Young Galaxy
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
In this one we learn about the origins of Young Galaxy‘s name, examine A Tribe Called Red‘s connection to Idle No More and contemplate Braids‘ new song.
To read the column go here.
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Arcade Fire photo courtesy Polaris Music Prize.
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This week was a banner one for team-ups and cover songs as members of Arcade Fire teamed up with members of Sonic Youth, The Sadies teamed up with Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet to cover Alice Cooper, and Metz covered The Damned.
To read the column go here.
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Feist
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This week we found out about the solid Feist is doing in Alberta, watched Drake start at the bottom and checked out a new Broken Social Scene song.
To read the column go here.
P.S. In other Polaris news we’re trying to start a Kathleen Edwards drinking game and Q Magazine is now on it.
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Metz
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
The 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List got announced this week and amongst a narrow band of music writers and music fans this was a really big deal. As such, we tracked some of the reactions to the names that made it on the list and the ones that didn’t.
To read the column go here.
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Polaris Music Prize 2013 Long List
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
Because the 2013 Short List is being announced on July 16 I used this week’s write-up as one last opportunity to highlight some fact or quirk about all of the albums on the 2013 Polaris Long List.
To read the column go here.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 