Pitchfork - Tours — 04-01 San Diego, CA - Casbah 04-02 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour 04-05 Austin, TX - Emo's 04-07 Atlanta, GA - Earl * 04-09 Washington, D.C. - Black Cat * 04-10 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's * 04-11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroo 04-12 Cambridge, MA - Middle... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Flop single #7 in a series of 11 released between 1998 and 2003.I really dont know which of the many thousands of line that David Gedge has written in hius quite amazing career is my particular favourite. A lot depends on the sort of mood I'm in when... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Welcome to the second in the new series which features guest postings from a small team of correspondents. Today's words of wisdom come from The Sense Collective, a long-time acquaintance who unbeknown to me was leaving behind comments based on a na... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The Wedding Present @ Bowery Ballroom in 2008 (more by Tim Griffin) The Wedding Present will be playing their 1989 album Bizarro in full on an upcoming North American tour in celebration of the record's 21st anniversary,... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Between 1998 and 2004, David Gedge took a break from The Wedding Present and instead released music under the name of Cinerama.In essence, it was a duo of the great man (on his releases he was know by his full name of David Lewis Gedge) and his then-... more info

NME - Radar — I immediately warmed to Sharks because our passport's bare the same place of birth. A small town in between Warwick and Coventry called Royal Leamington Spa. It's been famous for few things in music. My most residing memory of its link with planet po... more info

The Vinyl Villain — For a whole bunch of complicated and related reasons, I sort of lost touch with music from late 1986 through to early 1990. Thankfully, I've been able to plug the gaps in my musical knowledge thanks in the main to my dear friend Jacques The Kipper w... more info

Guardian Music — Julian Casablancas's alternative festive anthem might be great, but its ironic coolness can never compete with the supreme naffness of Cliff, Shakey and SladeLet's be clear: Christmas is, in no way, "cool". It's the one time of year when you're emoti... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Back in 1991, The Wedding Present released the LP Seamonsters, reckoned by many fans to be their finest ever piece of work. Certainly, it has been the highest charting LP of their entire career, reaching #13 in the UK album charts.It was an album th... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Lazy posting today. Here's a straight lift from wikipedia:-Originally formed in 1998 while on a break from The Wedding Present, Cinerama started as a duo of Gedge and his then-girlfriend Sally Murrell.The initial releases were a break from previous ... more info