new "'Polaris Prize' to go to 'best Canadian Album'

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"I also watched artists such as The Arcade Fire, Kathleen Edwards, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sarah Harmer, The Weakerthans, Buck 65, The Constantines, K-OS, Feist and Broken Social Scene are embraced by journalists and progressive radio programmers in Canada before anyone anywhere else in the world. With Polaris, we will harness that energy and turn it into something that Canadian music fans will get excited about." [News Wire]

posted at 2:53 PM on June 1, 2006 in music | Comments (4)

Comments (4)

"The nomination process will culminate with the announcement of the ten-title
Polaris Shortlist July 4."

Goddamn hosers trying to steal the spotlight on our Independence Day!

Posted by obnoxious American | June 1, 2006 5:11 PM

OOOOOOOH, YOU SHOULD HAVE AN AWARD FOR BEST BAND FROM NEW JERSEY WHILE YOUR AT IT.

Posted by Anonymous | June 1, 2006 5:20 PM

godspeed you! black emperor is, to put it plainly, simply not a good band.

Posted by justin | June 1, 2006 10:54 PM

The nominees are:

"Twin Cinema" by The New Pornographers
and a bunch of albums which I don't care for and which I hope do not win

But if you really must know which albums those are, go to http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/

Posted by Spanish technocrat | July 10, 2006 12:12 AM

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