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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Karkwa win Polaris Prize

The Polaris Prize is the Canadian equivalent of Britain’s Mercury Music Prize, an award given for the best Canadian album of the past year. Last night Karkwa were announced as winners, beating off better known acts like Broken Social Scene and Tegan and Sara. They underplayed the victory when collecting the award, saying "That's weird, that's very strange… We're holding a cheque for $20,000 and we don't understand anything." Their album was called ‘Les Chemins De Verre’, and was their fourth effort; not bad for a record that reportedly took three weeks to make. The band plan to spend their winnings hiring a tour manager… Sample track below: 09/29/10 >> go there

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