Blog: Quick Before It Melts

And then there were eight.

And then there were eight. By midnight tomorrow night, I have to submit my top five albums from June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009 to the good folks at running this year's Polaris Music Prize . When I was asked to participate as a juror for this year's award, I thought, "Hey, this'll be a snap!" What I didn't realize at the time was that my fingers wouldn't be doing the snapping, it would be my brain. Narrowing a list down to about 15 was easy, but culling the herd down to a mere five has proved to be [...]
Link Text:Japandroids "Young Hearts Spark Fire"
File Name:02 Young Hearts Spark Fire.mp3
Link Text:Pink Mountaintops "While We Were Dreaming"
File Name:03 While We Were Dreaming.mp3
Artist:Attack In Black
Title:Liberties
Link Text:Attack In Black Liberties
File Name:05 Liberties.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Bruce Peninsula
Title:Steamroller
Link Text:Bruce Peninsula "Steamroller"
File Name:Bruce Peninsula - Steamroller.mp3
Bitrate:200 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Rae Spoon
Title:Come on Forest Fire Burn the Disco Down
Link Text:Rae Spoon Come On Forest Fire Burn The Disco Down
File Name:03 Come on Forest Fire Burn the Disco Down.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:The Dears
Title:Meltdown In A Major
Link Text:The Dears "Meltdown In A Major"
File Name:09 Meltdown In A Major.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Wolf Parade
Title:Call It A Ritual
Link Text:Wolf Parade "Call It A Ritual"
File Name:4274.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Location: Welland, Ontario, Canada