Rock Paper Scissors - Polaris Music Prize

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Sample Track 1:
"This is What We call Progress" from The Besnard Lakes

Sample Track 2:
"Texico Bitches" from Broken Social Scene

Sample Track 3:
"Odessa" from Caribou

Sample Track 4:
"Les Chemins de Verre" from Karkwa

Sample Track 5:
"Robots" from Dan Mangan

Sample Track 6:
"Lewis Takes His Shirt Off" from Owen Pallett

Sample Track 7:
"Guess What?" from Radio Radio

Sample Track 8:
"Another Year Again" from The Sadies

Sample Track 9:
"Rose Garden" from Shad

Sample Track 10:
"Alligator" from Tegan and Sara

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Album Review: Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice (Polaris Prize nominee)
Posted on September 8, 2010 by Music Vice

This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize is a Canadian music prize picked on a basis of artistic merit alone, and not commercial success. As a result, the long list tends to turn out some of the best music you may have never heard of before. But this year the short list, as well as shining a little spotlight on some promising newcomers, reflects the work of a few veterans. Title: Nice, Nice, Very Nice Artist: Dan Mangan Label: Arts & Crafts/ABC/FUM Released: 11 August 2009 In one word: Congenial The Fifty-third Calypso [ 2 ] Oh, a sleeping drunkard Up in Central Park, And a lion-hunter In the jungle dark, And a Chinese dentist, And a British queen– All fit together In the same machine. Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice– So many different people In the same device. - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle If you were to go onto the website for Canadian music label Arts & Crafts, you would see that the top 2 albums by sales right now are Forgiveness Rock Record, and the Forced to Love/ All [...] 09/08/10 >> go there

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