The winner...

Patrick Watson's album 'Close to Pardise'

Sept 24 - Polaris Music Prize Nominees

On today's show, I played all 10 artists/albums nominated for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. The winner will be announced tonight, so check out polarismusicprize.ca for more details. We started the show off with some of last year's nominees and the winner. Thanks again to everyone who donated to FM-phasis!

(2006 Polaris)
*Wolf Parade - It's a Curse
*The New Pornographers - Three or Four
*The Deadly Snakes - 200 Nautical Miles
*Final Fantasy - Many Lives > 49Mp (2006 Polaris Music Prize Winner)

(Other)
Knock Knock Ginger - (The tragic love affair of) Kasey and Jamie
Joanna Newsom - Peach Plum Pear

(2007 Polaris Nominees)
*Patrick Watson - Luscious Life
*The Dears - I Fell Deep
*Joel Plaskett Emergency - Nothing More to Say
*Junior Boys - The Equalizer
{*Etienne Rawlyk - Twinkle Twinkle Little Brown Star Fish. (This was just my 2-year-old nephew singing...he's just very cute, and was here visiting this weekend, and I'm a geek and recorded him.)}
*The Arcade Fire - Intervention
*Miracle Fortress - Have You Seen In You Dreams
*Chad Van Gaalen - Wing Finger
*Julie Doiron - The Wrong Guy
*The Besnard Lakes - Disaster
*Feist - The Water

Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life (Other)

Sept 17th - FM-Phasis

All artists this week were Canadian and members/guests of Broken Social Scene. Thank you to everyone who donated!

*Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing Nation
*Valley of the Giants - Westworld
*Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
*Raising the Fawn - Top to Bottom
*The Dears - Fear Made the World Go 'Round
*Metric - Rock me now
*Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons - The Lottery
*Fembots - the City
*Amy Milan - Baby I
*Stars - Look Up
*Reverie Sound Revue - the AM
*Bob Wiseman - two
*Do Make Say Think - In Mind
*the Hidden Cameras - The Fear is on
*Feist - 1234
*The Weakerthans - Hymn of Medical Oddity
*K-Os - CatDieseL

Sept 10, 2007

Chemical Brother - Hold tight London
Hot Chip - Boy from school
Bjork - Earth Intruders
Le Tigre - Don't Drink Poison
*Junior Boys - In the morning
Boy Kill Boy - On my own
*Wolf Parade - You're a runner and I am my father's son
Architecture in Helsinki - Hold Music
*Islands - Rough Gem
*K-os - The Rain
DJ Shadow - Building steam with a grain of salt
Pete Yorn - Vampyre
*Greatest Explorers in the World - The Matchlock gun
*Blinker the Star - Kiss me, I'm alive
*Destroyer - The way of perpetual roads
*Neil Young - Far from home
*The Sadies - Why be so curious
The Section Quartet - Crooked Frame
Bettie Seervert - Painted Word
*Jen Lane - coming down
Emiliana Torrini - Thinking out loud
*Parkas - filthy rich kids
The Notwist - Consequence
Yo La Tengo - Sometime I don't get you

September 03, 2007

*Moses Mayes - Being
*Shout Out Out Out Out - They tear down houses don't they?
Rinocerose - Le Rock Summer
!!! - heart of hearts
*Magneta Lane - 22
Yeah Yeah Yeah - Miles away
*Surface - September
Ella Fitzgerald - September Song
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - September
Raymond and Maria - Reden Idag
*Feist - I feel it all
Sister Vanilla - Pastel Blue
*Great Aunt Ida - Macarena
Rilo Kiley - Does he love you?
*Emm Gryner - Nowhere
*Coldcut - Man in a garage
*The Acorn - Plates and saucers
Pete Yorn - Splendid Isolation
*Pete Samples - Standing upon the shoulders of giants
Sufjan Stevens - We are what you say
*Broken Social Scene - hotel
Spoon - I turn my camera on
Tom Vek - CC (You set the fire in me)
Lou Reed - Perfect day
*Tegan and Sara - Relief next to me

August 29, 2007

*Girl Nobody - I'll Shake It
Tara Jane O'Neil - The Louder
Thievery Corporation - 'Desert' by Emilie Simon
*Junior Pantherz - Death by life
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
*Matthew Barber - We're Gonna Play
Annie - Helpless fool for love
*Bella - Didn't mean to break our love
Hot Chip - Over & Over
*P:Ano - ...says 'Round Ever Corner'
*Organ - Brother
*Bedouin Soundclash - Music my Rock
The Cribs - the Scenesters
Mirah and Spectratone International - luminescence
*Matt Mays - When the Angels Make Contact
*Adelade - All in due time
*Andrew Vincent - Brown Bike
Cat Power - Good Woman
*Caribou - Andorra
Nada Surf - Blankest Year
Ryan Adams - Come pick me up
Calexico - Wave
PJ Harvey - Oh My Lover
*Nathan - Stranger
Micheal Franti - Oh my God