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Angine de Poitrine to Perform at Polaris Award Ceremony

The Québec duo are also nominated in 11 categories at the ADISQ Awards.

Angine de Poitrine to Perform at Polaris Award Ceremony

It just never stops for Angine de Poitrine, as it was announced they are bringing their extraterrestrial brand of Québec math-rock to the Polaris Music Prize stage.

The Saguenay duo have been added to the lineup for the 2026 Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony, taking place September 22 at Toronto’s Massey Hall. The announcement comes thef day after the band made their U.S. late-night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed their previously unreleased track “Zugzegk.”


The group has had one of the most fascinating and cataclismic breakout years in recent Canadian music history. Their album Vol. II is among the 10 records shortlisted for the 2026 Polaris Album Prize, while “Fabienk” is also in contention for the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize.

They join an evening featuring performances from fellow Polaris nominees including Aquakulture, Begonia, Bibi Club, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland, Charlotte Cornfield, Les Louanges and Tanya Tagaq. Long List nominees Slash Need will also perform an interpretation of Peaches’ No Lube So Rude.

Back home (or at least their terrestrial residence) in Québec, Angine de Poitrine are also getting high praise at the ADISQ Awards, where they're nominated in 11 categories, just one shy of fellow Rolling Stone Canada Future of Music 2026 alum Lou-Adriane Cassidy, who leads with 12.

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