The first of AUX TV‘s Polaris Cover Sessions has officially been unveiled with Sarah Harmer covering Caribou’s “Odessa.” The track from Caribou’s 2010 Polaris Short-Listed album Swim was recorded by Harmer at Toronto’s Revolution Recording Studios. A version of the song will be made available for purchase as a seven-inch single for Record Store Day […]
The performers for the 2014 Polaris Gala being held September 22 at The Carlu in Toronto have been announced. Polaris Short-List nominees Basia Bulat, Mac DeMarco, Jessy Lanza, Owen Pallett, Shad and Tanya Tagaq will all hit the stage during the Gala. Additionally, members of Arcade Fire and YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN will also be […]
Sarah Harmer, Whitehorse and Great Lake Swimmers are the first three artists announced to participate in Polaris Music Prize’s new project, Polaris Cover Sessions. The idea for the Cover Sessions is to send past Polaris Short List nominees into Revolution Recording Studios (the best room Rush’s Neil Peart has ever recorded in), and get […]
The fine folks at Long & McQuade are sending a pair of people to the 2014 Polaris Gala in Toronto on Sept. 22 and all you have to do for a chance to win is go into one of their 63 locations across Canada. It’s pretty simple. Head to a Long & McQuade store like […]
Tickets for the 2014 Polaris Gala being held at the stately Carlu in Toronto on September 22 went on sale today via Ticketfly. Go HERE to purchase tickets. The Gala, which will be hosted by actor and comedian Jay Baruchel, will feature a number of performances and appearances from the 10 acts who made the […]
The 10 albums on the 2014 Polaris Music Prize Short List were revealed at The Carlu‘s Round Room in Toronto earlier today. Here is the list: Arcade Fire — Reflektor Basia Bulat — Tall Tall Shadow Mac DeMarco — Salad Days Drake — Nothing Was The Same Jessy Lanza — Pull My Hair Back Owen […]
Montreal actor, producer and writer Jay Baruchel will host the 2014 Polaris Gala being held September 22 at The Carlu in Toronto. Baruchel, who once played the role of obsessed Led Zeppelin fan Vic Munoz in Almost Famous, also helped unveil the 10 albums on the 2014 Short List earlier today in Toronto. The actor […]
If Banff, Alberta feels a bit like the music lover’s ground zero on Canada Day, there’ll be three really good reasons: Shad, Holy Fuck and A Tribe Called Red. The trio will anchor an epic July 1 concert presented by the Banff Centre and Polaris Music Prize being held at the Shaw Amphitheatre. All three […]
The 2014 Polaris Music Prize Long List now has one more album. There was a miscalculation due to a new web-based voting system wherein an error was discovered and corrected yesterday, and as a result we are adding one more title to the Long List: Greg MacPherson – Fireball As a result of this correction, […]
The 2014 Polaris Music Prize Long List has been announced. The 40 Long List albums were unveiled earlier today at the National Music Centre in Calgary in association with the Sled Island Music Festival. The 2014 Polaris Music Prize Long List: Arcade Fire – Reflektor AroarA – In The Pines Austra – Olympia Philippe B […]
