Polaris Music Prize 2010: The Long List
If you can think of a Canadian artist, they're probably on the list.
Posted 18th June 2010, 12:58am in News, by DIY News Desk
A forty-strong long list has been revealed for this year's Polaris Music Prize (Canada's Mercury Music Prize, if you've not come across it before).The winner - to be announced at the annual Polaris Prize Gala in Toronto’s Drake Hotel on 20th September - will get to take home a $20,000 prize.
In 2009 the award went to Fucked Up for their album 'The Chemistry of Common Life', and it looks as though they're having another bash at it this year too, along with the likes of Owen Pallett, The New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Besnard Lakes, You Say Party We Say Die and Tegan & Sara.
The albums nominated for this year’s Polaris Music Prize are, in alphabetical order:
Apollo Ghosts - Mount Benson
Bahamas - Pink Strat
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
Blue Rodeo - The Things We Left Behind
Brasstronaut - Mt. Chimaera
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own
By Divine Right - Mutant Message
Caribou - Swim
Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II)
Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter
Fred Fortin - Plastrer La Lune
Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
Hannah Georgas - This Is Good
Ghostkeeper - Ghostkeeper
Holy Fuck - Latin
Karkwa - Les Chemins De Verre
LeE HARVeY OsMOND - A Quiet Evil
Greg MacPherson - Mr. Invitation
Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Misteur Valaire - Golden Bombay
The New Pornographers - Together
Owen Pallet - Heartland
Plants And Animals - La La Land
Radio Radio - Belmundo Regal
Justin Rutledge - The Early Widows
The Sadies - Darker Circles
Shad – TSOL
Elizabeth Shepherd - Heavy Falls The Night
The Slew - 100%
Meaghan Smith - The Cricket's Orchestra
South Rakkas Crew - The Stimulus Package
Tegan And Sara - Sainthood
The Wooden Sky - If I Don't Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone
Hawksley Workman - Meat
You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX
Young Galaxy- Invisible Republic
Yukon Blonde - Yukon Blonde
Zeus - Say Us
Well, they did say long list.
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