Polaris Music Prize 2008

The Weakerthans On Gambling

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By CHARTattack Staff December 1, 2008 3:43 pm
CHARTattack's Jen White caught up with 2008 Polaris Music Prize nominees The Weakerthans backstage at the awards gala to find out how the mild-mannered Manitobans would spend the $20,000 prize money at the tracks.
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Two Hours Traffic Talk Pants

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By CHARTattack Staff November 28, 2008 4:09 pm
CHARTattack's Jen White caught up with 2008 Polaris Music Prize nominees Two Hours Traffic to talk about pants, shirts, and the band's pants/shirts dichotomy.
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Shad: Dressed To Kill

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By CHARTattack Staff November 24, 2008 4:03 pm
CHARTattack's Jen White caught up with 2008 Polaris Music Prize nominee Shad backstage at the awards gala to talk about how he dressed to kill his competitors (by apparently doing his best impression of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Philip Banks.)
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Plants And Animals: Polaris Darts Prize

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By CHARTattack Staff November 21, 2008 4:31 pm
2008 Polaris Music Prize nominees Plants And Animals chatted with CHARTattack's Jen White about speech tips for Barack Obama and the infamous Polaris Darts Prize.
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Polaris: Basia Bulat

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By CHARTattack Staff November 19, 2008 5:26 pm
CHARTattack's Jen White caught up with 2008 Polaris Music Prize nominee Basia Bulat backstage at the awards gala to talk about her new album and how everyone wants to beat her up.
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Polaris: Holy Fuck!

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By CHARTattack Staff November 17, 2008 1:30 pm
CHARTattack's Jen White caught up with 2008 Polaris Music Prize nominees Holy Fuck backstage at the awards gala to talk about the stiff competition and how fun it is to say their band name.
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Polaris Prize Video Roundup

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By CHARTattack Staff November 10, 2008 3:45 pm
Check out performances from all the 2008 Polaris Music Prize nominees at the awards gala at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre and exclusive backstage interviews with the artists before the show, including The Weakerthans, Holy Fuck, Plants And Animals dishing on who they thought would win.
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Polaris Music Prize 2008

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By CHARTattack Staff October 2, 2008 1:59 pm
Check out ChartAttack's video coverage of the 2008 Polaris Music Prize Gala at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre, where Caribou (a.k.a. Dan Snaith) won the coveted prize and its accompanying over-sized novelty cheque for $20,000.
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Caribou At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Kate Harper
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The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Caribou At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Caribou At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Caribou At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Caribou At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Caribou At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Polaris After-Party

Submitted by Steve McLean on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 2:42pm
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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) September 30, 2008 2:42 pm
After Caribou's Andorra was named the winner of this year's Polaris Music Prize, I hustled back to the office to write about it (one of the beers from the office fridge helped me get through typing while some of my cronies were socializing). The Weakerthans didn't win like I hoped they would, since they were the only band of the 10 on the short...
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Shad At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Shad At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Shad At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Shad At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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Shad At 2008 Polaris Music Gala

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 29, 2008
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