Via CBC: Live Caribou and Chad VanGaalen podcasts

Caribou, the winner of the 2008 Polaris Music Prize is this week’s featured artist on the CBC Radio 3 Sessions with reworks of some of his award winning tunes – you’ll never hear these songs done this way anywhere else. You can grab a copy of it at http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/sessions/CBCR3Sessions_2009-01-14.mp3. Also, if you missed it, yesterday’s…

RVT Caribou

Accoring to their Myspace Blog the polaris nominated Caribou are about to take off for some international dates in “playing in the United States, Switzerland, Taiwan, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, England and Wales”. After these dates Caribou will reportedly go on hiatus to write and record new music. But, before all of that…

Polaris Short List Announced

As just announced live on CBC Radio 3 the short list for this year’s Polaris Music Prize: Plants And Animals:: Parc Avenue Basia Bulat :: Oh My Darling Two Hours Traffic :: Little Jabs Stars In Our Bedroom After the War Shad :: The Old Prince Kathleen Edwards :: Asking for Flowers The Weakerthans ::…