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 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 […]
Happy Halloween/Blue Jays Anticipated Victory Day. On this most sacred of days for those of us who wear black and walk the line between good and evil, former Polaris jury foreperson Liisa Ladouceur’s recent column “There is no goth revival – the spooky subculture never died” for The Globe And Mail feels timely. That said, […]
