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2009 Polaris Music Prize
The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto"Polaris Music Prize announces Sirius Satellite Radio Canada as presenting sponsor, and Long List, Short List and gala dates for 2009" CNW Group, May 25, 2009. at the and broadcast live online for the first time in its short history. The award's eligibility period for 2009 covered albums released between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fucked Up At The Polaris Music Prize Gala 2009 By Dustin Rabin
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The Chemistry Of Common Life
''The Chemistry of Common Life'' is the second full-length studio album by Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up. It was released on October 7, 2008 on Matador Records in CD and double LP formats and on Welfare Records in Reel-to-reel Audio Tapes. The statement on the label's site describes it as "an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living)". The album is named after a book by James F. W. Johnston, which (among other things) describes hallucinogenic properties of mushrooms and plants. The title for the track "The Peaceable Kingdom" is taken from a famous painting by American folk-painter Edward Hicks. The cover art depicts the phenomenon of Manhattanhenge. The album won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. Track listing The track "The Peaceable Kingdom" - 4:25 is only available on the vinyl (as track 7)/iTunes iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooden Arms
''Wooden Arms'' is the third album by Patrick Watson, released April 28, 2009 on Secret City Records."Patrick Watson Announces New Album" , '''', February 26, 2008. The album's first single, "Tracy's Waters", was released on March 5 and the group performed a new song, "Beijing", on 's '' Q'' radio show on April 6. "Fireweed" was also released as a single and a music video was filmed, which features both live action and animatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Airplane .
''Soft Airplane'' is the third album by Chad VanGaalen, released in 2008 on Flemish Eye and Sub Pop. It was VanGaalen's first album to consist entirely of songs newly recorded for the album; his prior releases compiled tracks from a library of home recordings he had made over a number of years. The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto Track listing References 2008 albums Chad VanGaalen albums[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three (Joel Plaskett Album)
''Three'' is the third solo album by Canadian indie rock musician Joel Plaskett, released on March 24, 2009.Thiessen, Brock (January 27, 2009).Joel Plaskett Is Obsessed With the Number Three. ''Exclaim!''. Retrieved on 2009-03-12. Plaskett produced and recorded the album himself at his own Scotland Yard studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. In addition to being released as a triple album, the number three is reflected in several other aspects of the album. Each disc has nine songs on it, many of which are titled with a single word or phrase repeated three times. The album's release date of 3/24/09 also consists of numbers divisible by three, the cover features an image of Plaskett holding three fingers up, and preorders through MapleMusic were distributed with access to exclusive tickets, priced at $66, which would entitle the purchaser to a seat in the first twelve rows of Plaskett's concert at Toronto's Massey Hall the night before the album's release. According to Plaskett, the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasies (album)
''Fantasies'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Metric. It was released on April 7, 2009. In the United States. it debuted at No. 1 on ''Billboard'''s Top Heatseekers, and peaked at No. 76 on the ''Billboard'' 200. As of October 2009 it had sold 76,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. In Canada it debuted at No. 13 on the Canadian Albums Chart and peaked at No. 6. In Australia, the album debuted at No. 48. Background The first single release from the album, " Help I'm Alive", was added to the iTunes Store on December 23, 2008 in Canada. The single is also available on 7" vinyl from their website, and was available on their "Jingle Bell Rock" tour in December 2008. On February 13, 2009, the album cover's image was added to the song "Help, I'm Alive" on their MySpace playlist. On February 28, 2009, the band added the song "Gimme Sympathy" to their MySpace playlist. The album was available through their website, in vinyl, deluxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinthes
''Labyrinthes'' is the third studio album by Malajube, a Quebec indie rock band. The album was released on February 10, 2009, and is their first studio album since their commercial breakthrough in 2006 with ''Trompe-l'œil''. Julien Mineau, the band's lead singer and primary songwriter, has described the album's themes as being partly inspired by the continuing role of Roman Catholicism in Québécois society. The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. Music videos On February 6, 2009, Malajube released a video for "Porté disparu", directed by Vincent Morisset, who had also worked with the Montreal band Arcade Fire and City and Colour Dallas Michael John Albert Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who records under the name City and Colour. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist and songwr .... The video shows the members of Malajube murdering a fur-coated man (Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troubadour (K'naan Album)
