Lots of good records come out of Canada every year, but only one of those records gets to win the Polaris Music Prize, Canada's equivalent to the UK's Mercury Prize. Every year, a bunch of music…   Read Story »

For the sixth year running, Canada's music industry will honor the country's greatest album of the year (released between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011), based solely on artistic merit and as…   Read Story »

If you recall, Fucked Up won the 2009 Polaris Prize for best Canadian album of the year, beating Chad VanGaalen and Malajube, among others, and then gave the $20,000 in prize money to charity. The…   Read Story »

Caribou's reign will soon end as Canada's music insider-voted award for best album has revealed its final nominees, including Fucked Up, Malajube, Metric, Chad VanGaalen, and previous recipient…   Read Story »

Move over, Patrick Watson -- it's Dan Snaith's crown now. The annual Polaris Music Prize, honoring Canada's best album as chosen by a panel of 170 music insiders, has gone to Dan Snaith's great…   Read Story »

When the Polaris Prize people announced this year's longlist (.pdf) for best Canadian album on the merits and "without regard to genre, sales history or label affiliation," the consensus reaction…   Read Story »

The initial crop of nominees for the third year of Canada's music award -- including the Acorn, Black Mountain, Caribou, Crystal Castles, Islands, the New Pornos, Tegan & Sara, and Wintersleep -- has…   Read Story »

"I really didn't want to win ... I was hoping Chad would," Patrick Watson said as he accepted the award (and $20,000 kicker) at last night's Polaris Prize ceremony/concert. And Watson's probably not…   Read Story »

We had ourselves a little listening party yesterday (and night, sorry for the slow start everyone), but the big fun out of Canada yesterday came via the announcement of the second annual Polaris…   Read Story »