Things are about to get twitchy.<\/p>\n
That’s because Polaris jurors across the country have just submitted their second round of ballots based on the recently announced<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n The official reveal for said Short List will happen July 16 in Toronto. It will undoubtedly be \u00ab\u00a0something positive<\/a>.\u00a0\u00bb But if you’re reading this you probably already know that around here we’re not about slagging off Canadian musics.<\/p>\n Let’s check in then with what some of our favourite people, the acts on the 2013 Polaris Long List, have been up to recently.<\/p>\n Jim Guthrie<\/strong>, the man who took all kinds of time releasing Takes Time<\/em>, is wasting little time in releasing a companion album<\/a> to that nominated work. Titled rather obviously Takes Time: Instrumentals & Demos<\/em>, the new album also has a Simon & Garfunkel cover.<\/p>\n Colin Stetson<\/strong>, the official saxophonist to Polaris, has released a new video for \u00ab\u00a0Who The Waves Are Roaring For\u00a0\u00bb from New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light<\/em>. There’s a sad broken chair and a man without a shirt in this video.<\/p>\n