Scion Presents Polaris Music Prize 2013 - Gala
Monday, September 23, 2013
Toronto, ON - Venue TBA

The 2013 Polaris Music Prize culminates on Monday, September 23, 2013, when the Canadian Album of the Year will be chosen from the prestigious selection of this year's Short List artists. An independent jury of music media will assess the nominated albums based solely on their artistic merit, behind closed doors, while the ten Short List nominees perform live to their fans and peers on the Gala stage. The Polaris Music Prize and the Gala itself will be watched closely by the music world at large throughout the year as the award show unfolds during the live webcast. The Polaris Music Prize awards $30,000 to the artist who creates the Canadian Album of the Year ...

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Scion Presents Polaris Music Prize 2013 - Short List Announcement
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Toronto, ON - Venue TBA

The Polaris Music Prize 2013 Short List will be revealed on July 16 in Toronto. One of the most anticipated checkpoints of the 2013 Polaris Music Prize campaign is the announcement of the ten best Canadian Albums of the Year, as judged by an independent jury of over 200 Canadian journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers. The Short List announcement sets the pace for the next two months of speculation, while music fans debate on the most artistically merited album of the year, argue on the oversights of the jury, and prepare for it all to unfold live on-stage at the September 23 Gala in Toronto. The Polaris Music Prize awards $30,000 to the winning artist...

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Scion Presents Polaris Music Prize 2013 - Long List Announcement
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Montreal, QC - Venue TBA

The Polaris Music Prize experience begins with the announcement of the 2013 Long List of nominees. The June 13 event will be held in Montreal, continuing Polaris' new tradition of revealing the Long List outside its home base in Toronto. The Long List announcement names the top 40 considerations for Canadian Album of the Year, as judged by a jury of over 200 Canadian journalists, broadcasters, and bloggers, and catalyzes the national conversation about what artists will make the Short List, revealed on July 16 in Toronto. The Polaris Music Prize awards $30,000 to the winning artist, who will be crowned on September 23 at the Polaris Music Prize Gala live event and webcast...

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SF producer Kastle imparts "Circles": a drowsy and somnambulent dip into late-night melody and weighted bass. The exclusive download is made available from Kastle's eponymous LP, recently out on Symbols Recordings, via Scion Sessions & Exclaim!...

The young Montreal producer Kaytranada lays out this exclusive "Long Fortune" mix for Scion Sessions, pairing up originals and thematic selections with aplomb. The triple threat outro of Brandy, Monica, and Aaliyah calls back to mind Kay's bootleg remixes of Janet Jackson, Missy Elliot, and TLC, to name just a few...

This is the after-hours anthem! Cadence Weapon's ode to side-door venues come and gone, probably penned at dawn, in some Montreal loft, for every late-night early-morning jam that you might've got away with. Edmonton's one-time all-time Poet Laureate weaves a torrent of witching hour cautionary tales of forgotten party memories and 5-0 infiltration, over a sparse beat and islands of infectious chorus...

Previously only available late-night as a live fan favourite, "Loft Party" appears on the B-side to Cadence Weapon's Scion Sessions 7", fronted with the Hope In Dirt City hit "Conditioning"...

"Just tell 'em you're Rollin' with Roland"

On November 6, Teen Daze releases his second full length record, the gorgeous The Inner Mansions (Lefse Records). Expounding on the sonic, spatial, and spiritual insights of his full debut, All Of Us, Together, The Inner Mansions explores deeper and lighter atmospheres by a more literary approach. With this atypically acoustic rendition of "Divided Loyatlies" at Vancouver's Red Cat Records, Teen Daze aimed to unearth a piece of music that, when brought down from the stratospheric heights of his blissful production, will stand the test of the song. The album version, debuted at ISO50, reveals the immeasurable space that this song has traveled from its conception to its release... 

Shout Out Out Out Out "Now That I've Given Up Hope I Feel Much Better" /
Teen Daze "Bluest Water" - Split 12" Remix-Swap

Shout Out Out Out Out & Teen Daze pair up on this very special 12" vinyl release for Scion Sessions. The collaborative EP features an original from both bands - Teen Daze's brand new languid burner "Bluest Water" and Shout Out Out Out Out's robotik "Now That I've Given Up Hope, I Feel Much Better" from 'Spanish Moss, Total Loss' – which gets the reinterpretation treatment from the opposing artist...

Ryan Hemsworth slows up with this dog-days mix, a few ahead of his contribution to a very SLOWED SUMMER, August 4 at the Wrongbar monthly. This mix cruises through some unheard original material of his own and the homies, including trips through TNGHT, Kaytradamus, and the remix of EXETER's "88MPH" released through this channel not long ago...

Baauer gets SLOWED on this Sessions mix, built in the back seat by the Brooklyn-Mad Decent producer, on the road to FRENZY in Ottawa 7/6 and alongside Bro Safari, Lucie Tic, and Torro Torro 7/7 in Toronto. The latter drops it's special edition Sessions 7" "Blue Blouse/Go Deep rmx" at this overloaded bill at SLOWED...

Bruce Trail's "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" is an inquisitive exploration of pace and texture. Scott Cairns' (Nacho Lovers) nascent identity as Bruce Trail traipses the sonic palette along the escarpment between terrestrial bass and celestial heights, natural notions of future sounds. This exclusive mix, unearthed in advance of Bruce Trail's appearance at the pathblazing Foundry series...

DAPS Records & Hand Drawn Dracula comprise two sides of a Toronto coin, currency widely accepted for the impassioned Do It Ourselves all-styles-all-fidelities music signified by both these labels and a city's burgeoning community (more so than scene, more so than sound). This collaborative project brings together the end-of-spectrum but like-minded creativity of the DAPS & HDD camps: four bands from each set represented on balanced sides of 12" vinyl!

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