Festival. You can tell there’s a lot of love and appreciation between Julian Casablancas and Jarvis Cocker. We expected the crowd to go a little more wild for “Just [...]

Tags: Jarvis Cocker, live, Pulp, Reading and Leeds Festival, the cars, the strokes
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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: The Strokes Members Not Contributing To Music

August 29th, 2011

The Strokes bassist, Nikolai Fraiture says that recording their fifth studio album felt like marriage therapy. Despite the band being in a “good place”, Fraiture tells the daily star that some members aren’t exactly pulling their weight saying, “some people are bringing in stuff, some are not. There aren’t so many finished songs but we [...]

Tags: Jon Stewart, jonti, nirvana, the strokes
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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: The Strokes’ debut gets a tribute

July 26th, 2011

Following their tributes to Radiohead’s OK Computer, Björk’s Post and R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People, music blog Stereogum has gathered a cast of musicians to cover The Strokes’ Is This It. Celebrating the rock’n’roll reviving album’s tenth anniversary, the tribute includes Real Estate doing “Barely Legal,” Owen Pallett tackling “Hard to Explain,” Austra attempting “Alone, [...]

Tags: Is This It, lykke li, Mint Records, Nevermind, nirvana, Panda Bear, Stereogum, the strokes, Tomboy
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The Strokes sweat it out in the studio

July 20th, 2011

Rolling Stone once claimed that The Strokes’ fourth debut album Angles was “worth the wait” and yet fans of the 5 piece rock group may not have to wait quite as long for their next offering. Bass guitarist, Nikolai Fraiture told NME.com that yes, the rumours are true about them being back in the studio [...]

Tags: angles, nme, Reading and Leeds Festival, rolling stone, the strokes, Time, UK
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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Death In Vegas return after 7 years

July 20th, 2011

The longtime dormant doom-y electronic duo Death In Vegas have announced they’ll release their first album in seven years on September 12th. Trans Love Energies marks the first new album by Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes since 2004′s Satan’s Circus. The album will feature vocals by Fearless as well as a guest turn by Austra [...]

Tags: Austra, Death In Vegas, Kate Bush, neon indian, the strokes
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The Wedge Playlist for July 13

July 13th, 2011

For the week of July 13, The Wedge featured videos from Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Motopony, Kurt Vile, Theophilus London, Chilly Gonzales, Hidden Cameras, Warpaint, Cold Cave, and Dead Kennedys. Arctic Monkeys The Hellcat Spangled Shalala Domino/Outside Director: Focus Creeps The Strokes Taken For A Fool Sony Director: Laurent Briet Motopony King Of Diamonds Tinyogre/Sony [...]

Tags: arctic monkeys, Chilly Gonzales, Cold Cave, Dead Kennedys, Hidden Cameras, Kurt Vile, Motopony, the strokes, Theophilus London, Warpaint
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Video: The Strokes “Taken For A Fool”

July 8th, 2011

For their second official single off Angles, The Strokes try to fool us (get it?) with a discombobulating performance video. Playing a revolving, woods-y stage floating in mid-air, the five members keep multiplying as they jam out the song, most notably a Star-Spangled Julian Casablancas, who just can’t get enough of the camera.

Tags: Taken For A Fool, the strokes
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The Wedge Morning News Round Up For July 8

July 8th, 2011

Mogwai to release brand new EP in September that marks “a creative departure”… First four Ramones albums to be reissued on 180-gram vinyl with bonus blue-vinyl 7-inches… Diplo premiering new music via Turntable.fm… The Strokes release love version of “Taken For A Fool” featuring Elvis Costello… CSS line up North American tour.

Tags: CSS, Diplo, Elvis Costello, Mogwai, Ramones, the strokes, The Wedge
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