CANADIAN CONTENT: Karkwa was named the winner of the fifth annual Polaris Music Prize given to the best Canadian album of the year, taking home $20,000 for their French language album Les Chemins de Verre. Previous winners include Fucked Up (2009), Caribou (2008), Patrick Watson (2007) and Final Fantasy (2006). Their win is the first for a French language album. Other nominees included Broken Social Scene, Radio Radio, The Sadies, Shad and Tegan and Sara, among others. (9/21p)
![]() Singers voice their dismay over the Supreme Court's latest decision. (6/28a)
UMG ACQUIRES ALL THINGS ZAPPA
Whose gonna "Freak Out" over this acquisition? (6/30a)
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SUPERSTAR RELEASES
Who's next?
MUSIC BIZ SPECIAL
It's Comic-Con for numbers geeks.
THE BIG CHEESE
Theories of evolution from 30,000 feet.
THE NEXT GIANT DEAL
A&R in overdrive.
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