Lots of good records come out of Canada every year, but only one of those records gets to win the Polaris Music Prize, Canada’s equivalent to the UK’s Mercury Prize. Every year, a bunch of music critics vote on the most deserving Canadian album, and this year, they picked a scrappy underdog that’s already won a prize or two since coming out last year: Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs.
Arcade Fire beat out artists like the Weeknd, Destroyer, Austra, Colin Stetson, and Braids to win the award. The prize comes with a $30,000 bonus that is almost certainly on the way to some Haitian relief organization as you read this. Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham, who won the award a couple of years back, co-hosted the show. Arcade Fire showed up in person to accept the award, and Austra, Braids, and Timber Timbre all performed. Sounds like a fun night!
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No Bryan Adams ? COME ON !
you’re not funny.. you’re the opposite of funny. unfunny.
Don’t cyber-bully me man – I’ve got low self-esteem.
the guy in the 500$ banana suit? COME ON!!!
Well that was extremely predictable.
Hey Rosetta needs to get more respect.
Arcade Fire isn’t considered a scrappy underdog in Polaris terms.. Final Fantasy beat out Broken Social Scene, Metric and The New Pornographers at one point. Patrick Watson beat Feist.. I genuinely thought they wouldn’t pick AF solely based on the fact that they have been winning all over the place. Just seems to be their M.O.
But the whole point of the Polaris prize is to give it to bands that could actually use the fiscal backing and the ego boost….
And Win Butler still has my fucking basketball.
Hello, such a huge fan of Arcade Fire, just finishing up a fan site http://SoArcadeFire.com