2010 Polaris Music Prize
The Polaris Music Prize is an award given for the best full length Canadian album, as voted on by a select group of journalists, broadcasters, bloggers, and other media people.
Here’s the LONG LIST announced this morning:
Apollo Ghosts “Witchcraft Lake” – Mount Benson (Vancouver)
Bahamas “Already Yours” – Pink Strat (Toronto)
The Besnard Lakes “Albatross” – The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night (Montréal)
Blue Rodeo “One More Night” – The Things We Left Behind (Toronto)
Brasstronaut “One More Night” – Mt. Chimaera (Vancouver)
Broken Social Scene “Forced To Love – Forgiveness Rock Record (Toronto)
Basia Bulat “Go On” – Heart Of My Own (London)
By Divine Right “Help Me Find A Place To Land” – Mutant Message (Toronto)
Caribou “Odessa” – Swim (Dundas)
Jason Collett “Love Is A Dirty Word” – Rat A Tat Tat (Toronto)
Crystal Castles “Celestica” – Crystal Castles (II) (Toronto)
Amelia Curran “Bye Bye Montreal” – Hunter Hunter (Halifax)
Fred Fortin “Madame Rose” – Plastrer La Lune (Montréal)
Frog Eyes “The Sensitive Girls” – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph (Victoria)
Hannah Georgas “Bang Bang You’re Dead” – This Is Good (Vancouver)
Ghostkeeper “By Morning” – Ghostkeeper (Calgary)
Holy Fuck “Latin America” – Latin (Toronto)
Karkwa “Les Chemins De Verre” – Les Chemins De Verre (Montréal)
LeE HARVeY OsMOND “Parkland” – A Quiet Evil (Hamilton)
Greg MacPherson “First Class” – Mr. Invitation (Winnipeg)
Dan Mangan “Sold”- Nice, Nice, Very Nice (Vancouver)
Misteur Valaire – Golden Bombay (Montréal)
The New Pornographers “Your Hands (Together)” – Together (Vancouver)
Owen Pallett “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” – Heartland (Toronto)
Plants And Animals “The Mama Papa” – La La Land (Montréal)
Radio Radio “Guess What?” – Belmundo Regal (Montréal)
Justin Rutledge “Be A Man”- The Early Widows (Toronto)
The Sadies “Another Year Again” – Darker Circles (Toronto)
Shad “Yaa I Get It” – TSOL (London)
Elizabeth Shepherd – Heavy Falls The Night (Toronto)
The Slew “100%” – 100% (Montréal)
Meaghan Smith – The Cricket’s Orchestra (London)
South Rakkas Crew – The Stimulus Package (Toronto)
Tegan And Sara “Hell” – Sainthood (Vancouver)
The Wooden Sky “Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me)” – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone (Toronto)
Hawksley Workman “We’ll Make Time (Even When There Ain’t No Time)” – Meat (Huntsville)
You Say Party! We Say Die! “Laura Palmer’s Prom” – XXXX (Vancouver)
Young Galaxy “Destroyer” – Invisible Republic (Montréal)
Yukon Blonde “Brides Song” – Yukon Blonde (Vancouver)
Zeus “How Does It Feel” – Say Us (Toronto)
The list is impressive and there’s some Vancouver on there (although more would be good obvs).
Did they miss anyone or did they include some that shouldn’t be there? What do u think?
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