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by Aaron Brophy | December 13, 2018 · 10:49 am

2018 Polaris Music Prize Long List Gets Discussed In Polaris Podcast EP 17

It may be a shock to people, but each year at Polaris the 40 album Long List reveal is usually our most popular time.

People give a shit about making the Long List and, though it could be argued the jury sometimes misses albums, it’s always a great snapshot of the best Canadian music in a given year.

For episode 17 of the Polaris Podcast we got jurors Michael Rancic, Erin Lowers and Christine McAvoy to analyze what trends they saw in this year’s list, what albums they voted for, and what album they think will win the whole thing this year.

This and other Polaris Podcast episodes can be found on iTunes, Google Play or Spotify.

Or if you can’t be bothered to go that far you can listen to it right here:

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by Aaron Brophy | November 29, 2018 · 11:17 pm

TIFF 2018: Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma Is A True Film Experience

When Sarah saw director Alfonso Cuarón’s deeply personal Roma at TIFF 2018 she considered a true cinematic experience.

In her review for Consequence Of Sound she wrote, “Cuarón has transformed the influences of his own childhood into a nuanced and reflective chronicle that manages to touch on political upheaval, class inequality, gender inequality, life, and death.”

To learn more head over to CoS by clicking here.

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by Aaron Brophy | November 29, 2018 · 11:01 pm

Arkells Support Hamilton-Area Refugess

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If you’ve been paying attention at all you may have figured out the Arkells have become one of the biggest rock bands in Canada in the last year or so.

They seem to understand that with this great new power they’ve also got great new responsibility.

When they played their big hometown stadium show this past June in Hamilton they also used it as an opportunity to raise funds for Refuge Hamilton Centre for Newcomer Health.

I spoke to lead singer Max Kerman about the reasons why they did this for Samaritanmag.

To read the piece go here.

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by Aaron Brophy | November 29, 2018 · 5:29 pm

Actual Real Martial Arts Role Models

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Every now and then when martial arts is wallowing in a particularly low moment (usually caused by Conor McGregor) Sarah likes to use those times to point out those who support the higher-minded ideals of martial arts.

She recently did so in a piece for Asian World Of Martial Arts where she wrote about a number of positive martial arts role models.

To read about her selections click here.