How many wonderful bands have languished unknown outside of Quebec simply because their lyrics were in French? Karkwa doesn’t have to answer that question anymore—not since last year, when the ...

It's easy, when wrapped up in the tricky language narratives that ensconce French Canada, to place Karkwa and Patrick Watson in separate worlds. When the two Montreal-based acts teamed up for a trio ...

Bands like 'supergroup' WILD FLAG, Montréal's Karkwa and summery-sounding Polock were among the SXSW highlights for The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali, who recaps her personal adventures at the festival.

It's a blustery day in Rouyn Noranda in northern Quebec, but Karkwa's frontman Louis-Jean Cormier is feeling pretty warm. His band is three weeks away from unexpectedly winning the 2010 Polaris Music ...

The $20,000 prize, which honours the best Canadian album last year, was handed out at a ceremony Monday night in Toronto. An art-rock quintet from Montreal that sings in French, Karkwa triumphed over ...

The final day of M for Montreal is traditionally the busiest, with an entire afternoon of Francophone bands and then the big show at the Metropolis theater. This year was even more packed, with a ...

Karkwa, pourquoi? An obscure (to English Canada) art-rock band from Montreal has won the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, presented with fanfare, slight shock and an oversized novelty cheque Monday evening ...

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Quebec's French-singing Karkwa has nothing against anglophone music and audiences, but vocalist Louis-Jean Cormier draws the line at James Blunt. As the English pop warbler's earnest You're Beautiful ...

Weeks after The xx picked up the UK's Mercury Prize for the band's debut album xx, Montreal rockers Karkwa pocketed Canada's own version, the Polaris Prize, on September 20 for the album Les chemins ...

Karkwa won the $20,000 Polaris Music Prize last night. I predicted Karkwa to win the 2010 Polaris Prize moments before the start of the gala show at the concert hall in the Masonic Temple. My ...

The Montreal indie rock act won for its fourth album, "Les Chemins de Verre." By Andre Paine Montreal indie rock act Karkwa took home the Polaris Music Prize for its fourth album, “Les Chemins de ...