Kyle’s Six Pix - Special Edition
Sep 30, 2008 Black Mountain, Caribou, Holy F***, Plants and Animals, Stars, The Weakerthans
The Polaris Prize Edition
So last night the prestigious Polaris Prize (all $20,000 of it) was awarded to Caribou. As I looked at the list of nominees, I noticed that Six of them had been featured on the Six Pix. Conincidence? I decided to recap them in order of who I thought was most deserving. I have to admit, based solely on the buzz I hear from fellow music geeks, I thought that Stars were going to win. I’m happy with Caribou, but I was secretly hoping that Holy Fuck would take the big money.
6. Black Mountain – “Wucan”, This is a live version from Brooklyn, recorded last February.
5. The Weakerthans – “Civil Twilight”, This is a live version from the South By Southwest festival a couple of weeks ago.
4. Stars – “You’re Ex-Lover Is Dead”, This is actually one of my favourite pop songs. This version is from this past summer at Coachella.
3. Plants And Animals – “Bye Bye Bye”, Give these guys a while and I think they will be just as popular as Arcade Fire or Stars. Havers likes them enough to get up at 7 am to see them. Usually he only gets out of bed for Pop Tarts.
2. Caribou – “Irene”, Not an official music video, but the song has been set to footage of Canadian wildlife. It’s very “Hinterland”. Congratulations on the win, artist formerly known as Manitoba.
1. Holy Fuck! – “Frenchy’s”, If you are a Maritimer, you should know the second hand clothing empire that this song is named after. I bought a pair of jeans there once for three dollars and found a twenty dollar bill in the pocket. Score!
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