Prefix — Polaris has just announced its short list for this year's prize in Canadian music. Here's the list in alphabetical ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/polaris-names-drake-feist-grimes-japandroids-and-m/67261/ more info

KEXP Seattle — About a month after the release of the longlist the 10 finalists for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Shortlist have been revealed, and it boasts one of the Canadian music prize’s most diverse roster to date. Feist, Kathleen Edwards, Drake, Cold Specks... more info

Consequence of Sound — Feist, Handsome Furs, and Kathleen Edwards also nominated for Canada's best album. more info

Music For Ants — After arriving at Union Park and catching some bits and pieces of Olivia Tremor Control and A$AP Rocky, I took my place for my official kick-off to Pitchfork Music Festival weekend, Japandroids. Being a 3-time veteran of the Vancouver garage-rock duo... more info

So Much Silence — Eric here again (previous posts here and here). I feel like more of my favorite bands have released, or are about to release, potentially awesome albums in the last few months than I have time for these days. I’m firmly entrenched in Japandroids‘... more info

Prefix — Photo courtesy of Free PeopleI got a bit of a late start to Friday’s Pitchfork Music ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/asap-rocky-big-krit-dirty-projectors-japandroids-pitchfork-music-festival-purity-ring-willis-earl-b... more info

Chicago Tribune — Here’s an hour-by-hour rundown of how Day 1 of the seventh annual Pitchfork Music Festival went down Friday in Union Park, with contributions from my colleague Bob Gendron (BG) and yours truly (GK): more info

Chicago Tribune — Rain delayed the start of the Pitchfork Music Festival on Friday, and then it came down hard again around dinner hour. But the music played on. While A$AP Rocky delivered the party rap on one of the main stages, keeping the crowd energized through th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After teasing folks with a few names here and there -- like Run DMC most recently -- Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest (Nov 2 - 4) has revealed it's full line-up, including Public Image Ltd, De La Soul,... more info

melophobe — It’s a hot night in June, and you’re driving down an empty highway about ten mph too fast. Or a July night in a crowded venue and you’re dancing so much you can’t tell if the sweat belongs to you or your neighbor. You yell like hell to the he... more info