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Tag Archives: Polaris Prize

Polaris-2012

Scoring the Polaris Prize Shortlist 2012

September 23, 2012by Shawna Naklicki Leave a comment

Twelve hours. Ten albums. Ten criteria. Fifty possible points. Polaris Prize 2012. This year’s Polaris Prize shortlist challenged me horribly. The more I listened to the ten shortlisted records, the […]

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Polaris Prize 2012 Short List!

July 17, 2012by Shawna Naklicki Leave a comment

Ladies and gents, it’s the moment we’ve all been waiting ago! Just moments ago, the Polaris Prize Short List 2012 was announced by prize founder Steve Jordan at the Drake […]

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Sound Vat’s Polaris Prize 2012 Short List

July 13, 2012by Shawna Naklicki 1 Comment

After much deliberation, I’ve finally compiled my top ten list of Canadian albums from the Polaris Prize 2012 Long List. I listened to each album on the list in its […]

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Polaris Long List!

June 14, 2012by Shawna Naklicki Leave a comment

Yes, it is indeed that time of the year again! If you haven’t yet seen it, here is the newly revealed Polaris Prize long list. The top cities this year […]

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Arcade Fire & The Suburbs wins 2011 Polaris Prize

September 19, 2011by Shawna Naklicki 1 Comment

Here is a collection of videos expressing how I feel right now:

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Polaris Prize Wrap-Up: The Predictions

September 18, 2011by Shawna Naklicki Leave a comment

To wrap-up the Wrap-Up, here are my predictions, or more accurately my hopes. Share your hopes in the comment section, on Twitter, or on Facebook! Who do you think is […]

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Polaris Prize Wrap-Up: The Music

September 18, 2011by Shawna Naklicki Leave a comment

We’ve collected what we think is the best music from the Polaris Prize shortlisted albums. Here we go! Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Austra - Lose It Braids - Plath […]

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Polaris Prize Wrap-Up: Review of Reviews

September 18, 2011by Shawna Naklicki Leave a comment

The time has come, after 10 weeks of listening and writing, we’ve been through each of the ten albums shortlisted for the Polaris Prize 2011! If you missed one, here […]

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