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YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN May 'Blow Something New Up' at Polaris

Polaris Music Prize nominees YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN may announce their arrival at the upcoming Polaris Gala with a band. ... Read More »

Fucked Up Suggest Drake Collab for Polaris Music Prize Gala Performance

Hardcore band Fucked Up say they would welcome a collaboration with Drake at the upcoming Polaris Music Prize Gala. ... Read More »

Polaris Prize: Grimes, Drake, Japandroids, Feist Make 2012 Short List

Grimes, Drake and Japandroids were amongst the 10 artists who made the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Short List. ... Read More »

Feist, Drake, Patrick Watson, Leonard Cohen, Grimes, Cadence Weapon Highlight 2012 Polaris Music Prize Long List

The 40 albums that made the Polaris Music Prize Long List were announced in Vancouver, British Columbia earlier today. ... Read More »

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 »