i started listening to samples of the polaris shortlist, and my two-year old had some definitive opinions. here you go:
Colin Stetson (New History Warfare Volume 2): “Good. It’s noisy.”
Destroyer (Kaputt): “I don’t like this.”
Arcade Fire (The Suburbs): “Good.” (said before the music started) “I like this.” (cried when i turned it off)
Ron Sexsmith (Long Player Late Bloomer): “Where is it?” (ron’s myspace was broken)
Braids (Native Speaker): (singing) “A B C D E F G, I don’t like this.”
Galaxie (Tigre et Diesel): “Good.” (totally not paying attention, playing with marbles)
Hey Rosetta (Seeds): “Hey wait, I don’t like this one.”
Timber Timbre (Creep On Creepin On): “I don’t like this song.” (i tried him on two different tracks, he said the same thing for both)
Austra (Feel It Break) : (i totally forgot to play him austra, and now he’s in bed. sorry austra)
The Weeknd (House of Balloons): “Where the balloons?”
show update
the fits had fun at the Fish & Bird show, and one of the lovely band boys asked me if my band still existed. !!! i didn’t realize i’d let it slide so long. but yes, the band is still on, and i just updated the shows page to prove it. for those of you reading on facebook, you’ll have to go to www.vedahille.com to see them. that is all. except that i’m now heading out to try and find some sparkly gold tights for the jessie awards tonight, to go with my french sailor dress.