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Arcade Fire Proves Popular Bands Can Win Polaris Prize

When the grand jury for the 2011 Polaris Prize voted Arcade Fire as the winner, they did something no other Polaris grand jury has done before -- picked the popular band to win. ... Read More »

Arcade Fire Win 2011 Polaris Prize

Montreal's Arcade Fire walk away with Canada's critic-voted Polaris Prize. Can't say we're surprised. ... Read More »

Colin Stetson Suffered Through a 'Stress Nightmare' to Earn Polaris Prize Nod

Colin Stetson, whose latest album is up for the 2011 Polaris Prize, talks to Spinner about the psychical suffering involved in making his avant-garde music. ... Read More »

Braids Feel a 'Sense of Brotherhood' With Their Fellow Polaris Prize Nominees

While pop-experimentalists Braids aren’t the only rookie act present in the short list for this year’s Polaris Prize, drummer Austin Tufts still marvels that his band’s debut disc made the grade. ... Read More »

Austra Eager to Represent Electronic Music for This Year's Polaris Prize

Austra mastermind Katie Stelmanis chats to Spinner about what it means to be nominated for this year's Polaris Prize in Canada. ... Read More »

Polaris Prize: The Posters Celebrating Nominees Arcade Fire, the Weeknd + More

Check out our gallery of posters celebrating the ten albums nominated for this year's Polaris Prize. ... Read More »

Hey Rosetta! Watch Their Profile Rise Thanks to Polaris Prize

Few bands have benefited more from the Polaris Prize than Hey Rosetta!. Though they have yet to win the Canadian award, the Newfoundland rockers are now one of the few to have been shortlisted twice. ... Read More »

Arcade Fire, Neil Young and Austra Make 2011 Polaris Music Prize 'Long List'

Neil Young and Arcade Fire alongside newer buzz acts such as Austra and Hooded Fang have made Canada's 2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List, now in its sixth year. ... Read More »

Malajube Talk Polaris Prize, Canada's Francophone Scene and 'La Caverne'

Malajube on Quebec's rising Francophone scene, recording their latest record, 'La Caverne,' and why a third Polaris Prize nomination seems unlikely. ... Read More »

Besnard Lakes Talk Next Album, Losing Polaris and Scoring Mark Ruffalo

Besnard Lakes reveal plans to have a new record ready for early next year. Could this be the one to finally clinch the Polaris Prize? Maybe, but the band remains skeptical of the ever-elusive award. ... Read More »

Kurt Vile and J Mascis to Headline Canadian Music Fest 2011

Kurt Vile and J Masics are just some of the acts performing at this year's Canadian Music Fest, taking place March 9-13 in Toronto. ... Read More »

Karkwa Win 2010 Polaris Music Prize

Prior to the 2010 Polaris Music Prize ceremony, drummer Stephane Bergeron and keyboardist Francois ... Read More »

Owen Pallett Picks Ex-Roommate Caribou to Win Polaris Prize

Owen Pallett knows a thing or two about the Polaris Music Prize. In 2006, the classically trained musician -- then known as Final Fantasy -- walked away with the inaugural Polaris Prize for 'He Poos Clouds,' and has been on hand every year since to celebrate the big event at the award gala. ... Read More »

Polaris Prize Nominees Besnard Lakes and Shad Collaborate for National Parks Project

It's a good thing Besnard Lakes' Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek are big campers, otherwise the couple's recent trek to the Northwest Territories to collaborate with Shad as part of the National Parks Project might have been a bit of a chore ... Read More »

The Sadies Follow Polaris Nod by Recording with Tragically Hip's Gord Downie

Amanda Schenk Currently in the running for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize for their album 'Darker ... Read More »

Polaris Music Prize Preview: Ten Nominees, One Winning Album

Heading into its fifth year, the Polaris Music Prize has attracted much kvetching about its supposed "indie" bias, but this year's shortlist of ten albums vying for the $20,000 award reveals a remarkably diverse array of records ... Read More »