Blog: Treble

Fucked Up wins Polaris Prize

Sep 22, 2009, 4:32pm

The Polaris Prize, the Canadian equivalent of the U.K.'s Mercury Prize, is awarded each year to an independent artist based on merit, rather than sales or any of that arbitrary jazz. The winner gets $20,000, and past recipients include Final ...

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