Stereogum — The Polaris Music Prize is one of the only music awards that tends to get it right. The award is given out annually to what is deemed by a large voting pool to be the best Canadian album. We already posted the long list which had a ton of good stuff,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The short list for the 2014 Polaris Music Price, Canada's annual award for a great album, has been announced. It includes Arcade Fire, Drake, Mac DeMarco, Chromeo, Owen Pallett, Tim Hecker, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Timber Timbre, Tanya Tagaq,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Dinosaur Jr. / Mac DeMarco @ 2014 4 Knots Music Fest NYC's free, all-ages 4Knots Music Festival went down across two stages at the South Street Seaport. On the main stage (Pier 16), Radkey kicked things... more info

Stereogum — Nardwuar The Human Serviette posted an interview with Mac DeMarco, and like most of Nardwuar’s interviews, it revealed a wealth of strange and wonderful stories. The two talk in depth about DeMarco’s early days playing DIY shows, the first time h... more info

NME — Mac DeMarco and Chromeo also among 40 nominees up for annual award more info

Stereogum — Judging by the comments section, Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days was the most controversial omission from our 50 Best Albums Of 2014 So Far list. An artist of the people, he is! So much so that DeMarco is asking the people — i.e. you — to submit a por... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mac DeMarco w/ Walter TV @ Northside 2014 (via @stevensedition) The annual NXNE fest is currently underway in Toronto, ON with the music portion really happening Wednesday - Saturday (June 18 - 21) at venues all over the Canadian city. For... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sharon Van Etten @ Great GoogaMooga 2013 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Northside Festival The Northside Festival begins its four-day takeove... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Montreal's Red Mass are a mercurial lot. Led by onetime CPCP Gangbangs member Roy Vucino (aka Choyce), the line-up has expanded and contracted but the MO remains the same: pysch-punk with a flair for arty drama. I caught Red... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thee-day Oregon music festival Pickathon returns this year from August 1-3 in Happy Valley. The lineup includes Nickel Creek, X, Warpaint, The War on Drugs, Jonathan Richman, Mac DeMarco, Operators, Foxygen, Destroyer (solo), Courtney Barnett, Parque... more info