Stereogum — White Lung have had a great year. The band released their latest album, Paradise, back in May, and it made the Polaris Prize short list alongside a few other artists who landed our best albums lists in 2015 and 2016, including Grimes, Carly Rae Jepse... more info

USA Today Music — The British up-and-comer can't stop listening to Nao, Kaytranada and Mitski.             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 — Like they do every year, Pitchfork uses the mid-year period to put out their list of Overlooked Albums of the year. The 2016 list includes Pinegrove, YG, KING, Steve Gunn, Stereolab offshoot Cavern of Anti-Matter, Kaytranada, Lil Uzi Vert and more. C... more info

Consequence of Sound — Canadian jazz troupe's latest offering features Future Island's Sam Herring, Kaytranada, Mick Jenkins, and more. more info

Quick Before It Melts — If ever there were evidence of ‘the new normal’, Montreal based producer and DJ Kaytranada (Louis Kevin Celestin to his friends) is the shit. Count him among a small handful that instinctively knew how to harness the possibilities of SoundCloud, ... more info

NME — The Weeknd, Dilly Dally and Kaytranada also appear on the Polaris Music Prize longlist more info

Stereogum — The long list for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize has been revealed: Drake, Grimes, Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Destroyer, Kaytranada, White Lung, Dilly Dally, PUP, Junior Boys, Jessy Lanza, Operators, and Nap Eyes all made the cut. In ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Yet another promising collaboration from the two Canadian-based acts. more info