Brooklyn Vegan — The long list for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, Canada's annual award for a great album, has been announced. It includes Drake, The New Pornographers, Death From Above 1979, Caribou, Alvvays, White Lung, Viet Cong, METZ, Cold Specks, Buffy... more info

Stereogum — The Polaris Music Prize, awarded annually to Canada’s best album of the year, has been controversial in recent years. Godspeed You! Black Emperor rejected and criticized the prize in 2013, and at last year’s ceremony, winner Tanya Tagaq proclaime... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gretchen Robinette, words by Andrew Sacher White Lung @ Governors Ball 2015 White Lung were just in NYC over the weekend for three shows. The first was a late Governors Ball aftershow at Knitting Factory on Friday (6/5)... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Joyce Manor and Cheap Girls show at Webster Hall go on sale at 10 AM. Tickets to see the Georgia shows at Elvis Guesthouse and Baby's All Right go sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: White Lung at Fuji Rocks 2014 (more by Erina Uemura) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Governors Ball It's the first day of annual three-day NYC festival... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: White Lung in Chicago in 2014 (more by James Richards IV) Vancouver punk rippers White Lung recently announced a run of dates including a leg opening for Refused on the West Coast and another leg with support from LA... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Governors Ball is approaching, and now the aftershows happening at various NYC venues have been announced. Tickets for all aftershows go on Citibank presale starting Wednesday (4/15) at noon, and tickets go on sale to the general public on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Faith No More (photo by Dustin Rabin) Refused recently announced a tour of intimate US venues, including two now-sold-out NYC shows in June with TBA openers. (West Coast gets White Lung.) Now they've announced another tour, which brings them to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: White Lung at Fuji Rocks 2014 (more by Erina Uemura) Last week, post-hardcore greats Refused announced a US tour, and it's now been announced that Vancouver's ripping White Lung will support them on their West Coast leg. No openers... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wire, whose new album you can stream, will be bringing their DRILL Festival to Chicago from June 11-13. (Seattle had DRILL in 2013.) Highlights include the band collaborating with St. Vincent for an extended performance of their song "Drill,"... more info