On Monday night, Arcade Fire, Canada’s most intriguing rock band (says Time magazine) walked away with the 2011 Polaris Music Prize and $30,000 for their album The Suburbs. With a Polaris Prize, a Juno, a Brit Award, a collaboration with director Spike Jonze and a Grammy Award under their belt, the Montreal eight-piece band is poised for [...]
The Polaris Music Prize winner will be announced in exactly one week. To celebrate, we’re give away a free download of the winning album to five lucky contestants!
In 2006, Steve Jordan founded the Polaris Music Prize as a way to stimulate debate and interest in Canadian music. Five years later, its following, reputation and profile-raising power have sky-rocketed. The Polaris Prize is a giant in Canadian music, all thanks to Jordan.
This past week, we gave away ten Polaris Prize long list CDs to our Facebook and Twitter users to celebrate the launch of our blog. Here are the highlights.
