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by Aaron Brophy | April 7, 2013 · 10:08 pm

Polaris People For The Week Of April 5 (Patrick Watson! Besnard Lakes! Metric!)

Patrick Watson

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

This week we point out that The Besnard Lakes are everywhere, ponder Patrick Watson with an orchestra and go to the warning track with Metric and the Toronto Blue Jays.

To read the column, go here.

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by Aaron Brophy | March 3, 2013 · 10:44 pm

Polaris People For The Week Of March 1 (Stars! Ron Sexsmith! Two Hours Traffic!)

Ron Sexsmith

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

For this one we discovered what karaoke songs Ron Sexsmith likes, go to the theatre with Stars and learn about Two Hours Traffic‘s favourite bands.

To read this week’s column, go here.

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by Aaron Brophy | February 16, 2013 · 5:24 pm

Polaris People For The Week Of February 15 (The Weeknd! Cadence Weapon! Grimes!)

Cadence Weapon

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

For this one we pondered The Weeknd‘s lurid new music video, then took our minds out of the gutter with Cadence Weapon‘s new video, then we contemplated some of the awards Grimes is currently nominated for.

To read this week’s column, go here.

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by Aaron Brophy | December 22, 2012 · 10:22 pm

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

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?