LISTEN – Dreaming With Caribou September 29, 2026 | Location To Be Revealed | Ticket Info | 7:00 PM | Limited Capacity In celebration of the 2026 Polaris Festival, presented by SiriusXM Canada, Polaris presents Dreaming With: Caribou’s Andorra, an immersive hi-fi listening experience that invites audiences to encounter a Polaris-winning album in complete darkness. […]
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 […]
CBC presents the 2025 Polaris Music Prize has revealed the 20 nominee Long List for its first-ever SOCAN Polaris Song Prize. Polaris, celebrating its 20th anniversary, and SOCAN, celebrating its 100th anniversary, announced the new Song Prize with the winning song taking home $10,000 split between the song’s Canadian performers and the song’s credited Canadian […]
The 2020 Polaris Music Prize Celebration, presented by CBC Music, takes place Monday, October 19. This special cinematic event will stream live across numerous CBC Music properties and CBC Gem and will feature the live reveal of the 15th-ever Polaris Prize winner. Here are all the things you need to know about 2020 Polaris Music […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, today announced the Canadian filmmakers who have been selected to create short films for the cinematic event honouring the 10 albums nominated for the 2020 Polaris Short List. These short films will stream as part of the reimagined 2020 Polaris Music Prize Celebration, a special, cinematic tribute […]
The Polaris Podcast traveled to Hamilton, Ontario for this live taping event at Jillard Guitars featuring jurors Jamie Tennant (CFMU), J.C. Villamere (villamere.com) and Biljana Njegovan (Cut From Steel) talking records with host Steve Jordan. A wide range of Polaris and Hamilton-related topics were covered by the panel. Tennant used the opportunity to discuss his […]
Caribou, Drake, The Weeknd and the Native North America compilation all earned nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards which were announced earlier today. Past Polaris champ Caribou’s Our Love was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic album. Drake was nominated for Best Rap Performance (“Back To Back”), Best Rap Song (“Energy”) and Best Rap Album for […]
The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Short List was revealed this morning at The Carlu in Toronto. Here’s the list: Alvvays – Alvvays BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul Braids – Deep In The Iris Caribou – Our Love Jennifer Castle – Pink City Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Tobias Jesso […]
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 […]
