I Was Stabbed by Satan can be found on K’naan’s first Polaris-nominated album The Dusty Foot Philosopher, released in the summer of 2005; his second Polaris-nominated release came this year via his sophomore effort Troubadour.  On top of the nomination for best Canadian independent album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher would take home the Juno award for [...]

For whatever reason, my relationship with hip-hop music seems to be cyclical.  In grade 8 I was rocking to school with the Wu-Tang Clan (seriously), and then in high school I remember a two-week period where the only album allowed in my car was The Marshall Mathers LP.  Thanks to artists like K’naan and k-os, [...]

I’ve been listening to a lot of K’naan since seeing him perform at the Polaris Music Prize gala this year; an obscene amount of K’naan actually.  Everything about his music, from the melodies he creates to his seemingly effortless delivery, is really really good.  Take a Minute can be found on K’naan’s second full-length album [...]

Congratulations to the Toronto, Ontario hardcore punk band Fucked Up, whose album The Chemistry of Common Life took home the 4th installment of the Polaris Prize last night.  As promised, here are my thoughts on the show last night; In point form of course, as proper sentence transitions are for suckers.

Whoever decided to have all [...]