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Listen to Great Lake Swimmers’ album New Wild Everywhere

March 27th, 2012

Canadian band The Great Lake Swimmers are set to release their fifth studio album New Wild Everywhere on April 3, but we’ve got a sneak peek of the full album right now in our First Spins section! While the five piece folk band recorded the majority of the album in Toronto’s Revolution Recording studio, the [...]

Tags: first spins, great lake swimmers
Posted in first spins | Posted by Allison

Live blogging the Juno’s!

April 18th, 2010

The 2010 Juno’s may be the award show’s most epic evah! Bieber? Check! Drake? Check! Metric? Check! Classified? Check! This year has been amazeballs for Canadian music and the Juno’s are doing big ‘tings in Newfoundland tonight! We’re going to be live blogging the awards for you tonight right hurre on the MuchMusic Red Hot [...]

Tags: 2010 Juno Awards, April Wine, Barenaked Ladies, billy talent, bryan adams, classified, Dahmnait Doyle, dallas green, Deadmau5, drake, emily haines, great lake swimmers, Jon Montgomery, Juno, Juno Awards, justin bieber, Leah Miller, lights, metric, Michael Buble
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Allison

Jesse Hits the Indies

March 29th, 2010

One of the highlights of Canadian Music Week is always The Indie Awards. This year, the awards boasted an awesome lineup of performers like Great Lake Swimmers, Plants and Animals, and The Rural Alberta Advantage. Jesse Giddings hit up the show to ask the nominees and winners about how they got to this point in [...]

Tags: canadian music week, Constantines, great lake swimmers, Plants and Animals, The Indie Awards, the rural alberta advantage, Vry Webb
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F

Final JUNO Performances Confirmed

March 26th, 2010

The JUNO awards are creeping up on our butts, and three more performers have already been added to the already stellar lineup; K’Naan, Great Lake Swimmers and Classified will join Billy Talent, Drake, Justin Bieber, Metric, Johnny Reid, Michael Bublé and Blue Rodeo on Sunday, April 18. This is probably the most electric line-up the [...]

Tags: award shows, classified, great lake swimmers, Juno Awards, junos, k'naan
Posted in News | Posted by Wendy

Polaris Talks Hypothetical Kanye Stage Invasion

September 22nd, 2009

Being an awards show and all, last night’s Polaris Music Prize gala saw Kanye West’s recent MTV VMAs antics as a hot topic. K’naan was actually there at the VMAs talking to Kanye right before he ran up on stage and stole Taylor Swift’s moment. “He literally came up to where I was sitting to [...]

Tags: Elliott Brood, fucked up, great lake swimmers, joel plaskett, k'naan, Kanye West, Malajube, metric, Polaris
Posted in News | Posted by Cam

MusiCounts Polaris Custom Poster Auctions!

September 21st, 2009

MusiCounts and Polaris have joined forces to raise money for music education in Canada! Starting immediately, you can bid on super dope framed custom posters designed for and autographed by all Polaris short list nominees! Links to all auctions after the jump!

Tags: auctions, Chad VanGaalen, charity, Elliott Brood, fucked up, great lake swimmers, Hey Rosetta!, joel plaskett, k'naan, Malajube, metric, Patrick Watson, Polaris, polaris music prize 2009
Posted in Concerts & Events | Posted by Wendy

Polaris Nominee Q&A: Great Lake Swimmers + Elliott BROOD

September 18th, 2009

Only a weekend away from the Polaris Prize soiree! If you missed Q&A with other nominees, don’t fret: you can read interviews with Metric + Joel Plaskett, Chad VanGaalen + Patrick Watson, and K’Naan + F***ed Up. Don’t forget that you can listen to all nominated albums here! And now for today’s Q&A, with Great [...]

Tags: Elliott Brood, great lake swimmers, Polaris, polaris music prize 2009
Posted in Concerts & Events | Posted by Wendy

Polaris Weekend! Hear all the albums!

September 18th, 2009

This up-coming Monday September 21st at 9pm! 2009 Polaris Music Prize! Here at MuchMusic.com! Three more sleeps! I can’t wait! Everyone is so excited! We’ve been posting Q&As all week in anticipation! Still confused!? Catch up with us! The Polaris Music Prize is an award of $20,000 given to the artist who creates the Canadian [...]

Tags: Chad VanGaalen, Elliott Brood, F**ked Up, great lake swimmers, Hey Rosetta!, joel plaskett, k'naan, Malajube, metric, Patrick Watson, polaris music prize 2009
Posted in Blog | Posted by Kate M.

Polaris Music Prize Shorty Listy!

July 7th, 2009

Dun dun dun daaaaaaaaa! Ladies and gentlemen! Announcing the 2009 Polaris Music Prize Top 10 Short List! Elliott Brood – Mountain Meadows Toronto Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life Toronto Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels Toronto Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs St. John’s K’NAAN – Troubadour Toronto Malajube – Labyrinthes Montreal [...]

Tags: Chad VanGaalen, Elliott Brood, fucked up, great lake swimmers, Hey Rosetta!, joel plaskett, k'naan, Malajube, metric, Patrick Watson, Polaris Music Prize
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos | Posted by Kate M.