The Polaris Music Prize is heading north. Waaaay north. The 40 album Long List for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize will be revealed on Wednesday, June 15 at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon. Presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media in conjunction with Yukon Film & Sound Commission, the event […]
Savvy record buyers who are looking to purchase albums that were nominated for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize Short List should know they have an opportunity to score a free bonus 10″ vinyl if they buy them from the following stores: Compact Music in Ottawa Fred’s Records in St. John’s Listen Records in Edmonton Milk Crate […]
The third installment of AUX TV‘s Polaris Cover Sessions has officially been unveiled with 2013 Short-Listed act Whitehorse covering the New Pornographers’ “Bones Of An Idol.” The song from the Pornos’ 2006 Short-Listed album Twin Cinema was recorded by Great Lake Swimmers at Toronto’s Revolution Recording Studios. A version of the song will be made […]
Sarah Harmer, Whitehorse and Great Lake Swimmers are the first three artists announced to participate in Polaris Music Prize’s new project, Polaris Cover Sessions. The idea for the Cover Sessions is to send past Polaris Short List nominees into Revolution Recording Studios (the best room Rush’s Neil Peart has ever recorded in), and get […]
