Polaris Music Prize Short List 2013

Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Album: ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
Links: Website
Artist: Zaki Ibrahim
Album: Every Opposite
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Artist: Metric
Album: Synthetica
Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Artist: METZ
Album: METZ
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Artist: Purity Ring
Album: Shrines
Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Artist: Colin Stetson
Album: New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Artist: Tegan and Sara
Album: Heartthrob
Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Artist: A Tribe Called Red
Album: Nation II Nation
Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Artist: Whitehorse
Album: The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss
Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Artist: Young Galaxy
Album: Ultramarine
Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
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New ‘Live Music Listings’ Page

We are extremely excited to show off our new Live Music Listings page on studio-a-recording.com.

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There is amazing talent within Waterloo Region and supporting that talent at a local level is critical if we want the scene to grow. The goal for this calendar is to create one central location where people will visit and become informed about shows that are happening locally. Although the concept of an events calendar is not new, we have added a bit of a twist. The calendar has been designed to allow the bands themselves to add their upcoming events!

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To add an event, musicians simply need to visit the studio-a-recording.com, find the “Live Music Listings – Waterloo Region” tab, choose “Add My Event” and “Add New”.

 

 

 


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From there it is just a matter of filling in the event name, date, and time.

 

 

 

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Links to a musicians website and other general information can be added into the “Details” field.

 

 

 

 

Lastly, select the category that best suits the event and add any images to be included with the post.

Once the event has been submitted, final approval is needed before it is posted to the calendar.

The only way to grow the music scene in Kitchener-Waterloo is to support those musicians that are part of it.

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Godspeed, Tegan and Sara make Polaris Prize long list

via Godspeed, Tegan and Sara make Polaris Prize long list.

Chris Young, The Canadian Press

MONTREAL — Calgary pop duo Tegan and Sara, Montreal art-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Toronto new-wave band Metric are among the artists who have made the 40-album Polaris Music Prize long list.

The list of contenders was announced Thursday in Montreal.

It will be narrowed to a 10-album short list on July 16, with the winner to be announced at a performance gala Sept. 23 in Toronto.

The diverse long list features a number of artists being recognized by Polaris for the first time.

Among those newcomers are Montreal singer/songwriter Mac DeMarco, indie-R&B act Rhye (which features Toronto-raised vocalist Mike Milosh) and Winnipeg metal outfit KEN Mode.

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@couragemylove show what they’ve become

via Courage My Love show what they’ve become.

By Patrick Finch

Courage My LoveTwin sisters Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn have seen a lot in the last three years. Their band, Courage My Love, continues to convert fans all over the world; their record label, the mighty Warner Music, keeps directing a national spotlight onto the 19 year olds; and their miles logged on the road keep growing. Sitting with the two sisters and new bassist Brandon Lockwood over lunch in uptown Waterloo, I was struck by their excitement, their luck, and their level-headedness in the face of great success.

“We were jamming in our attic and eventually we were playing local shows,” singer-guitarist Mercedes told me, bringing me up to speed. “We got discovered by a producer and things just took off from there. We got signed; got a booking agent; started playing some amazing shows and taking our music really far. We were really happy with that. We got together with Brandon this year and it’s been awesome so far.
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CKWR rebounds to celebrate 40 years

http://m.therecord.com/news-story/3837141-ckwr-comes-back-from-brink-to-celebrate-40-years/

Dianne Wood – Record Staff

KITCHENER — It was just 18 months ago that officials at community radio station FM 98.5 CKWR uttered the words “wiped out.”

A board member and longtime volunteer had walked away with almost $60,000 of the station’s money — much of it donated by devoted and trusting listeners of the non-profit multicultural station.

“It was a knuckle punch,” stated Clarence Mascoll, president of the station’s board of directors. “This was the main setback in the history of this station.”

This weekend, as the station celebrates its 40th anniversary, things are looking up. And the station is still on the air.

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2013 @PolarisPrize Nominees – Long List

A Tribe Called Red – Nation II Nation
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Alaclair Ensemble – Les maigres blancs d’Amérique du Noir
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ANCIIENTS – Heart of Oak
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The Besnard Lakes – Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO
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Louis-Jean Cormier – Le Treizième Étage
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Daphni – JIAOLONG
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Mac DeMarco – 2
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Evening Hymns – Spectral Dusk
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Hannah Georgas – Hannah Georgas
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
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Chilly Gonzales – Solo Piano II
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Jim Guthrie – Takes Time
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Hayden – Us Alone
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Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite
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KEN mode – Entrench
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Kid Koala – 12 bit Blues
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Kobo Town – Jumbie in the Jukebox
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Pierre Lapointe – Punkt
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Lee Harvey Osmond – The Folk Sinner
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Les soeurs Boulay – Le poids des confettis
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Corb Lund – Cabin Fever
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The Luyas – Animator
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Majical Cloudz – Impersonator
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Metric – Synthetica
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METZ – METZ
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Danny Michel with the Garifuna Collective – Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me
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AC Newman – Shut Down The Streets
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Old Man Luedecke – Tender is The Night
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Lindi Ortega – Cigarettes & Truckstops
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Peter Peter – Une version améliorée de la tristesse
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Purity Ring – Shrines
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Rah Rah – The Poet’s Dead
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Rhye – Woman
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Daniel Romano – Come Cry With Me
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Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
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Suuns – Images du futur
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Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob
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Al Tuck – Stranger at the Wake
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Whitehorse – The Fate of the World Depends On This Kiss
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Young Galaxy – Ultramarine
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