Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - The $20,000 Polaris Music Prize has been narrowed to a long list of 40 Canadian albums that includes entries from Leonard Cohen, Metric, Joel Plaskett and former Polaris winner Patrick Watson. more info

Pasta Primavera — Belgium’s Star Guitar and their remix of Phoenix’s “Lisztomania” doesn’t do anything drastic.  There’s still guitars, synths, and the like, but the arrangement….is compelling…so I approve. mp3: Phoenix – Lisztomania (Star Guitar ... more info

Perfect Porridge — Review by Stevelknievel; Photos by Kyle Dreher There was love, laughter, perhaps a few tears, and in the end Metric ruled First Avenue last night. The band’s talent may come from both Canada and America, but the four-piece band was united on all... more info

Detroit Free Press — "True Blood" season premiere, 9 p.m. HBO Metric at St. Andrew's Hall Jonas Brothers new release Boz Scaggs at Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Tower of Power with Cold Blood at the Michigan Theater "Year One" in theaters more info

NME — Seattle festival keeps growing more info

Live Daily — Headlined last Saturday (6/6) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs [ tickets ], The Offspring [ tickets ], 311 and Dead Confederate [ tickets ], San Francisco FM station Live 105's annual BFD Festival again took place at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA... more info

Stereogum — Metric's tour on the back of Fantasies and its many videos brought them to L.A. last night, where the band played their biggest, most sold-out show yet. Props were paid onstage to the various Los Angeles venues they've performed and outgrown along... more info

411 Mania — Current line-up for big fest... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch *Metric* (http://myspace.com/metric)'s video for "Sick Muse" in the replies. more info

Rawkblog — I think I’m going to start doing this every week, folks — a look at this weekend’s recommended shows and a jump on gigs on the following Monday through Wednesday. Would this be helpful? As with all things Rawkblog, the gigs in question are prof... more info