I’ll keep this short. The Polaris Music Prize is announced on Monday. My prediction goes to Plants And Animals. Why? Because they don’t give a shit.
And if they don’t win, then I’m giving it to Holy Fuck. Why? Because they don’t give a shit either.
Discuss.
The short list for the Polaris Music Prize was announced a couple of weeks ago. The list is as follows.
Black Mountain - In the Future
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Caribou - Andorra
Holy Fuck - LP
Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
Plants & Animals - Parc Avenue
Shad - The Old Prince
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Three things are wrong with this list; The Weakerthans, Stars and Two Hours Traffic. Everybody has their criticisms with the above list. When talking about inclusion/exclusion of a specific artist people seem to forget who and what this prize stands for.
POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE MISSION STATEMENT
The operation of a not-for-profit organization that annually honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music by recognizing, then marketing the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected critics and experts.
Let me tell you, i’m not the worlds largest Holy Fuck fan. Do I think they should be on the short list, absolutely, because they fulfill what the Polaris Music Prize stands for. These albums are supposed to be judged solely on artistic merit.
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I admit it. I didn’t find out about this on my last trip to the Chichi back alley clubs of Western France. Actually, I was reading www.thecoolhunter.net in my underwear eating an ice cream bar. Fuck it; I’m running with this anyhow.
In a nutshell, Valerie is perfect and beautiful nostalgia-emo-lectro wrapped up in the warm glow of neon scrunchies. It’s a ride in your brand new DeLorean to the mall to score some coke. It’s John Hughes dropping tracks in a shiny leather vest. It’s skipping class with the brat-pack and sneaking a quick make-out with Molly Ringwald behind the 7-11. And, oddly enough, it’s just what music needs right now.
Born in lounges of Paris, Valerie is the culmination of a number of hipster Deejays (see: skinny jeans, ironic mustaches, cartons of Marlboro Lights) and producers looking for something other than Justice inspired bangers rattling the roofs off every club in Europe. So they made this hot mess.
Check it out:
http://www.myspace.com/russchimes
http://www.myspace.com/theoutrunners
http://www.myspace.com/collegeoflove
http://www.myspace.com/thefuturecop
Then complete the 80’s revival; go rent Ferris Bueller’s Day off, The Breakfast club, and maybe even American Psycho. FYI - lots of people die in that last one.