''Troubadour'' is the second studio album by Somali-Canadian hip hop artist K'naan, released February 24, 2009. The album features performances by Kirk Hammett, Chubb Rock, Chali 2na, Mos Def, Damian Marley, and Adam Levine. Production was completed by Track and Field, a team composed of R&B artists Gerald Eaton and Brian West. The album contains songs produced by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine, before they became The Smeezingtons, ("Wavin Flag" and "Bang Bang") and also after ("Wavin' Flag" remixes). Critical reception K'naan's second album has received generally positive reviews, compiling an average score of 74 on Metacritic. ''Billboard'' described it as "socially alert and frequently brilliant". David Jeffries of Allmusic called ''Troubadour'' a "rewarding, often eye-opening spectacle", praising the selections for the guest artists and referring to K'naan as "ridiculously talented". The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. About.com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into Your Lungs (and Around In Your Heart And On Through Your Blood) .
''Into Your Lungs'', also referred to as ''Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart, and on through your blood)'' is the second studio album by Hey Rosetta!, released on June 3, 2008. It was produced by Hawksley Workman. The album won Album of the Year at the inaugural Verge Music Awards and ChartAttack.com Favourite Album at the annual Indie Awards during 2009's Canadian Music Week. The album was nominated for the 2008 Atlantis Music Prize and was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto Track listing References Hey Rosetta! alb ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Rosetta!
Hey Rosetta! is a Canadian seven-piece indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and led by singer/songwriter Tim Baker. Known for their energized live shows, the band created a large, layered sound by incorporating piano, violin, cello, and brass into the traditional four-piece rock setup. On October 13, 2017, the group announced via a lengthy Facebook post that they would be taking an indefinite hiatus. History The origin of the band's name is inspired from the Rosetta Stone which was a stele written in three languages: Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Demotic and Ancient Greek. Formation & EP (2005) In 2005, Baker had returned to St. John's from his travels across Canada and the U.S. with a head full of songs that he had written on acoustic guitar and piano. Soon realizing that the material he had written should sound bigger and required more elements, he brought together a band of St. John’s musicians, with Adam Hogan on electric guitar, Josh Ward on bass, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Channels
''Lost Channels'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian folk rock band Great Lake Swimmers, released on March 31, 2009. It was recorded in the Thousand Islands area near the New York–Ontario border and features several guest appearances by other artists, including Serena Ryder, Bob Egan (of Blue Rodeo), Erin Aurich (of A Northern Chorus) and Paul Aucoin (of The Hylozoists). Background and recording Great Lake Swimmers, who are "notorious" for their unconventional recording locations, recorded ''Lost Channels'' in a variety of locations in and around the Thousand Islands, including Singer Castle near Hammond, New York. The band was originally invited to the Thousand Islands area by Ian Coristine, a historian and aerial photographer from the area, after he heard the band on Stuart McLean's radio program ''The Vinyl Cafe''. When Tony Dekker and the band were prepared to record a new album, they accepted Coristine's invitation and asked him if there were any "interesting spaces in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto. The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and harmonium, Joshua Van Tassel on drums, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Miranda Mulholland on violin and backing vocals. Past members included Julie Fader on backing vocals, Sandro Perri on guitar, and Greg Millson and Colin Huebert on drums. The band's style has been compared to Red House Painters, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine and Neil Young, as well as Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) and Sufjan Stevens. Dekker has cited influences including Gram Parsons and Hank Williams. History The band released two albums, '' Great Lake Swimmers'' in 2003 and ''Bodies and Minds'' in 2005, on the independent label (weewerk) before signing to the larger Nettwerk in 2007. The band released its third full-length album, '' Ongiara'', on March 27, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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