Polaris People For The Week Of Feb. 3 « “ Tegan And Sara, Caribou, Feist, Great Lake Swimmers And More

Polaris Music Prize alumni are everywhere.

Here’s what some of them have been up to this week:

Tegan And Sara, they of the 2010 Short List nomination for « Sainthood, » are hard at work on a new album. They’ve already finished 41 songs for it. That, and they’ve been watching inspiring football movies.

2007 Polaris winner and 2009 Short Lister Patrick Watson will release his/their new album « Adventures In Your Own Back Yard » in April 2012 through Secret City and Domino Records. Will team Watson become the first-ever three-time Short List nominee?

Two-time Polaris nominee K’naan has had a busy week. U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney used the rapper’s song « Wavin’ Flag » to punctuate a Florida primary victory party, which he didn’t like. And in less controversial news, K’naan’s new EP « More Beautiful Than Silence » is streaming.

Feist, she of the 2007 Short List nod for « The Reminder, » has released a new video for the song « The Bad In Each Other. » View it here.

2009 shorties Great Lake Swimmers have debuted a new video, « Easy Come, Easy Go, » from their upcoming album « New Wild Everything. » See it here.

What do Caribou’s Dan Snaith and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke have in common? A stage. In Switzerland. For their upcoming show together.

Last we heard from Sarah Harmer she was part of a delegation going to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala with Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Jody Williams and Rigoberta Menchu. Apparently Mayan women rule.

Two-time Polaris nominee Joel Plaskett continues to churn out a song a week for his forthcoming « Scrappy Happiness » album. For updates on that, go here.