How about those Juno Awards last week in Regina (the city that rhymes with angina)? If it felt like there was a wee bit more synergy between them and us than in the past it would probably be because bona fide Polaris People like Leonard Cohen, The Weeknd, Metric, Grimes, Drake, Rose Cousins, Elliott Brood […]
Sorry about getting profane off the top, but check. this. shit. out. Know what would be great? To hold the 2013 Polaris Gala in a place like that. What’s that you say? BOOM! And what about those folks from AUX? Could anyone besides our true spirit brothers and sisters be responsible for music journalism like […]
TORONTO, ON – The Polaris Music Prize is very excited to introduce our new bestie, AUX. The fully multi-media-ized television station, web channel, magazine publisher and author of such world-conquering apps as Nickelblock and Chris Brownout will be the new 2013 Polaris broadcast partner and will produce an online live stream of the Polaris Gala […]
You’re probably saying to yourself, “Man, I’d love to watch a clip of a sweet 350 HP VCMC Turbo Scion FR-S right now” and, what do ya know, we just happen to have one. Now that your need for delicious speed has been sated, let us move forward to other things. Namely, checking in with […]
Hey, have you seen the latest Scion FR-S? You know, its four-cylinder boxer engine generates an impressive 200 horsepower. And, it’s quite a sexy beast. On an unrelated note, Scion has officially been announced as the new presenting sponsor for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. They’re legit. Check out their Scion Sessions musical roster. In […]
Steve Jordan, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, today announced the key dates and new presenting sponsor of the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.
 
Continuing a tradition of holding the Long List announcement across the country that started last year in Vancouver, the Long List of 40 titles will be revealed Thursday, June […]
Spring is officially here and the Polaris gnomes are starting to get all the pieces together for the big run up to selecting the 2013 Polaris Music Prize winner. That means the jurors are being fed a constant IV drip of new albums to listen to, the vote-counters are dusting off their gold-plated abaci and […]
Have you been checking out our regular Polaris Picks? That’s where our jurors throw down and declare for albums they think deserve to win the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. Hollerado, Suuns and Daniel Romano have all been championed in recent weeks. There’s a group of people who’ve already proven their worth in Polarisland — the […]
Death March, wazzzzuuupp. Anyone losing their mind yet? Y’know, what with South by Southwest, the East Coast Music Awards, Canadian Music Week (Juno Awards don’t count because they’re in April this year)… but yeah, man it’s getting busy. There is one saving grace to the sore feet, aching back and inevitable touch of flu that […]
On Wednesday, March 6 Stompin’ Tom Connors, perhaps the single-most definingly Canadian musician to ever step up to a microphone, passed away due to natural causes at age 77. The tributes have come quick and wonderfully, with Tom getting called Canada’s Woodie Guthrie, the ultimate patriot, an unlikely punk rock icon, and one of the […]
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