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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2010 Polaris Prize: Karkwa Wins, Owen Pallett Joins Tegan & Sara

Karkwa, a Montreal-based quintet that sings in French, beat out Broken Social Scene, Caribou, Owen Pallett, Shad, Tegan & Sara, The Besnard Lakes, and others for the Polaris Music Prize last night. Their ~~second~~ fourth LP, Les Chemins De Verre (The Glass Paths) won the $20,000 prize (announced by last year’s winners Fucked Up, who donated the money to charity). A lot of the shortlist nominees were there to perform at the ceremony last night, including Tegan & Sara, who did “The Ocean” with Pallett (also a previous winner) on violin. Watch:

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