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Polaris People For The Week Of December 21 (Weeknd! Grimes! Kathleen Edwards!)

Grimes

Grimes

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

In this edition we check out some of the 2012 Best Song lists from various publications, learn about Grimes and bingo, worry about Weeknd‘s smolder problem, and behold Japandroids continuing world dominance.

To read this week’s column, go here.

Additionally, I also recently created the first official Polaris Music Prize gift guide, which predominantly features books written by members of the Polaris jury. I know many of these authors personally and have read many of the books they’ve written and give all of these people gold star thumbs up recommendations. And besides, if people don’t support these folks what hope is there for the rest of us?

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Polaris People For The Week Of Dec. 7 (Weakerthans! Drake! Japandroids!)

The Weakerthans

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.

 

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Spinner News Mega Pack: Thanksgiving Songs, ECHO Prize, Neil Young, Arcade Fire & Celine Dion Together

Neil Young

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.

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of September 7 (Cold Specks! Japandroids! Fucked Up!)

Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

In this one we celebrate Fucked Up haikus, find out what Cold Specks has been eaten and contemplate the Japandroids-Canadroids debate.

To find out what this all means, go here.

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2012 Polaris Music Prize Short List Gets Announced + Fast Facts

Polaris Robots

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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