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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Win Polaris Prize

Godspeed You! Black album cover

Godspeed You! Black album cover

By now most good musicos are aware that Godspeed You! Black Emperor won the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.

We also know how that turned out.

What folks don’t know is that because of a combination of indifference, content hoarding and a dismal sense of history on the part of previous Polaris Gala broadcasters, this is the first time you can actually go back and watch the full awards show broadcast without worrying about it disappearing from the internet.

So please go back and watch the telecast via Aux TV if you haven’t. I was responsible for writing a solid seven per cent of the dialogue that came out of co-hosts Kathleen Edwards and Shad’s mouths.

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of September 20 (Last Look At The 2013 Short List)

Polaris butterflies

Polaris butterflies

The Sept. 20 edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

Seeing how this was the last Polaris People column before the Polaris Gala we used it to take one last look at all the 2013 nominees.

To read the column go here.

http://polarismusicprize.ca/article/692/polaris-people-for-the-week-of-september-20-things-you-need-to-know-before-the-gala/

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Polaris People For The Week Of September 13 (Dan Mangan! Arcade Fire! Tegan And Sara!)

Dan Mangan

Dan Mangan

The Sept. 13 edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

In this edition we learned about Dan Mangan, Arcade Fire and Tegan And Sara news.

To read the column go here.

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Polaris People For The Week Of Sept. 6 (Broken Social Scene! Arcade Fire! Colin Stetson!)

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene

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

This week  we investigate some of the many evolving new Broken Social Scene connections, track the excitement for Arcade Fire and find a use for Colin Stetson‘s music.

To read the column go here.

 

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Polaris People For August 30 (Grimes! Shad! The Weeknd!)

Grimes

Grimes

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

This week Grimes got covered by Franz Ferdinand, Shad had a fam jam and The Weeknd totally didn’t invite us to his party.

To read the column go here.

 

 

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