Presenting the full 2013 Polaris Prize longlist
Nearly half of this year’s 40 Polaris Prize nominees are repeat customers, as the 2013 incarnation of the annual Canadian music prize has earned nods for Metric, Tegan and Sara, Hayden and 13 other...
View ArticlePresenting the 2013 Polaris Music Prize shortlist
Veteran post-rock group Godspeed You! Black Emperor, stadium rockers Metric and First Nations group A Tribe Called Red are among this year’s Polaris Music Prize shortlisted artists, it was announced...
View ArticleGreat White Nope: On the ‘terrible’ Polaris Prize
At 11 a.m. EST yesterday morning, Canada’s Polaris Music Prize announced its short list of ten albums left in the running for a $30,000 cheque given annually to an album “of the highest artistic...
View ArticleMontreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor wins 2013 Polaris Prize for...
Woody Allen said that 80% of life is just showing up, but approximately 0% of a Polaris Prize win is. Despite not making the gala presentation, iconic Montreal experimental collective Godspeed You!...
View Article‘Lazy money patting itself on the back’: Polaris winners Godspeed You! Black...
Montreal group Godspeed You! Black Emperor are not ones to shy away from telling it like they see it — though, for the most part, they do it on their own terms. The group, which grants precious few...
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