Stereogum — The Polaris Music Prize held its Gala last night in Toronto, handing out its annual award for the year’s best Canadian album to Kaytranada’s 99.9%. A lot of the other nominees were present to perform, and the CBC recruited various celebrities to ... more info

Gigwise — Kaytranada has one the Polaris Music prize 2016 - the Canadian equivalent of The Mercury Prize. For a country with a small population, the talent on the shortlist was extraordinary. Kaytranada's debut album, 99.9%, stood out like a diamond glitteri... more info

Stereogum — Kaytranada has won the 2016 Polaris Music Prize for his debut album 99.9%, which was deemed the Canadian Album Of The Year by a jury of journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers. The rising Haitian-Canadian producer beat out an impressive field of comp... more info

Consequence of Sound — Beating out the likes of Grimes, Carly Rae Jepsen, Black Mountain, and others. more info

Stereogum — We appreciate Black Mountain so much that we named IV, their first proper album since 2010, as an Album Of The Week back in March. And it looks like Foo Fighters appreciate them too! Dave Grohl just posted a link to the Vancouver-bred psych-rock vete... more info

Stereogum — Pickathon 2016 kicks off today in Happy Valley, OR, and you can livestream some of the festival’s notable sets here, including: Ty Segall, Wolf Parade, Thee Oh Sees, Black Mountain, Alvvays, Palehound, Mac DeMarco, Cass McCombs, and more. The strea... more info

Chorus.fm — Grimes, PUP, and Carly Rae Jepsen are among those up for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize, which goes to the best album of the year by a Canadian artist. Shortlist Black Mountain’s IV Basia Bulat’s Good Advice Grimes’ Art Angels Carly Rae Jepsen’... more info

Stereogum — The 2016 Polaris Music Prize short list is out! It includes: Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION Grimes — Art Angels PUP — The Dream Is Over White Lung — Paradise Kaytranada — 99.9% Basia Bulat — Good Advice Jessy Lanza — Oh No Andy Shauf ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Stone Roses' first NYC show in 20 year, plus Paul Simon, Black Mountain, Kimya Dawson, Weezer, Lee Ranaldo, 75 Dollar Bill, and more NYC show options for your Independence Day pre-party action. Continue reading… more info

KEXP Seattle — When Vancouver-based band Black Mountain stepped in the studio, we got a contact high. Not necessarily from their clothing, but definitely from their heavy, sludgy, psychedelic sound. Vocalists Stephen McBean and Amber Webber trade verses over a Blac... more info