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Crystal Castles, Caribou Make ECHO Songwriting Prize Short List

It may be the time of year when fans of Canadian music turn their attention and armchair criticism towards the Polaris Music Prize, but the second annual ECHO Songwriting Prize is starting to garner its fair share of attention. ... Read More »

Caribou Shine Despite Leeds Festival Sound Issues

Lucy Johnston, Redferns Canada's Caribou overcame initial sound problems to triumph on Leeds ... Read More »

Chris Dedrick of Free Design Dead at 62

Chris Dedrick, lead songwriter of ‘60s and ‘70s folk pop band the Free Design, passed away on Aug. 6 after battling cancer. He was 62. ... Read More »

Caribou Makes Case for Polaris Prize Nod at Quebec City Summer Festival

After a dizzying performance at the Québec City Summer Festival Wednesday night, Caribou ... Read More »

Polaris Prize Short List Names Tegan and Sara, Owen Pallett, Shad, Broken Social Scene

From 40 albums the Polaris Music Prize list shortened to 10 finalists this afternoon. Making the cut ... Read More »

Polaris Music Prize Announces Best-Album Long List

As NXNE kicked off in Toronto, organizers of the Polaris Prize took advantage of the spotlight on ... Read More »

Caribou Vary Up the Energy in Cleveland

Caribou, the electronic brainchild of weirdo-genius Dan Snaith, put on a musically flawless and ... Read More »

Caribou Learns How to 'Swim' on New Album

After holing up in his London flat for more than year to complete 'Swim,' the hotly anticipated ... Read More »

Merge Records: From Two Friends to Home of Arcade Fire in 21 Years

Superchunk's Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance created Merge Records in 1989 simply as a way to ... Read More »

Caribou Celebrate Album Launch With Impressive Set in Manchester

Maybe it was because he was one of the only overseas musicians to actually make it to the UK through ... Read More »

Music Albums Out on April 20, 2010

Looking for a list of music albums out on April 20, 2010? Whether you're into glossy pop or country ... Read More »

Caribou Unveils Details of New Album 'Swim'

It's been a couple of years in the making, but Dan Snaith, mastermind behind the psychedelic laptop ... Read More »

F---ed Up Shock With Polaris Prize Performance and Win

Oh, Canada. Leave it to the true north strong and free to award album of the year to a band with an ... Read More »

ATP Day Three: Boredoms Drum to the Nines, Flaming Lips Are Big Ballers

The bedraggled and partied-out Day Three attendees at All Tomorrow's Parties New York lined up at ... Read More »

CD Listening Party: Stream All 10 Polaris Prize Shortlist Albums for Free

The fourth annual Polaris Music Prize -- a $20,000, critic-voted award celebrating the best Canadian ... Read More »

Polaris Prize Long List Revealed

For the past few months, Canada's music critics, bloggers and broadcasters have been debating with ... Read More »