We feel like Canadian music scenes are having a real cultural flashpoint moment right now with the continued success of the NTBTSTM movie and the upcoming Mile End Kicks film (by former Polaris juror Chandler Levack). These are classic Toronto vs. Montreal culture war entities, though. If we really want to do this romanticizing-Canadian-music-culture soft […]
The 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees list came out recently and features a traditionally great cross-section of some of the biggest acts in the world (Iron Maiden, Sade, Joy Division/New Order, Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, etc). They’re all great in their way, but for the more a flag-waving hall of fame experience […]
To catch you up on some important developments this week: – Sask Music’s Metal Summit is this weekend in Saskatoon. – MusicPEI Week starts on Saturday. – The Women In Music Global Summit happens next week in Toronto. – Osheaga has announced their lineup. – Ottawa Blues Fest has announced their lineup. – Somafest in […]
We usually calibrate the Release Roundup to highlight the newest albums, but we have the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize now and we need to talk about “Generation,” the first single from the late Gord Downie’s forthcoming live collab album with The Sadies. “Generation” is both a Fucked Up cover and might be the single most […]
Who else has got that Olympic fever right now? Like, whoa, that Poseidon can really swim, Ares has the wrestling competition locked and don’t get me started about Apollo’s archery game, and oh… right, go Canada go. Perhaps because they’re pursuing their own gold, or perhaps because it’s a Bandcamp Friday we have a juicy […]
It’s still pretty cold for new music releases around here right now, so it’s a good thing that it’s getting really hot on the ice. Specifically, the Heated Rivalry ice. It has not gone unnoticed by the Polaris staff that the hottest gay hockey romance show in western world television also happens to have music […]
It’s one of our favourite times of the year — Best Album List season. If you’re stuck for new music to listen to we always recommend checking out the 40 albums on the #Polaris2025 Long List, but if that’s not enough for you we suggest mining the double-plus good Album Of The Year aggregator website […]
Happy conflicted capitalism day to those of you scoring Black Friday deals, those of you finding some rare slices for Record Store Day Canada Day, and for those of you smugly sitting it all out. For our part, Polaris is gonna be putting the “give” into Giving Tuesday next week so stay tuned for us […]
I watched David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers the same day I learned that Dan Snaith, the former Polaris winner also known as Caribou, also known as Daphni, had released a new song by Daphni called “Waiting So Long”… featuring CARIBOU. Now I don’t know what to think. Are there two Dan Snaiths? Is one of them […]
Our friends at Massey Hall are currently running a promotion for $30 concert tickets to a bunch of shows right now. The promotion ends November 10 so get in there ASAP. Maybe you’ll score a seat to that hot Chris de Burgh show and end up sitting near one Polaris staffer who’ll be patiently sitting […]
