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It’s around this time that we here in Polarisland are mighty glad that our award cycle for 2012 finished in September (with Feist winning for Metals). Because of this most of our jurors have already sorted out their mind grapes when it comes to which Canadian albums they’re going to put on their year-end Top […]
Maintenant que nous avons conquis New York City, tout est possible, même s’il commence à faire froid par chez nous! De leur côté, nos super gens du Polaris sont encore bien chauds. Voici ce que quelques-uns d’entre eux ont fait cette semaine: Vous vous rappelez de la Journée Julie Doiron? Vous savez, ce party qui […]
Now that we’ve successfully conquered New York City the sky’s the limit from here. Think of it as some Mary Tyler Moore/Jeffersons montage of Polaris staffers ushering our beloved Prize towards the big-time. Except because we’re Canadian and it’s starting to get cold we’ll all be wearing toques. To call attention to a weak transition, […]
For those not up on our new feature Polaris Picks we’ll kindly remind you that this week it was David Dacks, an Exclaim editor and music director for Toronto’s Music Gallery, who wrote about the worth of Ratchet Orchestra’s album, Hemlock. You can find out about that here. Additionally, we’re less than a week away […]
Quelle semaine excitante dans le monde du Polaris! Tout d'abord, nous débutons la saison 2013 avec notre nouvelle rubrique « Les Choix du Polaris ». Notre premier défendant est Ben Kaplan du National Post qui nous explique pourquoi Jason Collett devrait gagner le prochain Prix de musique Polaris pour son album Reckon. Ensuite, nous avons […]
It’s been an exciting week in Polarisland. First, we kicked off the 2013 season with our new feature « Polaris Picks. » Our first advocate for this new regular feature was National Post’s Ben Kaplan who really thinks Jason Collett should win the Polaris next year for his album Reckon. Then we announced that our patented argument […]
Ce sera peut-être une surprise pour quelques-uns d’entre vous, mais la chronique Les choix du Polaris, dont nous avions discuté à maintes reprises au cours des derniers mois, fait finalement son apparition sur notre site web! Ne manquez pas ça! De retour ici, dans le monde des gens du Polaris, le mot « Drake » […]
In new ventures and housekeeping announcements, the occasionally teased Polaris Picks feature we’ve discussed in past months is finally happening. Stay tuned to this website for its big debut next week. Back here in Polaris People land the word « Drake » really snuck its way into to a lot of news items this week. We’ll let […]
Premièrement, toutes nos félicitations à l’auteur Will Ferguson, qui a récemment gagné le Prix Giller 2012 pour son roman, 419. Ferguson a remporté 50 000$ et joint les rangs d’anciens gagnants tels que Mordecai Richler, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro et Michael Ondaatje. Revenons au monde de la musique… Le Prix Mercury, qui honore annuellement le […]
First, up a hearty congratulations to author Will Ferguson, who recently won the 2012 Giller Prize for his novel, 419. Ferguson takes home $50,000 and joins the likes of past winners Mordecai Richler, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro and Michael Ondaatje. Back in the music world, the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for the best album from the […]
