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10 International Acts To Watch For in 2012

Can’t get out the country for a while? Don’t have a passport? No worries. It’s never been easier to find music from around the world—especially when we’ve already done the searching.  read more

Broken Social Scene, New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara Included on Polaris Prize Long List

The first round of nominees for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize have been announced. It includes the likes of Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara and Yukon Blonde, to name a few....  read more

Patrick Watson Announces U.S. Tour in May

Patrick Watson made it into our Best of What’s Next issue last year, and now he’s setting out on his longest U.S. tour to date. Joined by his band, The Wooden Arms, Watson will trek from sea to shining sea across the country, starting in Brooklyn and ending at the Sasquatch! Festival in Washington state. Check out the full list of stops below....  read more

Listen to Paste's Picks for the Best of What's Next

Click above to hear music from some of Paste's favorite up-and-coming artists. Want to know more? Be sure to click on the links to profiles of each featured artist at the bottom of the Paste Station player. ...  read more

Best of What's Next 2009: Patrick Watson [Musician]

Hometown: MontrealAlbum: Wooden ArmsBand Members: Simon Angell (guitar, banjo, charango), Robbie Kuster (drums, percussion), Mishka Stein (bass), Patrick Wilson (vocals, keyboard)For Fans Of: Andrew Bird, Tom Waits, Osvaldo Golijov...  read more

Short List of Canada's Polaris Music Prize Nominees Revealed

Not too long ago, we revealed to you the prestigious Long List of nominees for this year's Polaris Music Prize, Canada's top nod to indie musicians. And Tuesday, the even-more-prestigious, whittled-down Short List was revealed.  ...  read more

Leonard Cohen, Wolf Parade, Junior Boys, Many More Make Polaris Music Prize Long List

For four years now, the Polaris Music Prize has been honoring the best of Canadian indie music. It has similarly sought to honor one of the truest definitions of "indie music" out there: "creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music...without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation or sales history." ...  read more

Patrick Watson nabs Polaris Prize

Patrick Watson... solo dude or band? This eternal question will have to take a back seat for the time being. You can just call him/them the "Polaris Prize-winning Patrick Watson" now. A distinguished panel of Canuck journalists came together earlier this week to name Montreal's Watson the winner of Canada's greatest musical honor. That, and a check for $20,000 - an unspeakable fortune for an indie group. The Polaris, is essentially a secondhand duplicate of a better-known British institution: the Mercury Music Prize. Watson's sophomore album Close to Paradise was a long-shot underdog coming into the event, with more...  read more