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Jeremy Dutcher’s Polaris Win Is The Beginning of The “Indigenous Renaissance”
The 2018 Polaris Music Prize caps off another strong year with a diverse shortlist and exciting performances from Partner, Hubert Lenoir and US Girls.
Weaves Get Weird On Their Cover of Arcade Fire's "Neighbourhood #3 (Power's Out)"
For Polaris Prize's Cover Sessions, the band turns the Arcade Fire cut into a jittery banger.
Weaves Are Renewed Through Fire on 'Wide Open'
The Toronto garage rock band channel an electric creative energy that results in a refined, confident sounding sophomore LP.
Weaves and Tanya Tagaq "Scream" For You To Love Yourself
The band debuted the track from their forthcoming record at the Polaris Prize gala last night and have a brand new video to go along with it.
“It Sounds Like Demons Are Coming Out of Her:" A Conversation with Tanya Tagaq
Watch award-winning Canadian author Joseph Boyden talk to the Inuk throat singer about her latest album 'Retribution.'
Kaytranada Is Winning for Montreal
A few days before his Polaris Prize victory, the 24-year-old Haitian-Canadian producer reflects on his whirlwind year.
Kaytranada and Syd tha Kid Go Back to The 90s in Their "You're the One" Video
The video takes inspiration from 'Martin,' 'Living Single,' and 'Coming To America.'
Buffy Sainte-Marie on Winning the Polaris Prize, Viet Cong, and Indigenous Activism
After winning the biggest prize in Canadian music this week, the long-time activist dispenses advice on how to fight the Man.
People Hating on Tanya Tagaq’s ‘Fuck PETA’ Polaris Speech Are Missing the Point
We interviewed 2014 Polaris Music Prize winner Tanya Tagaq about why ending her acceptance speech with "Fuck PETA!" shouldn't be the dominant narrative about that night.
Tanya Tagaq's Polaris Prize Doesn't Mark A Changing of the Guard
She's experimental, diverse and rooted in activism, but that doesn't mean that Tagaq's win marks the fall of the old guard.
Chatting with the Founder of the Polaris Prize
When the Polaris Prize began in 2006, its long list read like a who’s who of obscure new talent only familiar to the most obsessive of Canadian buzz band aficionados. But in the past few years, that trend of discovering young blood has gravitated...