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Damian: I co-hosted the 2011 Polaris Music Prize and all I got was…

September 21st, 2011

To quote the Four Seasons: “Oh, What A Night!” Polaris 2011 is in the bag and now the complaining starts. But before I get into that I want to talk about the Gala itself. For those of you who didn’t huddle around your computer and watch the event on Monday night I’ll fill you in [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Damian Abraham, Polaris Music Prize, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

Arcade Fire, Braids, MTV and Much VJs hit the Polaris Gala!

September 19th, 2011

The night of amazing music continues at the 2011 Polaris Music Prize Gala. Braids and Timber Timbre took to the stage to perform tracks from their Polaris nominated albums and Arcade Fire talked to presenters about their record Suburbs. Check out pictures from the gallery and don’t miss the special broadcast of the 2011 Polaris [...]

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Posted in Concerts & Events, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison |

Austra, Galaxie and more rock the 2011 Polaris Music Prize Gala

September 19th, 2011

The 2011 Polaris Music Prize Gala is underway and performances from Austra and Galaxie have proven this to be a night to remember. The Wedge’s Damian Abraham is a past Polaris winner and has been helping take the music loving audience through a night of amazing performances. Check out pics below and don’t miss the [...]

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Posted in Blog, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison |

Watch an exclusive mash up of the 2011 Polaris short list nominees!

September 19th, 2011

Watch the show Sept. 19 & 24!

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Posted in MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison |

Polaris Music Spotlight: The Weeknd

September 19th, 2011

With today’s live stream starting at 8 pm ET on MuchMusic.com of one of the coolest award ceremonies to grace our site with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2011 Short List (stream all the albums here)! Today we shine the spotlight on [...]

Tags: Polaris, Polaris Music Prize, The Weeknd
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison |

Polaris Music Spotlight: Arcade Fire

September 18th, 2011

With only one day left until one of the coolest award ceremonies graces our site with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2011 Short List (stream all the albums here)! Today we shine the spotlight on Arcade Fire! Who: Easily the most famous [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Polaris, Polaris Music Prize
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison |

Polaris Music Spotlight: Hey Rosetta!

September 17th, 2011

With only a few days days left until one of the coolest award ceremonies graces our site with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2011 Short List (stream all the albums here)! Today we shine the spotlight on Hey Rosetta! Who: Hailing from [...]

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Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison |

Polaris Music Spotlight on Galaxie!

September 16th, 2011

With only a few days days left until one of the coolest award ceremonies graces our site with its awesomeness, Polaris is giving you fine people a sampler of the ten amazingly-rad musicians on the Polaris 2011 Short List (stream all the albums here)! Today we shine the spotlight on Galaxie! Who: Formed in 2002 [...]

Tags: Galaxie, Polaris, Polaris Music Prize
Posted in Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison |