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Fucked Up win the 2009 Polaris Music Prize

Sep 22, 7:41am

Fucked Up win the 2009 Polaris Music Prize

Celebrated Toronto hardcore act Fucked Up were awarded the $20,000 Polaris Music Prize last night for their 2008 full length The Chemistry of Common Life . The band beat out 9 other short-listed competitors at a gala event in Toronto, including Metric , Elliott Brood , Great Lake Swimmers, Malajube , Patrick Watson, K'naan, Joel Plaskett , Chad VanGaalen and Hey Rosetta!. The Globe and Mail's Carl Wilson had this to say about the band: So people say Canadian songwriting is ironic and [...]

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