Ontario’s Dan Snaith who records under the name Caribou has won the 2008 Polaris Prize for his album “Andorra”. The prize comes with $20,000. Dan Snaith said after the win: “I’m lucky and proud to be included among these musicians, I had no expectation that this would happen.”

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No, Morrissey and Johnny Marr aren’t reuniting but they are releasing a new compilation of Smiths’ material. Johnny Marr is handling the remastering process while Morrissey gave the compilation a title: “The Sound Of The Smiths”. “The Sound of the Smiths” will be double-disc. The first disc will feature single and songs that were almost singles while the second will feature live tracks, b-sides and other rare tracks. The tracklisting for it is below.

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The New Jersey lo-fi band recorded a Daytrotter session. They played three track from their debut “The Airing of Grievances”, whose titled is inspired by the Festivus episode in Seinfeld. They also recorded a cover of Spider Bag’s ‘Waking Up Drunk’. You can download the session tracks here. The tracklisting for the session is below.

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TV on the Radio performed ‘Dancing Choose’ on The Late Show with David Letterman. You can watch the performance below.

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Jack Dolgen guitarist for Brooklyn band Sam Champion has launched a blog dedicated to raising money for Barack Obama’s campaign. The site Barack Rock, will be an mp3 blog featuring song and artwork donated by artists for free download on the site to support Barack Obama. In the siderbar the site also encourages people to register to vote and to donate money to Barack Obama. Check out the site Barack Rock and download some song. Also don’t forget that tonight there will be the first presidental debate, tune in and watch the candidates debate the important issues.

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This is an acoustic version of Blur’s ‘Beetlebum’. This version was done for an acoustic session in Germany in March of 1997. You can download the song below.

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After the album was delayed because remember it was supposed to be released this year, the band has finally finished it. The album is scheduled for an early 2009 release and it will be more danced-influenced. Frontman Alex Kapranos told the BBC: “The last record was fast, furious, frantic, 150 beats per minute, It was like a teenager having sex. This one’s a bit more assured and a bit friendlier for the dancefloor. It’s about 104/105bpm. It does sound different, and there are different instruments on the record, different tempos, a different attitude to making it. But it’s always going to sound like a Franz Ferdinand record when it’s the four of us making it. It’s very much a dance record again this time.” We’ll it slower but its easier to dance to and you have to love that analogy of the last record being like a teenager having sex.

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