Yeah Yeah Yeahs Headline Ottawa Bluesfest
We had the opportunity to head to one of Canada’s best kept secrets this weekend. Bluesfest happens in Ottawa once a year and the bands booked are some of the biggest and best touring artists this...
View ArticleBest Album Covers of the Past 10 years?
Gigwise recently posted what they think are “The 50 Best Album Covers of the 2000s”! You can check out all of their top 50 picks, but here are my fave four (with their ranking included)! 18. Santogold:...
View ArticleMiley stripped of Grammy nomination
Miley Cyrus has been stripped of a Grammy nomination. Miley’s hit “The Climb” was shortlisted for best song written for a motion picture, but it turns out the song was not specifically written for...
View ArticleLights Reveals Her Top 5
Lights recently revealed her top 5 favourite albums of 2009 to Chartattack.com and gave reasons for each choice. The singer’s indie-centric list is as follows: 1. YEAH YEAH YEAHS – It’s Blitz 2....
View Article10 Best of The Wedge
Hey everyone! It’s almost 2010! Insert in “Time moves so fast and blah blah blah” speech here. But hey time does move fast! So fast that sometimes you blink and miss out on some preeeeeettttty rad...
View ArticleMatt’s Weekly Tunes
Happy Friday, peeps. I’ve decided that I’m going to start doing a weekly segment on Fridays: Weekly Tunes. It’ll be short… but mega sweet. It’ll pretty much just be three songs that I’ve been...
View ArticleCovers Covered Well: Vol. II
As Kate most beautifully said in a previous blog (see?), there is a fine art to covering music. Covers covered well are great. Covers covered badly are beyond shit: (this!) DAMNIT BRITNEY. Here are...
View ArticleNME Shockwave Awards Burn Some, Award Others
The NME Shockwave awards were presented last night to musicians in some unconventional categories. Kanye West won Villain of the Year, presumably for his various blog tirades and the Taylor Swift...
View ArticleThree Free First Spin CD’s!
At MuchMusic our favourite thing is to give you mad hook ups to the best new music and this week we have the equivalent to a delicious three foot tall cake – for free! We’ve got three killer new...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West, The Killers to headline Lollapalooza Chile
Lollapalooza is one of the world’s most popular music festivals, but up until now it’s always been based in North America. Well, specifically Chicago since it halted operations as a tour. But now...
View ArticleThe Wedge News Round Up For May 27
If you can’t make it to Gorge Amphitheater in Washington State this weekend for the Sasquatch Music Festival, you can stream it live over at NPR… Trent Reznor and Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) are...
View ArticleThe Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Karen O details “psycho-opera”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ singer Karen O has spilled the beans about her upcoming “psycho-opera.” Titled Stop the Virgens, the production will run for eight shows at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, beginning...
View ArticleTrailer for Karen O’s ‘Stop the Virgens’ psycho-opera (Video)
Last night Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O saw her “psycho-opera” Stop the Virgens make it anticipated premiere as part of The Creators Project’s Monster Arts and Culture Festival in Brooklyn....
View ArticleDavid Lynch ft. Karen O “Pinky’s Dream” (MP3)
Filmmaker, artist, and musician David Lynch announced his debut album back in August and gave it the wacky title, Crazy Clown Time. The first single was “Good Day Today” and today we have to second...
View ArticleThe L.A. Complex Music Ep. 1: Give Up
Love the music on The L.A. Complex? Find out how the amazing Music Supervisors behind the show pick the songs for each episode! MuchMusic brings you the exclusive behind-the-scenes scoop on how each...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs “Sacrilege” (Stream)
The details for Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album, Mosquito, have been coming to us in slow motion it seems. After a couple of trailers, we finally have the first single to fawn over. It’s called “Sacrilege”...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs “Sacrilege” (Video)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs finally take the lid off the video for “Sacrilege,” the first single from their forthcoming album, Mosquito, which drops on April 16th. The clip stars model/actress Lily Cole as a...
View ArticleToday’s Top 10: Coachella Picks
One of the coolest music festivals kicks off this weekend! Coachella is jam packed with must-see musicians, and it can all be so overwhelming! But, we got you covered. Here are our 10 picks for...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner opens up about the band’s challenges
As a band grows together in longevity, the pressure to consistently keep the music fresh and exciting increases. In a new interview with Xfm’s John Hillcock, Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner...
View ArticleAdd these new songs to your playlist ASAP
It’s February, the year is still off to a bit of a slow start but fear not, we’ve got a handful of new jams that you absolutely need to listen to now. Check out the following six tracks and let us...
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