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Polaris Prize

September 21, 2010 CBC News - Music - Polaris Music Prize Posted by Willian Smith 20 Sep 2010 [...] Join the conversation about the 2010 Polaris Music prize, which will be handed out Monday night. Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 GOOD LUCK BSS @ THE POLARIS AWARDS Posted by Willian Smith We would like to send our most heartfelt best wishes and good luck out to our friends and RVCA Advocates, Broken Social Scene at tonite's 2010 Polaris Music Prize awards ceremony. The band is nominated for their juggernaut of an LP, Forgiveness Rock Record. And even though BSS are up against a murde [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 MuchMusic.com | Shows | 2010 Polaris Music Prize Posted by Willian Smith The 2010 Polaris Music Prize shortlist nominees have been announced and the winner will be announced September 20th! Stay tuned to MuchMusic and [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Shad Takes Another Shot At Polaris Prize - Spinner Posted by Willian Smith 17 Sep 2010 [...] While some rappers fill tracks with boast of prowess in the bedroom and on the microphone, scholarly rapper Shad refuses to dumb it down. Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Radar: Polaris Prize Live Broadcast, This Is Not A Reading Series ... Send by patfairbairn MUSIC | 2010 Polaris Prize Live Broadcast We've been talking about it for months, and now the day has finally come. Tonight the winner of the 2010 Polaris Prize is announced and you can watch the broadcast live in The Drake Hotel Lounge [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Largehearted Boy: Shorties (Lady Gaga, William Gibson, And More) Send by david The Walrus examines how indie the bands nominated for Canada's Polaris Music Prize really are. In the Financial Times, Hari Kunzru reviews Jonathan Franzen's new novel Freedom. The A.V. Club lists albums with celebrities as cover art. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Polaris Prize Shortlist Profiles: Part Two - Shuffle Send by dkates The most news and entertainment portal from a Canadian perspective. Television, major newspapers across Canada, health, sport, entertainment, lifestyle, free email and more. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 DramaSayWhat?: TSOL X Polaris X Drake Send by Brandon Dramatic Today the winner of the Polaris music Prize will be announced on a live stream Here at MuchMusic.com. One of my favorite bands of all time, Broken Social Scene, is nominated for the award, but I've got my money on Shad for his 2010 [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Polaris Prize: Shad ? TSOL | The Broken Speaker Send by jbriggins TSOL has to be one of the smartest albums of the year. Shad is reviving true hip-hop using colourful flows and incredibly clever lyricism. His latest album. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist Revealed | Afterword ... Send by myonlinelifenow The Polaris Prize will be bestowed upon one of ten very good Canadian albums. It's the fifth anniversary of the award, and with that in mind, I thought it might be fun to look back. Each hour you'll hear all of the shortlisted songs for [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Why Radio Radio Should Win The Polaris Prize | Grayowl Point Send by glasspaperweight Why Radio Radio should win the Polaris Prize. Posted on August 23, 2010 by glasspaperweight. by Michael. To be completely honest, the inclusion of Radio Radio among this year's Polaris nominees surprised me. Not that I thought the group [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Quick Before It Melts Blog Archive Les Chemins De Verit? Send by J. Di Gioia Another year of debate, discussion, discourse and disagreement comes to an end tonight, as the fifth annual Polaris Music Prize is handed out at Toronto's Masonic Temple. The Besnard Lakes, Broken Social Scene, Caribou, Karkwa, [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Win Tickets To Gala At The Polaris Music Prize Poster Show ... Send by Francois With the coveted Polaris Music Prize just around the corner, Canteen Art Shop + Gallery is organizing a Polaris Music Prize Poster show. The concept is this: 10 Canadian artists have created 10 posters that represents the Polaris [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 CBC News - Consumer Life - Karkwa Wins Polaris ... Posted by Willian Smith A jury of music journalists and industry professionals has chosen Karkwa for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, which honours the best Canadian album released in the last year. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 2009 Polaris Music Prize - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Posted by Willian Smith The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto at the Masonic Temple and broadcast live online for the first time in its short [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Polaris Music Prize Preview: Ten Nominees, One Winning Album Send by www.spinner.com Filed under: Exclusive , Between the Notes Heading into its fifth year, the Polaris Music Prize has attracted much kvetching about its supposed "indie" bias, but this year's shortlist of ten albums vying for the $20,000 award reveals a remarkably diverse array of records that includes everything from baroque pop ( Owen Pallett ) to narrative hip-hop ( Shad ) to psychedelic country-rock (the [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Karkwa Wins The Polaris Prize! | The Panic Manual Send by Ricky Toronto ? After what appeared to be a marathon worthy of an Oscar broadcast, the Polaris Prize was finally announced and the winner was.. Karkwa, for the album Les chemins de verre, which I think translates to The Green Dog in English. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Polaris Prize: Radio Radio ? Belmundo Regal Send by jbriggins Radio Radio. Holy crow, what a good album. These three dudes drop, what has to be, the most unique album of the year. Originating from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the band lays down some super original beats. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Rock Paper Scissors - Polaris Music Prize - Press Release Posted by Willian Smith The spiritual sister to the UK's Mercury Prize, The Polaris Music Prize gathers a jury of Canada's finest music journalists to weigh in, nominate, and argue about the best albums released each year by Canadian artists, regardless of [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Polaris Music Prize Posted by Willian Smith Here are the big 40, revealed lovingly today at 1:30 via @polarisprize on the Twitter. And at The Drake Sky Yard by Grant Lawrence, with assists to Jill Barber, D-Sisive, Elliott [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Should West Coaster Dan Mangan Win Polaris? Indie TO Send by kristin.kent Check out our chat about being nominated for the Polaris Music Prize. What do you think, will he take the cake? Kristin Kent: Congrats on being nominated, how does it feel? Dan Magan: Oh thank you, it's pretty amazing. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Polaris Music Prize Posted by Willian Smith We specialize in lists. This may be our favourite: a list of all the records stores in the country who are giving away a free iTunes download card with one track personally [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 21, 2010 Polaris Music Prize Spotlight: Karkwa Send by Allison Hear now: Check out Karkwa's Les Chemins De Verre and don't forget to download the amazing Polaris Music Prize Short List sampler from iTunes. Watch the 2010 Polaris Awards live online on Monday September 20 at 8pm ET and on broadcast [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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