Features
Thursday, May 31 2007
Architecture and Morality: The Wedding Present Revisited
Pop scholars frequently undervalue The Wedding Present. If the Smiths were the undeniable figurehead for the UK's thriving independent pop scene of the 1980s, then Gedge's little-band-that-could certainly inherited that mantle.
Reviews
Friday, April 30 2010
The Wedding Present: 14 April 2010 - Toronto
I was nearly as eager to find out what hearing a beloved album, Bizarro, in its entirety would be like, as I was just to see the band again.
Thursday, October 23 2008
The Wedding Present
I was worried that the band would either rely too much on their (admittedly) superb new album El Rey or else just do a sort of old-times revue, but they managed to strike a nearly perfect balance between the old and the new.
Thursday, June 5 2008
The Wedding Present: El Rey
It's been a rough decade or so for Wedding Present fans, but they've finally come up with a fitting successor to Seamonsters.
Tuesday, May 6 2008
The Wedding Present: Shepherd's Bush Presents The Wedding Present
Post-Smiths, pre-Britpop band the Wedding Present dust off “oldies” for this impressive, satisfying guitar-saturated record, a record you’d be a complete fool to not enjoy from start to finish, top to bottom.
Tuesday, May 16 2006
The Wedding Present: Search For Paradise
Let's face it, no-one does love, break-ups and hurt like David Gedge.
Blogs
Friday, April 16 2010
The Wedding Present + Girl in a Coma: 10.April.2010 - New York
Although Girl in a Coma's look lacks congruence with its name, musically it's far from inappropriate. Thus they were the perfect compliment to headliners The Wedding Present, Saturday at the Bowery Ballroom.
Monday, April 12 2010
The Wedding Present: 9.April.2010 - Washington D.C.
Twenty five years on, The Wedding Present are still one of the best live indie-pop acts around.
Wednesday, August 19 2009
What Made the Wedding Present Great (1985-1991)
The genius of the early Wedding Present was the tense interplay between David Gedge's heartfelt yet quotidian lyrics of love and loss and Pete Solowka's mad, banjo-like strumming.
Thursday, March 13 2008
PHOTOS: SXSW Day 1: The Wedding Present @ Emo's Annex
Photos and Text: Mehan Jayasuriya Despite their legendary status in certain circles, Leeds, England's the Wedding Present appear to have only played once during SXSW…
