me and every other canadian blogger...

...is writing about polaris announcing the short list for the polaris prize. i for one am pissed cadence weapon didn't make the cut. but here's who did...

Black Mountain – In The Future(Vancouver, BC) official site MySpace

Pretty serious record. Not what I was expecting. I wanted Mastodon and got Pink Floyd. Tomato, Tomato.

Plants and Animals – Parc Avenue (Montréal, QC) official site MySpace

No idea.

Basia Bulat – Oh, My Darling (London, ON)official site MySpace

Hayden likes her and that's fine by me.

Stars – In Our Bedroom After The War (Montréal, QC) official site MySpace

I bought their last record (something about a fire) because Jesse from Kary told me to. I'm a fanboy of Kary, so I bought it. To be honest, the only part I liked was at the first. "When you have nothing left to lose, you have to set yourself on fire". After that, je n'etais pas interessé, for my francophone readers.

Caribou – Andorra (Dundas, ON)official site MySpace

I like the idea of Caribou. But the stuff I heard was TOO dancy. I might check it out again though cause lately I've really been digging on Datarock, Digitalism, Justice and...

Holy Fuck – LP (Toronto, ON) official site MySpace

Serious. That's all their is to it. MSTRKRFT with ballz. Plus a guy from Blue Rodeo played drums for them for a while.

Shad – The Old Prince (London, ON) MySpace

Huh?

Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers (Ottawa, ON)official site MySpace

She's hot, and sounded great on Austin City Limits this one time. And a dude from Blue Rodeo likes her.

Two Hours Traffic – Little Jabs (Charlottetown, PE) official site MySpace

I liked these guys better when they lacked stage presence. The April Storm EP was serious business.

The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour (Winnipeg, MB) official site MySpace

I borrowed a copy of Reconstruction site from a girl I dated like 6 years ago and still have it. H, if you're reading this, the cd broke. Literally.


So there it is. I don't think we get to vote on this, sadly. There was a good Blue Rodeo content this year which is rockin', too.

Keep it up, Sarah.

Joe