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A Final Thought on the Polaris Prize

Oct 8, 2008, 9:46am

There have been some luke warm reactions to Caribou winning the 2008 Polaris Prize (see: here , here , and here ). And, really, I find its pretty tough to disagree with that pick particularly when the word 'artistic' as in "the albums of highest artistic integrity" is the criteria used to pick the prize. To me, what this 'artistic integrity' means is that the winning album should push some kind of boundaries... so with that in mind, albums by Basia Bulat, Two Hours Traffic, Stars, etc. should be struck from the group. [...]

Artists: Basia Bulat, Plants and Animals, Shad K

Tags: basia bulat, plants and animals, Polaris Music Prize, Shad K

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