The Polaris Project – June 16, 2021

Parallel World by Cadence Weapon A mainstay of the Canadian hip hop scene, Cadence Weapon combines socially conscious lyrics about gentrification, police brutality, income inequality, and municipal budget cuts with chopped-up, dissonant electronic beats. The album mostly works and is only sparingly corny. Probably never get nominated for a Juno/But that ain’t changing the wayContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 16, 2021”

The Polaris Project – June 15, 2021

The Polaris Music Prize long list was released today. It is my mission to listen to all 40 nominees in alphabetical order by artist name and review them here. Welcome to “The Polaris Project.” But before I begin, can I just say how much Godspeed You! Black Emperor was snubbed for G_d’s Pee AT STATE’SContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 15, 2021”