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- The Wedge Playlist for July 6
- For the week of July 6, The Wedge featured videos from Arcade Fire, Austra, Braids, Destroyer, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, Timber Timbre, Ron Sexsmith, and Final Fantasy. [videoembed2 clipid=379236] Arcade Fire The Suburbs Sonovox/F.A.B. Director: Spike Jonze [videoembed2 clipid=497793] Austra Lose It Paper Bag/Fontana North Director: M Blash [videoembed2 clipid=415610] Braids Plath Heart Flemish Eye/Outisde Director: [...] (read more)

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Wed, Jul 06, 2011

- The Polaris Music Prize gets a monetary raise
- For your average Canadian recording artist, $20,000 is a nice wad of cash to take home. Every September for the last five years, one lucky recipient has had a massive, oversized cheque written in their name for that sum of money, thanks to the Polaris Music Prize. Recognizing the best homegrown talent, the Prize is [...] (read more)

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Tue, Jun 07, 2011

- Osheaga 2010: What went down and who brought it!
- This past weekend Osheaga took over a beautiful lil island in Montreal and turned it into a beautiful weekend of amazing music! There was snow, dance parties, sing-a-longs, collective boo-ing, a walk off stage, performers in the crowd, and fireworks! Yeah. I’m not kidding. Wanna hear more? Reviews, recaps and more photos of Osheaga 2010 [...] (read more)

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Fri, Aug 06, 2010

- Why YOU should go to Osheaga 2010!
- Hey! What are you doing this weekend? As in July 31st & August 1st? Any big plans? I know! You should check out this year’s 2010 Osheaga music festival in Montreal! Pourquoi (aka why!)? Well let me serve you some delicious tid-bits on fun facts, and reasons to hit up this summer’s not to miss [...] (read more)

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Wed, Jul 28, 2010

- Gaming In 2010
- 2009 saw an incredible amount of games released that blew everyone away with amazing graphics, incredible gameplay & continued stories from previous releases. 2010 is set to up the anti and make us all forget what 2009 brought us in the video gaming world. Let’s start with Xbox 360. Last year Microsoft announced that they [...] (read more)

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Tue, Feb 02, 2010

- Final Fantasy vs. The Rain
- When I say Final Fantasy most would think of the video game. I think of Owen Pallett, the talented Torontonian musician who works magic with his violin and looping machine. He has arranged the strings on various albums including Arcade Fire, Beirut, and more Not too long ago he played at the Hillside festival in [...] (read more)

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Wed, Jul 29, 2009

- New Music Alert: Timber Timbre
- Timber Timbre. I had heard of them many a time but I had never really taken to time to stop, pause, and listen. After hearing through word of mouth of their greatness, and after their 2009 Polaris Music Prize long list nomination, I made a mental note to look them up. It was then that [...] (read more)

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Mon, Jul 20, 2009
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