Arcade Fire win the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for The Suburbs
No one thought it would happen. Polaris, often known for picking lesser known bands, this year awarded an amazing album by Grammy winning Arcade Fire! Members Win Butler, Richard Parry, and Jeremy Gara were on hand to accept the honours and the gigantic cheque for $30,000. The three members accepted the award for the bands third album, The Suburbs ... (more)
Stereogum — Lots of good records come out of Canada every year, but only one of those records gets to win the Polaris Music Prize, Canada’s equivalent to the UK’s Mercury Prize. ... more info
ContactMusic — Arcade Fire have won the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for their third album The Suburbs The group beat off stiff competition from the likes of Destroyer Hey Rosetta and Colin... more info
ContactMusic — Canadian rockers Arcade Fire have scooped their native countrys top music prize for their Grammy-winning album The Suburbs The bands hit record was the favourite to take ... more info
Topix — No one thought it would happen. Polaris, often known for picking lesser known bands, this year awarded an amazing album by Grammy winning Arcade Fire! Members Win Butler,... more info