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Here are the 10 finalists for this year’s Prism Prize for Canadian music video excellence

March 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2018, Alice Glass, Alvvays, Charlotte Day Wilson, Cri, Daniel Caesar, Feist, Grimes, Janelle Monae, Jessie Reyez, Leonard Cohen, Prism Prize, PUP

Each year, the Prism Prize recognizes excellence in Canadian music video production and direction with the winner receiving a cheque

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Toronto’s PUP Released “Choose Your Own Adventure”Game for the Song “Old Wounds”

August 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments PUP, Video Game

PUP has done something different with their latest music video Start by watching the intro video and then select one

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PUP Wins $10,000 in the SOCAN Songwriting Prize

July 12, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments PUP, SOCAN, Songwriting

Toronto’s PUP has won the 12th annual English SOCAN Songwriting Prize for this track from their 2016, The Dream is

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Musicians 

Really Think It Through – When Band Names Go Bad

May 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments AJJ, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Bad Band Names, Band Names, change, Eskimeaux, Get Inuit, O, Offensive, Political Correctness, Preoccupations, PUP, Tanya Tagaq, Topanga, Viet Cong

Coming up with a band name can sometimes be even harder than making music. It needs to be memorable and

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Love Music Videos? Here’s the Short List for the 2017 Prism Prize

April 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Red, Andy Shauf, BADBADNOTGOOD, Grimes, Harrison, July Talk, Kaytranada, Prism Prize, PUP, Wintersleep

No, the music video is not dead. The Prism Prize seeks to recognize the best Canada has to offer, complete

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The Prism Prize is Back! Here are the Nominations for the Top 20 Canadian Videos

February 7, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Red, Aidan Knight, BADBADNOTGOOD, Braids, Brais, Dilly Dally, Grimes, Harrison, Jazz Cartier, July Talk, Kaytranada, Lisa Leblanc, Prism Prize, PUP, Ronley Teper's Lipliners, Somewhere Else, SonReal, Tanya Tagaq, Wintersleep

The Prism Prize has returned, setting in motion a process to name the best Canadian music video of the last

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 16 December 2016

December 16, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Age of Electric, Badflower, Baloji, Formation, Frenzal Rhomb, FRIGS, Guttermouth, Leonard Cohen, PUP, Rolling Stones, Sleep Science

Before I left for a week at the NE Caribbean Command Post, I picked up another 11 brand new tracks

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Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, July 9, 2017

July 9, 2016July 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Beyonce, Chris Cornell, Isis, Jay Z, Johnny Ramone, Military Bands, Protest Songs, PUP, Snoop Dogg, Spotify, StubHub, The Game

It was on this day in 1986 that homosexuality was decriminalized in New Zealand. And now, music news. Snoop Dogg

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I Like This: PUP (Again)

August 11, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment PUP

Check out their new animated video for “Dark Days” and ask yourself “Do I really, really want to be in

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Toronto’s PUP Played over 250 Shows Last Year and Mashed Them All into One Video

February 13, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Video, PUP, Toronto, Tour

It’s less than three minutes long, but I’m glad I didn’t have to edit it. More at Noisey.

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Nominees Announced for the 2014 SOCAN Songwriting Prize

June 5, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2014, Alejandro Ribera, July Talk, Louise Berns, PUP, SOCAN Songwriting Prize, Wake Owl

And the nominees are… “Emeralds Shatter” by Louse Burns… …”Gold” from Wake Owl… …”Having you Around” by July Talk… …”I

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