Monday night at Bell Media’s Masonic Temple, Concert Hall Studios in Toronto a gala concert was held to celebrate the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Short List and announce the winner of the prestigious prize. Short list nominees, Cadence Weapon, Cold Specks, Kathleen Edwards, Fucked Up, Grimes and Yamantaka // Sonic Titan performed for the live…
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Polaris Prize Short List – Short List Announced
After a month of deliberation, the Polaris Prize jury has announced their choices for this year’s Short List. In June the 200 jurists, consisting of independent music journalists, broadcasters and bloggers from across the country selected their top 40 Long List, now they have just 10 remaining finalists on the Short List. Unveiled this week at…
MMVA 2012 – Winners
Sunday night, Toronto’s entertainment district came to a halt near the MuchMusic Headquarters as they took over the street to put on another spectacular MuchMusic Video Awardsshow, hosted this year by ‘party-rockers’ LMFAO. Each year the MMVAs have grown into a truly impressive concert and entertainment showcase amazingly packing a massive multi-aspect main stage into…
Polaris Music Prize 2012 – Long List Announced
This week the Polaris Music Prize left their Toronto offices for the first time to announce the Long List of nominees for this year’s prize. From Vancouver’s Waldorf Hotel, the Long List of 40 artists, as chosen by the jury of 200 independent music journalists, broadcasters and bloggers from across the country, was unveiled featuring…
NXNE Announces 2012 Line-up
To stay at the forefront of Canada’s music scene, Toronto’s North by Northeast Music & Film Festival & Conference(NXNE) keeps growing each year. 2012’s recently announced line-up includes 650 bands, 40 films and 50 interactive panels from June 11-17. NXNE will be taking over venues throughout the city for its 18th year, with the largest…
What Happened To Grandma – New Music Free Download
You can find out “What Happened To Grandma” by checking out their debut single, Memories. Founding bandmate brothers, Alex and Matt were separated at a young age, and found each other again in 2010. Bonded by shared blood and love for music the Russian-Canadian duo set out to bring back the new-wave dance sound of…
Jay Manuel has Attitude
This week Jay Manuel took to Sears Canada stores in Vancouver and Toronto to launch the debut season of his own fashion line. The silver hair fashion icon and TV personality, known for Canada’s and America’s Next Top Model, partnered with Sears Canada and was appointed Creative Director for Attitude Jay Manuel. Unlike many celebrity fashion lines, Jay’s more than just a…