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Florence and the Machine “No Light, No Light” (Dave Sitek Remix) (MP3)

December 20th, 2011

You probably know Dave Sitek as the guitarist and keyboardist for TV On the Radio but as of late, he’s done some great remixes for Lykke Li and MF Doom, to name a few. He also did a remix of Florence and the Machine’s “No Light, No Light,” which you can listen to below. Sitek [...]

Tags: Dave Sitek, Florence and the Machine, lykke li, mf doom, No Light No Light, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

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
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Wedge Playlist for August 24

August 24th, 2011

For the week of August 24, The Wedge featured videos by Skrillex, Ghostpoet, Theophilus London, TV On The Radio, Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, Low, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Ladytron, Samantha Savage Smith, and DJ Shadow. Skrillex First Of The Year (Equinox) Atlantic/Warner Music Director: Tony Truand Ghostpoet Liines Brownswood Recordings Director: [...]

Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, DJ Shadow, Ghostpoet, ladytron, Low, Samantha Savage Smith, Skrillex, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Theophilus London, TV On The Radio, two door cinema club
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge Playlist for August 10

August 10th, 2011

For the week of August 10, The Wedge featured videos from TV On The Radio, My Morning Jacket, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Bombay Bicycle Club, Braids, Girls, The War On Drugs, Dominant Legs, and Gallows. TV On The Radio Caffeinated Consciousness Universal Director: Tim Nackashi My Morning Jacket Holdin’ On To Black Metal ATO/Metal [...]

Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Braids, Dominant Legs, Gallows, Girls, My Morning Jacket, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, The War On Drugs, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Damian: Down but not out

April 27th, 2011

I have been holding off writing this blog until the last possible second because I have yet to hear back from the person we are theoretically doing this week’s show with. I also had a blog all planned about my relationship with said person and the role they played in my teenage and early adult [...]

Tags: Damian Abraham, Gerard Smith, Poly Styrene, TV On The Radio, X-Ray Spex
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Damian remembers TV On the Radio’s Gerard Smith

April 21st, 2011

Last Wednesday, the music community lost a great citizen in Gerard Smith, best known as the bassist and keyboardist in TV On the Radio. The 36-year-old succumbed to a long battle with lung cancer after leaving the band last year to undergo cancer treatment. On this week’s episode of The Wedge, Damian paid his respects [...]

Tags: Damian Abraham, Gerard Smith, The Wedge, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

R.I.P. TV On the Radio’s Gerard Smith

April 20th, 2011

Just last month, TV On the Radio revealed that their bassist and keyboardist Gerard Smith (second from the right) had been diagnosed with lung cancer and would be sitting out on their tour to undergo treatment. Sadly, today the band has announced that early this morning Smith passed away. The band post a message on [...]

Tags: Gerard Smith, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Watch TV On the Radio play a 40-minute set on Letterman

April 15th, 2011

This week TV On the Radio released their highly anticipated new album, Nine Types of Light. If that wasn’t eventful enough, they also accompanied it with a full 59-minute film that acts as a companion, with videos for each of the album’s songs. But they didn’t stop there. After performing on the Late Show with [...]

Tags: Late Show with David Letterman, Nine Types Of Light, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Review: TV on the Radio’s Nine Types of Light

April 12th, 2011

TV On the Radio Nine Types of Light (Interscope) A- Need to know: The Brooklyn based art-rock trio, Tunde Adebimpe (vocals), Dave Sitek (guitars/keyboards/loops/producer) and Kyp Malone (vocals/guitar/bass/loops) formed TV On The Radio in 2001. Their 2006 release Return To Cookie Mountain featured notable contributions from David Bowie, Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Kazu Makino [...]

Tags: Nine Types Of Light, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent

Watch the TV On the Radio film

April 12th, 2011

Today marks the release date of the new TV On the Radio album, Nine Types of Light. In case you haven’t yet decided to buy it and need some convincing, well you can now hear the entire thing… as a film. Yes, having previously announced that they will be releasing a movie companion to their [...]

Tags: Nine Types Of Light, Tunde Adebimpe, TV On The Radio
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam