Polaris Prize redux
So, I mentioned in a post last week that I was planning on listening to all of the Polaris shortlist entries before the awards are handed out in September. Not only that, but I'm planning on doing it along with a few other Toronto-area music fans and writers, AND we're going to be doing a blog about it. I'm seeing this as a great music-learning opportunity for me, as I have only one of the albums shortlisted (Metric's Fantasies) and aside from Metric and Joel Plaskett, the other shortlist nominees are all cyphers to me.
http://www.polarisprize.blogspot.com
So, if you have an interest in the Polaris Prize, and want to learn some more about the nominees from the perspectives of people who are fans of music, rather than being music industry professionals or critics, check the site out over the summer. We'll be picking one album per week (starting this week with Hey Rosetta's Into Your Blood) and each providing our thoughts on it. This could end up being something really damn cool.
http://www.polarisprize.blogspot.com
So, if you have an interest in the Polaris Prize, and want to learn some more about the nominees from the perspectives of people who are fans of music, rather than being music industry professionals or critics, check the site out over the summer. We'll be picking one album per week (starting this week with Hey Rosetta's Into Your Blood) and each providing our thoughts on it. This could end up being something really damn cool.