Polaris Music Prize

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #38: Donna Hopper July 30 2010

Name: Donna Hopper (Sault Ste. Marie)
PhotoJournalist, Soo Today
Polaris Jury Member since: 2010

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

The Slew 100%
Lee Harvey Osmond A Quiet Evil
You Say Party! We Say Die! XXXX
Miss Emily Brown In Technicolor
Spiral Beach The Only Really Thing Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #37: Francois Marchand July 26 2010

Name: Francois Marchand (Vancouver)
Music/A&E Writer, Vancouver Sun
Polaris Jury Member since: 2006

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

Apollo Ghosts Mount Benson
Black Wizard Black Wizard
Yukon Blonde Yukon Blonde
Radio Radio Belmundo Regal
Karkwa Les chemins de verre Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #36: Erik Leijon July 22 2010

Name: Erik Leijon (Montreal)
Freelance writer (Montreal Mirror, Chartattack.com, etc.)
Polaris Jury Member since: 2009

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

Plants & Animals La La Land
Crystal Castles Crystal Castles
CFCF Continent
Radio Radio Belmundo Regal
Lotus & Troy Dunnit Lotus & Troy Dunnit Present: Troy Dunnit as
the Anti-Cupid Read More

Win (not Arcade Fire Win) and you're in with Sirius. July 21 2010

Once again this year our über-supportive presenting sponsors Sirius Satellite Radio Canada are giving away a trip to the Polaris gala September 20 in Toronto at the legendary Masonic Temple's Concert Hall. The gala is invite only, with the exception of the winner of this contest. Or tuning into Sirius 86 or Radio 3 ... Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #35: Aaron Brophy July 19 2010

Name: Aaron Brophy (Toronto)
Editor, ChartAttack
Polaris Jury Member since: 2006

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

The Besnard Lakes The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
K-DOT-O-DOT The Life And Times Of Lucha Lonely
Young Galaxy Invisible Republic
Gord Downie The Grand Bounce
The Schomberg Fair Gospel Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #34: Amanda Farrell-Low July 15 2010

Name: Amanda Farrell-Low (Victoria)
Arts Editor, Monday Magazine
Polaris Jury Member since: 2009

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

Caribou Swim
Postdata Postdata
Amelia Curran Hunter Hunter
Brasstronaut Mt. Chimaera
Young Galaxy Invisible Republic Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #33: Alan Ranta July 12 2010

Name: Alan Ranta ( Vancouver)
Staff Writer, Tiny Mix Tapes
Polaris Jury Member since: 2010

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

The Slew 100%
Black Mold Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz
Holy Fuck Latin
Picastro Become Secret
Owen Pallett Heartland Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #32: Adam Bowie July 09 2010

Adam Bowie (Fredericton)
Columnist, The Daily Gleaner
Jury Member Since: 2010

Please share the Top 5 Canadian records you put on your first ballot.

Justin Rutledge The Early Widows
Said The Whale Islands Disappear
Shad TSOL
Bahamas Pink Strat
Amelia Curran Hunter, Hunter Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #31: Alan Cross July 05 2010

Name: Alan Cross (Toronto
Curator, Explore Music
Polaris Jury Member since: 2005

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

Alexisonfire Old Crows Young Cardinals
Gord Downie The Grand Bounce
Postdata Postdata
Zeus Say Us
Hawksley Workman Meat Read More

Better Know Your 2010 Jury #30: Bruce Leperre July 01 2010

Bruce Leperre (Winnipeg)
Music Director, 730 CKDM FM
Polaris Jury Member since: 2005

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your first ballot.

The Wooden Sky If I Don't Come Home, You'll Know I'm Gone
The Wheat Pool Hauntario
Blue Rodeo The Things We Left Behind
The Warped 45s 10 Day Poem for Saskatchewan
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle Let's Just Stay Here Read More

RT @teganandsara: Home Recordings the bonus album from our vinyl box set is streaming at http://bit.ly/9mrMUN.
Jul 30 2010, 4:26pm from TweetDeck

@nicooooole in @torontoist on @TheSadies awesome summer .
Jul 30 2010, 4:25pm from TweetDeck

Cool. RT @CiTRradio: CRTC policy decision gives Community Radio Fund of Canada $775,000 in funding to support community and campus stations.
Jul 30 2010, 4:01pm from TweetDeck