Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis There's a lot going on this weekend but the show I'm most excited about this weekend is The Wedding Present who are in town performing their 1989 classic Bizarro in its entirety. They'll do it at Maxwell's... more info

The Vinyl Villain — OK. You should all know the script by now. David Gedge disbanded The Wedding Present for a while back in 1998 and instead fronted a band called Cinerama. The idea being that his songs could move away from the restrictions of rock/pop music and becom... more info

The Vinyl Villain — From June 12 2007HORSIN' AROUNDI'm sure I'm not the first blogger of my age to mention how lucky today's kids are in terms of what they can watch on TV.In my day, it was three terrestrial channels - BBC1, BBC2 and Scottish Television - and quite fran... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: It can't really be twenty one years can it?In order to celebrate the twenty first anniversary of the release of their classic major label debut long-player, The Wedding Present are extremely pleased to announce that they will be playing t... more info

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