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Polaris Prize Dilemma of 2008

Sep 28, 2008, 7:06pm

Well here we are, the day before eleven judges decide on the winner of this year's Canadian indie music gem, the Polaris Prize , and I sit here wondering whom I would select as the one I would put my fight up for winning. To put my struggle in perspective, the potential winners are listed below. Now I could take the easy way out and pick whom I feel is the most popular and most likely to win, but even that is very subjective. I could scour the hundreds of articles and diatribes of which each writer giving their [...]

Artists: Basia Bulat, Black Mountain, Caribou, Holy Fuck, KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Plants and Animals, Shad, Stars, Two Hours Traffic, The Weakerthans

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