Album #24: Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors While I had heard of the Dirty Projectors before this year, I had not actually heard them until their collaboration with David Byrne on the Dark Was The Night compilation. That song, Knotty Pine, is fantastic and it was enough to get me pretty excited for the release of Bitte Orca . When the record finally arrived it took some time before it clicked with me...but when it finally did it clicked loudly. And now I love it [...]
If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you know that we're HUGE Joel Plaskett fans. In a true mark of fandom, I was one of the only five people that showed up on a bitterly cold Sunday night for a Boston gig a few years ago. This man has made some seriously great music, with his band Thrush Hermit, The Emergency, and on several solo albums. His latest album, Three , came out earlier this year in Canada and is massive -- it's a triple album, and although I have yet to [...]

The Polaris Prize Long list was announced earlier this week. In case you missed it here are the nominees. Any comments on the Long List Nominees? Arkells Jackson Square Hamilton, ON Website | Myspace [...]