The Weakerthans
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
In this edition The Weakerthans get cover-happy, Drake gets cookin’ and the Japandroids are everywhere.
To read this week’s column, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Cold Specks
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
We investigate long-dead singer Nick Drake‘s connection to Polaris, the many projects the other Drake is involved in right now, and talk about book Polaris jurors are connected to.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
A Tribe Called Red
Here’s the latest batch of news stories I’ve done for the Spinner AOL empire:
With “EDM” being the new breakout thing in music, DJ A-Trak wants people to remember to respect the turntablist.
One of my new faves, Ottawa DJ crew A Tribe Called Red released an exclusive mixtape to Spinner to celebrate their appearance at Toronto’s Mad Decent Block Party. You should get it here.
Carly Rae Jepsen is not involved in a nude photo hacking scandal. Which, awkwardly, Vancouver Police say they have a suspect for.
Hey, I added two more news bits from the week of August 3:
1) Drake is finally gonna graduate from Degrassi.
2) Tiesto and Skrillex were the world’s highest paid DJs last year.
Filed under Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion
Polaris Robots
Earlier this week the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Short List got announced.
Said list included the following albums:
Cadence Weapon — Hope In Dirt City
Cold Specks — I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
Drake — Take Care
Kathleen Edwards — Voyageur
Feist — Metals
Fucked Up — David Comes To Life
Grimes — Visions
Handsome Furs — Sound Kapital
Japandroids — Celebration Rock
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN — YT//ST
Over at the Polaris website I did a bit of digging and came up with some fast facts about the 10 nominated acts for this year. You can read said facts — like the complete list of acts who’ve been on the Short List twice in their careers — by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Joel Plaskett
Ever since the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Long List got announced writing about the “Polaris People” had changed dramatically. This, because there are 40 new acts to talk about.
In the latest edition of my column on the Polaris Music Prize website Drake, A Tribe Called Red, Cannon Bros. and a bunch of others made the news.
To read about it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 