How about those Grammys? That’ll be the glittering thing happening on the television box on Sunday night. It must be tough over in their universe. After all, they’ve got about 700 categories (actually 81) they’ve got to sift through, like “Best Surround Sound Album” and “Best Historical Album” (c’mon Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music: 34 Historic […]
So, Beyonce recently had to prove to everyone she knows how to sing. It was an effective but melodramatic way for her to let everyone know she’s not the lip-syncing phony who pantomimed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration. How is it, though, that when these things happen, “television” never gets any share […]
How about that Coachella lineup? I think they missed a band. Maybe two. Like the Scorpions or something. But that’s it. Everyone else is playing. It’s unlikely this Polaris rep will be attending. We’ve already got tickets for Couchella. It’s being headlined this year by Netflix and a Grand Theft Auto IV marathon jam session. […]
Has everybody seen this? It’s a declaration that notoriously spendthrift Toronto mayor Rob Ford signed on “to increase funding to the broad spectrum of arts in Toronto.” Key to this agreement was “support for Toronto's music cluster.” Congratulations city of Toronto, now all we can think about is chocolate and peanuts. Let us refocus then […]
We kissed off 2012 with one last massive collection of Polaris juror Top Ten lists and now it’s time to start looking forward. Two weeks into 2013 and our regular Polaris Picks segment is rolling (check out our latest lauding Dusted), and more importantly our favourite people, the Polaris People, are back at it doing […]
To celebrate the fact the Mayans were wrong and that we’ve made it to 2013 we decided to dedicate this week’s Polaris People column to the various top ten albums of 2012 lists some of our jurors have made. If you’ve ever wanted to look into the minds of Polaris jurors for the purposes of […]
Alright, we’ve got about a week left of hardcore consumerism before January arrives and that awkward realization that, man, I spent waaay too much hits your pocketbook. Before you reach that phase, however, let us remind you about the Official Polaris Music Prize Gift Guide, featuring books authored by our jurors, rare and exotic poster […]
We often spend our time here in Polarisland focusing on what the shining jewels of our world — the artists — are up to. What’s occasionally lost in this whole process is that the foot soldiers who make Polaris happen — the writers, editors, DJs, programmers and hosts — are pretty awesome people, too. If […]
It’s around this time that we here in Polarisland are mighty glad that our award cycle for 2012 finished in September (with Feist winning for Metals). Because of this most of our jurors have already sorted out their mind grapes when it comes to which Canadian albums they’re going to put on their year-end Top […]
Now that we’ve successfully conquered New York City the sky’s the limit from here. Think of it as some Mary Tyler Moore/Jeffersons montage of Polaris staffers ushering our beloved Prize towards the big-time. Except because we’re Canadian and it’s starting to get cold we’ll all be wearing toques. To call attention to a weak transition, […]
