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C'est aujourd'hui que plusieurs membres de l'industrie de la musique ainsi que de nombreux journalistes ont assisté au dévoilement de la courte liste du Prix de musique Polaris 2013 dans le lounge du Drake Hotel, à Toronto. LA COURTE LISTE DU PRIX DE MUSIQUE POLARIS 2013 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! […]
The 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List was announced today at the Drake Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. Here is the 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite Metric – Synthetica METZ – METZ Purity Ring – Shrines Colin Stetson – New History […]
Afin de pouvoir atteindre notre plus grand but, même si les 40 albums de la longue liste de cette année auront toujours une place spéciale dans nos coeurs, nous devrons dire aurevoir à 30 de ces albums le 16 juillet au dévoilement de la courte liste du Prix de musique Polaris 2013.Mais ne nous laissons […]
Although the 40 albums that make up this year’s Long List will live on forever in our hearts, in order to fulfill our greater purpose on July 16 we will be saying goodbye to 30 of these records when we unveil the 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List. It will be a bittersweet parting, but […]
That stupid flood that ruined Calgary may have caused the very awesome Sled Island festival to be cancelled, but in true eat-the-hearts-of-our-enemies fashion Albertans are mobilizing in the aftermath. The folks at the CBC are having a block party fundraiser and that’s just one of many events across the country that’s popping up. Even our […]
La tension commence à se faire sentir. C’est parce que les membres du jury Polaris viennent tout juste de soumettre leur deuxième bulletin de vote, basé sur la llongue liste du Polaris qui a été annoncée récemment. Ceci veut dire qu’on est sur le point de connaître la courte liste du Polaris 2013, comportant les […]
Things are about to get twitchy. That’s because Polaris jurors across the country have just submitted their second round of ballots based on the recently announced Polaris Long List. This means we’re close to finding out the the 2013 Polaris Short List, which features the top 10 albums from this vote. The official reveal for […]
Congratulations to RM Hubbert who just won this year’s SAY Award, Scotland’s answer to the Polaris, last night for the album Thirteen Lost & Found. Hubbert’s reaction to winning was comfortingly similar to that of many Polaris winners after their victories. « Thank you so much for all of the very, very kind messages. I’m extremely […]
We revealed the 2013 Polaris Music Prize Long List earlier this week. It’s kind of a big deal. It also means we’ve now entered into the Great Polaris Debateâ„¢ phase of our annual quest to determine the best Canadian album released this year. The lack of a true jazz album on the Long List has […]
La longue liste du Prix de musique Polaris 2013 a été annoncée aujourd'hui au Centre Phi, situé dans le Vieux-Montréal. Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy), ancien gagnant du Prix Polaris 2006, ainsi que Radio Radio, nommés de la courte liste 2009, Little Scream, nommée de la longue liste 2011, et Ruby Attwood de Yamantaka // Sonic […]
