Owen Pallett
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
In case you haven’t heard, Arcade Fire are working on a new album. Cadence Weapon? He’s working hard doing interviews. And Owen Pallett? He’s having fun on twitter.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Neil Young
Here’s the latest batch of news stories I’ve done for the Spinner AOL Huffington Post empire:
Japandroids were among the nominees for the ECHO Prize.
Neil Young has totally gone straight edge.
The tastiest songs for Canadian Thanksgiving.
Arcade Fire and Celine Dion team up to help shooting victim’s family.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Kathleen Edwards
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
In the latest edition of PP I checked in with what some of the past Polaris champs have been up to, so we have updates on Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett, Karkwa and Patrick Watson amongst other.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Arcade Fire
To coincide with TIFF 2012 the Arcade Fire, K’naan, Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk performed at a fancy charity show to help Haiti put on by a group called Artists For Peace And Justice.
The party was filled with A-listers like Jude Law and Eric the vampire (Alexander Skarsgard).
Sarah was there. And when she wasn’t somehow constantly running afoul of Paul Haggis (dude, you’re not that important) she managed to write about it for Spinner.
To read the story, click here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Arcade Fire red patched with Mick Jagger
Here’s the latest batch of news stories I’ve done for the Spinner AOL empire:
Disco funk weirdo Maylee Todd gets profiled in a Red Bull documentary.
Feist has re-released her “lost” Monarch: Lay Your Jewelled Head Down album on vinyl.
The MuchMusic Video Awards will feature performances by Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and Nelly Furtado. In related news, I believe I have been aged out of what used to be the best party of the year.
Divine Fits exist. Which is only a big deal if you really cared about Handsome Furs.
Arcade Fire use Saturday Night Live to show support for Quebec student protests. Fight the power.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 