Music Notes : Early Edition, Sept 20 2010
Watch the Besnard Lakes perform Albatross at the Mod Club in Toronto. (above) Toronto area readers: Watch the Polaris Awards live! Polaris Party @ the Drake: Gala Screening Party: 7pm. PMP The Besnard...
View ArticleThe Pack a.d.'s Tales from the Road: Highway Hazards
The Pack a.d.'s Maya Miller and Becky Black have baked up another batch of tales from the road to inspire and possibly horrify. Do you dare lift the veil of tour life and glimpse what lies beneath?...
View ArticleToday on Appetite for Distraction: Polaris Circa 2000
I’m not sure if Stephen Harper is involved, but then again we don’t need him to declare this September 20, 2010 as Polaris Music Day. Heck, we even have some keys to the studios here in Vancouver we...
View Article2010 Polaris Music Prize: Artist Profiles
Over the past two weeks we have been running profiles of the nominated artists for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. In those posts you'll find a short questionnare, links to live performances and photo...
View ArticlePolarizing Polaris Predictions Party!
Hey!... Jay Ferguson of the Sloans here... substitute teaching for Lana Gay while she hits the vacation trail.As most of you are likely aware, today's a big day in the Canadian indie rock world. The...
View Article2010 Polaris Music Prize: Celeb Picks
Alongside all of the Polaris profiles we've been posting to the blog we have been asking Canadian "celebs", musicians and bloggers to give us their picks for the $20,000. Surveying their answers it...
View ArticleLIVE from the 2010 Polaris Music Prize Gala!
THE WINNER OF THE 2010 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE IS KARKWA! This is it. Tonight is the night. For CBC Radio 3, this is like our Oscars! The jury is sequestered, the MTV building is filled, the drinks are...
View ArticleInterview with 2010 Polaris Music Prize Winners: KARKWA
listen "Just to win it is the cherry on the sundae!" Hot off the stage, Vish Khanna snags 2010 Polaris Music Prize winners, Karkwa for a quick interview.
View ArticleListen to All 10 Performances + Photo Highlights from the 2010 Polaris Music...
listen Here we are, the dust from the gala barely settled, Polaris winners, Karkwa wondering where in hell they can cash a novelty cheque that size, the after party still most likely raging, and yet...
View ArticlePolaris Music Prize Gala w/ Karkwa, Broken Social Scene and Many More:...
listenTRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE If you somehow managed to miss our live broadcast from the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, or if you simply want to relive it, you are one lucky so-and-so. What we have...
View ArticleWrath of Khanna: National Hum Backstage at Polaris!
Dudes, I was up very late last night co-hosting the Radio 3 broadcast of the Polaris Music Prize Gala and it was indeed, a thrilling fun ride of joytitis. I have three -itises now. On today's show I'm...
View ArticleThe Josh Holliday Experiment: New Release Tuesday (Plus Polaris!)
So, it's done. The Polaris Prize is finished for another year. I think it's fairly safe to say that Karkwa was a bit of a dark horse coming into the competition. That said, I believe it illustrates...
View ArticleSlideshow: Polaris Fashion 2010
Our intreped photographer, Connie Tsang shares her Polaris fashion picks for 2010. What's your favourite look?
View ArticleMusic Notes : Early Edition, Sept 21 2010
Watch Chromeo perform on the Late Show with David Letterman. (above) Polaris Music Prize winners, Karkwa, will stop by Q today. CBC Watch Tegan & Sara perform with Owen Pallett at last night's...
View ArticlePolaris 2010: The After Party
No one is more shocked than me to see that our colleague, Producer Chris Kelly was able to haul himself out of bed and create a Flickr slideshow of the Polaris after party. I'm not saying he is the...
View ArticleLive on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: Karkwa, Jian Ghomeshi, Polaris Prize...
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live, 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio and Sirius 86: Today's Guests: Karkwa, Jian Ghomeshi, Jenny Charlesworth Jian Ghomeshi Interview: play Karkwa...
View ArticleTwitter Roundup: September 21, 2010
leftfordamian: So it's my first day without the @PolarisPrize I feel like Superman in Superman II after he gives up his superpowers. I'm so powerless now!octoberman: i'm starting to use more emoticons...
View ArticleWatch: Behind the Scenes with Vish Khanna at 2010 Polaris Music Prize Ceremony
Vish Khanna didn't go behind the scenes at Polaris, so much as under, As in the basement, which is where he spent most his evening catching bands as they came off stage. This is his story.
View ArticleJay'll House Rock: The Rock Film
Welcome back! Jay Ferguson here again, holding court while Lana takes 5. Any movie fans in the house? With the recent release of This Film Is Broken, Broken Social Scene have now been added to the long...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Late Edition, Sept 21 2010
Watch the new Mohawk Lodge video for Done Fighting. AUX Some Beliebers will be shedding a tear tonight…the Beebs caught smooching a girl! TMZ Watch a clip of Black Mountain perform the Hair Song on...
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