Steve Jordan, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, today revealed the Short List of 10 Canadian albums eligible for the fourth annual $20,000 award.
The 10 nominees are, in alphabetical order:
Elliot BROOD – Mountain Meadows
(Toronto, ON)
Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life
(Toronto, ON)
Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels
(Toronto, ON)
Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
(St. John’s, NF)
K’NAAN – Troubadour
(Toronto, ON)
Malajube – Labyrinthes
(Montréal, QC)
Metric – Fantasies
(Toronto, ON)
Joel Plaskett – Three
(Halifax, NS)
Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane
(Calgary, AB)
Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms
(Montréal, QC)
Not sure who your money’s on… but the Great Lake Swimmers, Elliot Brood and Fucked Up albums are all rather smashing…
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