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Top Ten Best Cover Songs of 2011

December 31st, 2011

Another End of Year list? Yes please. We’ve got the Top 10 Covers of 2011 for you! The best of the best of the best. Here we go. 10. The Low Anthem – “Ghost Woman Blues” (George Carter Cover) This is an awesome way to start off the list. This is an absolute gem. The [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Bon Iver, feist, Franz Ferdinand, holiday wrap, James Blake, Karen O, kelly clarkson, LCD Soundsystem, The Black Keys, tokyo police club, trent reznor, wilco
Posted in Blog, Holiday Wrap, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent

MP3: Wilco “Speak Into The Rose”

September 30th, 2011

If you’re a fan of Wilco’s 10-minute epic jam, “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” from their 2004 album, A Ghost Is Born, you’re gonna dig their new song, “Speak Into The Rose.” The almost seven-minute song is taken from the deluxe version of Wilco’s latest album, The Whole Love. This instrumental jam may not reach the height of [...]

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Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Big Day For Album Releases, Including Wilco, Dum Dum Girls, and Twin Sister

September 27th, 2011

Today marks a big day for album releases, unless you’ve already illegally downloaded all of them. Nirvana released the Nevermind 20th Anniversary edition, which Pitchfork awarded the rare rating of 10. Chicago rock veterans Wilco released their ninth album, The Whole Love and L.A. girl group Dum Dum Girls dropped their sophomore album, Only In [...]

Tags: dan mangan, Dum Dum Girls, Marion, nirvana, Ohbijou, radiohead, smashing pumpkins, Twin Sister, wilco, Youth Lagoon
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Watch Wilco’s Live On Letterman hour-long set

September 22nd, 2011

Live On Letterman is a series in association with Late Night with David Letterman that features an hour-long set by a band and it streams online. Coldplay, Beady Eye, and Gorillaz have previously performed and last night Wilco graced the Ed Sullivan Theatre to promote their new album, The Whole Love. They played a handful [...]

Tags: arcade fire, city and colour, dallas green, Jeff Ament, pearl jam, trent reznor, wilco, Win Butler, Zola Jesus
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

The Wedge: Five After Five

August 15th, 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! Stephen Malkmus, Mirror Traffic Mavis Staples and Win Butler, The Weight Pearl Jam, Crown of Thorns SBTRKT, Wildfire Wilco, The Whole Love

Tags: Five After Five, Mavis Staples, SBTRKT, Stephen Malkmus, The Wedge, wilco, Win Butler
Posted in 5 After 5, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy teams up with his sons & Deerhoof

August 5th, 2011

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy collaborates with just about anyone, the latest being his two sons. His latest side-project is called The Raccoonists and it features three Tweedys: Jeff, Sam and Spencer. The band’s first release is a song called “Own It,” which is featured as a B-side on the latest entry in Deerhoof’s collaborative single [...]

Tags: Craig Finn, Dam-Funk, Deerhoof, Jeff Tweedy, Kasabian, LL Cool J, lollapalooza, The Hold Steady, The Raccoonists, wilco
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

M83 Set To Revive the Double Album

August 5th, 2011

The double album. It’s a bold, risky and often stupid artistic statement that very rarely hits the mark (if my math is correct, 23 percent it succeeds). Of course, we’re talking about the studio effort that was so epic it needed to be spread across two halves, not the “greatest hits,” singles or live collections [...]

Tags: Aphex Twin, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Lift to Experience, m83, Meat Beat Manifesto, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, nine inch nails, smashing pumpkins, swans, Unwound, wilco
Posted in Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Wilco (The Sandwich Shop)

March 26th, 2010

You obviously haven’t made it as a band unless you have a sandwich shop inspired by you. Well, so says Wilco. Sky Blue Sky, the name of Wilco’s sixth album has now become a Wilco-themed sandwich shop in Toronto. Amazing, right? Located on Bloor St West, Sky Blue Sky was named by chance by owner [...]

Tags: cool, correspondents, lunch, sandwiches, wilco
Posted in Just For Fun | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent

The party has arrived at the Games!

February 9th, 2010

The Vancouver 2010 games are about more than just sports, you know. Sure, having a major international event in Canada is an honor, but I regret to admit that what excites me the most is the entertainment. Two weeks of cool Canadian artists performing at FREE venues all across the city! Uh, does it get [...]

Tags: alexisonfire, all-american rejects, Barenaked Ladies, bedouin soundclash, Benny Benassi, billy talent, Blue Rodeo, Buck 65, Calvin Harris, Coeur de Pirate, Constantines, Corb Lund, Crystal Castles, Damian Jr Gong Marley, dan mangan, Daniel Wesley, Deadmau, Elliot Brood, Estelle, feist, Hawksley Workman, hedley, Hey Ocean!, Hey Rosetta!, hot hot heat, Ill Scarlet, INXS, Jets Overhead, Johnny Reid, jully black, k'naan, Kesha Chante, LMFAO, Malajube, marianas trench, Matishyahu, Mother Mother, mstrkrft, nelly furtado, OneRepublic, our lady peace, said the whale, Serena Ryder, Stars, Steve Aoki, The Arkells, The Fray, The Sam Roberts Band, the stills, theory of a deadman, usher, wilco, Wintersleep, You Say Party! We Say Die!
Posted in Blog | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent