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Polaris Prize 2022 shortlist: Destroyer, Pierre Kwenders, Ouri, more

Charlotte Day Wilson, Hubert Lenoir, Shad and more are also up for the award which honors the best Canadian album of the year.

Polaris Music Prize 2022 Long List: Arcade Fire, The Weeknd, PUP, Backxwash, Destroyer, more

The 2022 Long List also includes Orville Peck, Tanya Tagaq, Haviah Mighty, Ada Lea, Basia Bulat, Stars, and more.

2017 Polaris Prize shortlist: Leonard Cohen, Feist, BADBADNOTGOOD & more

Canada’s The Polaris Music Prize has whittled down its longlist into its ten-LP shortlist who will vie for the 2017 award. Can anything beat Leonard Cohen‘s You Want it Darker? Should anything?

2017 Polaris Music Prize longlist

Nominees include Leonard Cohen, Drake, Feist, The New Pornographers, Mac DeMarco, Japandroids, and more.

M for Montreal fest announces full 2014 lineup

Heat @ Union Pool during CMJ (more by Amanda Hatfield) M for Montreal was just here for CMJ, hosting a nine-hour showcase on Friday (10/24) at Arlene’s Grocery with Lydia Ainsworth, HEAT, Homeshake, The Muscadettes and more…

Lydia Ainsworth released debut LP on Arbutus (streams), playing CMJ including M for Montreal & Arbutus showcases

Lydia Ainsworth is based in Toronto these days but has spent time in both Montreal and New York City as a music student. It was while at NYU that she began delving into pop music…

SXSW announces third round of bands for 2013 Fest (Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, TOY, The Thermals +++ more)

Frightened Rabbit @ T5, Nov. 2010 (more by Lionel Bergeron) SXSW has just announced another round of bands for the 2013 edition of the annual music festival that will happen March 12 – 17…

SXSW announces even more artists (Vampire Weekend, Local Natives, Thermals, Clutch, Rockie Fresh, Waxahatchee, more)

Vampire Weekend in Brooklyn in 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) SXSW already revealed one round of artists, then a second, and now they’ve just revealed a third announcement which includes Vampire Weekend, Local Natives, The Thermals, Black Lips, Camera Obscura, Merchandise, Clutch, Rockie Fresh, Baauer, Bleached, TOY, Waxahatchee, Bleeding Rainbow, Count Bass…

the Notorious B.I.G.'s "GREATEST HITS,"

“Bad Boy Records has announced the upcoming release of the Notorious B.I.G.‘s “GREATEST HITS,” a 16-track compilation honoring the extraordinary life and career of the late, great hip-hop legend…