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Polaris Music Prize: Are Indie-Skewing Critics' Awards Any More Legit?

Polaris Music Prize: Are Indie-Skewing Critics' Awards Any More Legit? Filed under: Exclusive , Between the Notes , Spinner Essay If anyone was shocked when F--ked Up frontman Damian Abraham stripped down to a thong on stage at last year's Polaris Prize gala and gave the gowned-and-necktied crowd a generous eyeful of buttflesh, they shouldn't have been. It was just what the life cycle of the four-year-old Canadian music award demanded. An hour later, the hardcore art-punk band's lead bellower would be planting a slobbery [...]
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