Canada’s answer to the Mercury Music Prize, the Polaris Music Prize, has announced its 40-strong long list.
• Arkells – Jackson Square
• Jill Barber – Chances
• Beast – Beast
• Bell Orchestre – As Seen Through Windows
• Bison B.C. – Quiet Earth
• Bruce Peninsula – A Mountain Is A Mouth
• Cœur De Pirate – Cœur De Pirate
• Leonard Cohen – Live In London
• D-Sisive – Let The Children Die
• Elephant Stone – The Seven Seas
• Elliott Brood – Mountain Meadows
• Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life
• Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels
• Handsome Furs – Face Control
• Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
• Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs
• Japandroids – Post-Nothing
• Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care
• K’NAAN – Troubadour
• K-OS – YES!
• La patère rose – La patère rose
• Land Of Talk – Some Are Lakes
• Lhasa – Lhasa
• Malajube – Labyrinthes
• Metric – Fantasies
• One Hundred Dollars – Forest Of Tears
• Pink Mountaintops – Outside Love
• Joel Plaskett – Three
• Snailhouse – Lies On The Prize
• Charles Spearin – The Happiness Project
• Rae Spoon – superioryouareinferior
• The Stills – Oceans Will Rise
• Think About Life – Family
• Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre
• Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane
• Martha Wainwright – I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too
• Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms
• Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
• Women – Women
• Woodpigeon – Treasury Library Canada
There’s some TLOBF friendly acts on there…
The winner will be announced at a special evening on September 21.
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Good news about Charles Spearin!
surely “TLOBF-friendly” rather than “friendly TLOBF”? :p
Ha! Doh! Changed it. That’s what happens when I post new BEFORE I’ve had my first cuppa tea of the day.
this list is a bit *meh* compared to last year
i haven’t heard the charles spearin record yet, which is odd as i’m a massive BSS fan… my vote = great lake swimmers
That Japandroids album pisses over everything else on that list. It’s FANTASTIC.
The exclusion of deep dark woods, the weatherstation and mother mother comes as a surprise. Be surprised if pat Watson wins a second time great as it is. I would like to think timbre timber have a good chance and would love Bruce peninsula to get through as well. Japandroids is great too