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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 […]
It’s pretty common knowledge that vinyl sales are way up everywhere amongst true believers, but there’s apparently another thought-dead music medium that’s apparently on the rise as well, at least in the States — independent local FM radio stations. We’ll see how this trends in Canada but we’d welcome a world without DJbot 3000s and […]
Sometimes we here in Polarisland need to shake things up a bit. So rather than compile all the latest brilliant bits of intersection between the music media and past Polaris nominees like we usually do, this week we did something different — we went gif hunting. That’s right, we plunged headfirst into Tumblr’s darkest depths […]
We don’t live in a bubble here in Polarisland. So we’re pretty excited to congratulate First Aid Kit on winning the third annual Nordic Music Prize for their album, The Lion’s Roar. Likewise, mazel tov to Drake for winning the best rap album Grammy Award and being so excited about it he ripped his outfit […]
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 […]
