2006 Polaris Music Prize - Poster Series

[Evil Alice Corp]

I just got back from the Polaris Music Prize gala (a Canadian version of Mercury Music Prize).
http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/
There were 10 bands nominated for Best Canadian Album. 10 of us gigposters.com members were commissioned to design rock posters for each of the nominated bands (limited edition of 30).
I promised earlier to take pictures at the event, but my camera failed on me. Sorry All the posters looked really awesome. Great job guys.

Scott Blake (sblake) - K'naan


Michael Deforge (deforgeo) - Final Fantasy (the 2006 Polaris Music Prize winner!)


Longplay (CCCP) - The New Pornographers


Seripop - Wolf Parade


Mine - Metric


the rest.... (sorry, i can't find yours...please post your designs here so we can all see )

Doublenaut - Broken Social Scene
Raymond Beisinger - Cadence Weapon
Todd Stewart (breeree) - The Deadly Snakes
Safety47 - Sarah Harmer
SERIGRAPHIE 514 - Malajube

Note to Shawny: thanks for setting us up with this gig. It's too bad you weren't at the gala. Steve Jordan said thank you tonight for helping out.

(sorry i posted in the wrong forum..it's supposed to be in "posters")

[whitt_amore]

i love yours alice, such a great image

[CCCP]

Final Fantasy??

Argh.

[MrBlonde7]

I saw cadence weapon open for islands. I liked him for a bit, then i didnt

[El Negro Magnifico!]

I was kinda rooting for Cadence Weapon. I gotta see Todd's poster!

[whiteyhouston]

I was kinda rooting for Cadence Weapon. I gotta see Todd's poster!

Rollie is fucking amazing!!!.. that kind of saddens me he didn't win... no matter, that boi is the hardest working pimp in the land..

also, the poster Ray did for C.Weaps is a stunner!!!..
I saw the seps at the shop..

[El Negro Magnifico!]

Rollie is fucking amazing!!!.. that kind of saddens me he didn't win... no matter, that boi is the hardest working pimp in the land..

No doubt!

[Raymond Biesinger]

OK. Pardon the size, but the details are what makes this pup.



It's a portrait of Rollie built with Edmonton Transit maps coupled with pin-head pointers locating the 26 Edmonton references in Breaking Kayfabe--it's got everything from horse tracks to Oliver Square to Nik Kozub. The legend of what's what is in his eyes. So, you can come to Edmonton and "tour" the album if you have this poster. You might look like an idiot carrying it around, though, at 17.5x22.5".

If you look hard enough, you'll find an "X" marking my studio, as well as the studio that printed it (Smokescreen Printing).

Fun?

Yrs.,
R.

[breeree]

Holy shit! Amazing, I will get mine up in a sec. This was such a great gig. All these posters look great.

[breeree]

Wait, Edmonton has a population of over 1,000,000?