2013 Polaris Prize Here’s this year’s short list: 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List A Tribe Called Red – Nation II Nation Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! Metric – Synthetica METZ – METZ Purity Ring – Shrines Tegan and…
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2013 Polaris Music Prize Long List
2013 Polaris Music Prize The 40 album Polaris Music Prize Long List was announced today at the Phi Centre in Old Montreal. The Short List will be announced on July 16 at The Drake Hotel in Toronto. The Polaris Gala will be held on September 23 at The Carlu in Toronto. Congrats to all the…
Feist Wins The 2012 Polaris Music Prize
Feist wins the 2012 Polaris Prize Congrats to Leslie Feist, aka Feist, who won the 2012 Polaris Music Prize for her (decidely uncommercial) album, Metals. View this year’s Short List of nominees over here, view the Long List over here. PS I see they gave her a post-dated cheque.
Polaris Long List Announced (Dan Mangan, Rich Aucoin, Great Lake Swimmers, Drizzy and Many Others!)
2012 Polaris Music Prize Big ups to bumpershine favorites Dan Mangan, Rich Aucoin, and Great Lake Swimmers who are just a few of the fine artists on the 2012 Polaris Music Prize long list. For those of you not in the know, The Polaris Prize is a $30,000 cash prize awarded annually to the Best…
2011 Polaris Prize Short List Announced Today
Hey Rosetta! at Pianos (03/04/09) Photo: Jon Klemm (more) …and then there were ten. 2011 Polaris Prize Short List Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Austra – Feel It Break Braids – Native Speaker Destroyer – Kaputt Galaxie – Tigre et Diesel Hey Rosetta! – Seeds Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer Colin Stetson –…
Polaris Prize Gala Tonight!
2010 Polaris Prize Gala Hey folks, all the handicapping and speculating will finally come to an end tonight (Sep 20) when the 2010 Polaris Prize winner is announced at the Annual Awards Gala at Toronto’s Masonic Temple. Like last year, all ten nominees (Dan Mangan, Tegan and Sara, The Besnard Lakes, Owen Pallet, Radio Radio,…