{"id":6442,"date":"2013-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/blog\/polaris-people-for-the-week-of-april-5-patrick-watsons-orchestra-besnard-lakes-saturation-coverage\/"},"modified":"2014-06-12T17:59:26","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T21:59:26","slug":"polaris-people-for-the-week-of-april-5-patrick-watsons-orchestra-besnard-lakes-saturation-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/fr\/blog\/polaris-people-for-the-week-of-april-5-patrick-watsons-orchestra-besnard-lakes-saturation-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Polaris People For The Week Of April 5: Patrick Watson's Orchestra & Besnard Lakes' Saturation Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, have you seen the latest Scion FR-S? You know, its four-cylinder boxer engine generates an impressive 200 horsepower. And, it’s quite a sexy beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On an unrelated note, Scion has officially been announced as the new presenting sponsor<\/a> for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. They’re legit. Check out their Scion Sessions musical roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In other important news, Canadian music watchers should make special note of the following dates:<\/p>\n

June 13 – Long List announcement (Montreal)
\nJuly 16 – Short List announcement (Toronto)
\nSeptember 23 – Gala and winner announcement (Toronto)<\/p>\n

It’s all happening. Now let’s see what’s going down with our favourite people, the Polaris People.<\/p>\n

Over at Consequence Of Sound they believe they’ve cracked the code to what makes former champ Caribou<\/strong> tick with \u00ab\u00a011 Artists That Influenced Caribou’s Up In Flames<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\u00bb They forgot \u00ab\u00a0hash and high school calculus.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

In case you haven’t noticed, Toronto Blue Jays fever has flared up among a certain segment of sports fans and two-time Short Listers Metric<\/strong> have been caught in the plague. The band’s \u00ab\u00a0Stadium Love\u00a0\u00bb is the official anthem <\/a>for the Jays this season (even though two Jays use Drake as their going-up-to-bat music). Also, here’s Emily Haines talking<\/a> about style and beauty essentials.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Drake<\/strong>, everyone knows the 2012 Short Lister is an international superstar, but now he’s also the subject <\/a>of a peculiar sociological experiment. Namely, the folks at Noisey decided to follow all the same people Drake followed on Twitter to see the social media world the way Drizzy would. Also, no hating<\/a>. And here’s Drake in another paintball fight:<\/p>\n