XM Verge Finalists Announced

Chances are you've gotten a few announcements from various bands urging you to vote in the XM Verge awards for Artist of the Year and Album of the Year. The voting is now over and the finalists have been announced. On September 22, the 2nd annual Verge Music Awards will be announced and the winner in each category will receive 25 thousand dollars.

The finalists are
Artist of the Year:

Alexisonfire

Amos The Transparent

Dan Mangan

Joel Plasket

Said The Whale

Album of the Year

Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Old Cardinals

Arkells - Jackson Square

Joel Plasket - Three

Metric - Fantasies

Mother Mother - O My Heart

For more info check out thevergeonline.com/vma.

Weakerthans, Metric, Hey Rosetta to Play Verge Awards Sept. 22

According to Chartattack the performers at this year's Verge Music Awards (Toronto's Mod Club on Sept. 22) will be the Weakerthans (winners of the Verge's Artist of the Year in 2008), Hey Rosetta! (last years album of the year winner) and Metric (not an award winner but the top 6 results on Google when you search 'Metric' now are all about the band - not the measurement system - which says something, good or ill.)

You can still vote for this year's Verge Music Awards at http://www.thevergeonline.com/vma/voting.php

The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight



Hey Rosetta! - Red Song



Metric - Gimme Sympathy