This just in: We can now spill the beans on this year's Gala, happening September 21 in Toronto where we will crown the $20,000 prize winner.
Some special highlights this year:
New venue, the legendary Masonic Temple, aka The Concert Hall. Music magic has been happening in this building for decades, so we're stoked that MTV Canada is letting us into their fabulous digs for our party.
Osheaga is a wonderful festival in Montreal "staged in the breath-taking environs of Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène" according to their site.
Yet another great lineup of artists for the annual Hillside Festival in Guelph this weekend.
Steve Jordan, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, today revealed the Short List of 10 Canadian albums eligible for the fourth annual $20,000 award.
Canada Day (and the weekend) bring many a great live show with Polaris Long List artists to your neck of the woods, from sea to shining sea. Enjoy the fireworks, unless you're in Toronto, where you'll have to settle for the figurative fireworks of Chad VanGaalen & The Constantines on the waterfront. As always, check your local listings. But here's a sampling:
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. On an unrelated note, Scion has officially been announced as the new presenting sponsor for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. They’re legit. Check out their Scion Sessions musical roster. In […]
Spring is officially here and the Polaris gnomes are starting to get all the pieces together for the big run up to selecting the 2013 Polaris Music Prize winner. That means the jurors are being fed a constant IV drip of new albums to listen to, the vote-counters are dusting off their gold-plated abaci and […]
Sometimes we here in Polarisland need to shake things up a bit. So rather than compile all the latest brilliant bits of intersection between the music media and past Polaris nominees like we usually do, this week we did something different — we went gif hunting. That’s right, we plunged headfirst into Tumblr’s darkest depths […]
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 […]
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