Polaris Music Prize

Will you be watching the Juno Awards?
MARCH 28 2012 • Macleans Magazine
After winning a Polaris Music Prize, to what should Canadian musicians aspire? The answer should be the Juno Awards. Now is CARAS’ chance to capitalize on their success last year, and they seem to be doing so. The list of nominees demonstrates even more awareness of exciting artists who, in previous years, would certainly have been overlooked: Braids, Dan Mangan, Diamond Rings, Fucked Up, Timber Timbre, Destroyer, Drake, Feist, Austra, Duck Sauce, Tim Hecker, Junior Boys and Colin Stetson, to name a few. read more

The Year in Pop
DECEMBER 06 2011 • New York Magazine
Polaris Short LIst artists dominate NY Mag's 2011 top 10 list with Austra at #1, Colin Stetson at #2 and Destroyer at #4. read more

Polaris Short List dominates New York Magazine's top picks for 2011
DECEMBER 06 2011 • Toronto Life
"New York" Magazine lauds Austra’s "Feel It Break" as their No. 1 album of the year as Polaris Short List artists dominate NY Mag's top 10 music list for 2011 with Colin Stetson at #2 and Destroyer #4. read more

Considering Fucked Up’s pretentious, excellent, LP in a Parisian-style music salon
NOVEMBER 10 2011 • The AV Club
Last night at The Drake Hotel, Fucked Up received an appropriately salon-style treatment, as part of an ongoing “for your consideration” series mounted by the Polaris Music Prize. The idea is for a Polaris juror (here, Exclaim, Aux, and A.V. Club contributor Sam Sutherland) to champion an album eligible for next year’s oversized cheque. read more

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