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Watch the 2012 Polaris Music Prize this Monday

September 21st, 2012

The 2012 Polaris Music Prize is going down Monday night and you can watch it all right here at 8 pm ET on MuchMusic.com. This year’s nominees include an amazing short list of Canadian talent, including Drake, Feist, Kathleen Edwards, Cadence Weapon, Cold Specks, Grimes, Handsome Furs, Fucked Up, Japandroids and Yamantaka // Sonic Titan.

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Posted in Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison

Watch the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Gala at the Polaris Peep Show

September 13th, 2012

The Polaris Music Prize is happy to announce the return of The Polaris Music Prize Screening Party, this year renamed The Peep Show! Held at The Drake Hotel in Toronto, the proceeds from this year’s event will once again go to MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and [...]

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Posted in Blog, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison

Bid on the 2012 Exclusive Polaris Music Prize Gala Package

September 12th, 2012

The Polaris Music Prize is back for another year to celebrate Canada’s greatest achievements in music over the past twelve months. Each year a group of journalists, bloggers and broadcasters cast their vote on the best Canadian albums, which in the past have included winners Arcade Fire, Fucked Up and Karkwa. The short list for [...]

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Posted in Blog, Polaris Music Prize | Posted by Allison

Best Tweeters of 2011!

December 19th, 2011

Greetings! Sarah here, although you probably know me better as “@MuchMusic.”

My favourite part about running the MuchMusic Twitter account is watching our shows along with you (shout outs to the #PLLCrew and the #Degrassians!) and getting to hook people up with concert tickets and other amazing swag. But from an industry perspective, it’s amazing to see the different ways that celebrities use Twitter. For some, it’s nothing more than an impersonal promotional tool run by their managers. For others, it’s a fascinating peek behind the curtain that usually divides the private and public life of those in the spotlight.

‘Tis the season for year-end lists and 2011 was truly the year of Twitter. So in no particular order, here is a look at the year’s best tweeters. Or is it tweeps? Twitterers? Tweople? Tweeties? Have we decided what this word is yet? Anyways. Moving on. It should be noted that this is not a list of who simply has the most followers; it’s a list of stars who are using Twitter in awesome ways. Quality over quantity.

Tags: holiday wrap, Josh Ramsay, justin bieber, Ke$ha, lady gaga, Polaris, rihanna, twitter, Vinny
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Holiday Wrap | Posted by Guest Blogger

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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