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Polaris Music Prize 2009
Scarychips:
So, Polaris Season is on again. For those who don't know the Polaris usic Prize is a Canadian music prize given to an Canadian artist who's put out an album between June 1st 2008 et May 31st 2009. Earlier winners includes Final Fantasy with He Poos Clouds (2006), Patrick Watson with Closer To Paradise (2007), and Caribou with Andorra (2008).
The Longlist was sent to those who subscribed on June 15th.
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
Cur De Pirate - Cur 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 patθre rose - La patθre 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 C/W Houndstooth Europa
Then, Today, the Shortlist was announced.
Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
K'naan - Troubadour
Malajube - Labyrinthes
Metric - Fantasies
Joel Plakett - Three
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Any thoughts? Who should've been on the Shortlist? Who do you think will win?
michaelicious:
I hope Chad VanGaalen wins. All those other albums on the shortlist are junk except maybe Fucked Up.
My Shortlist would have been very short:
Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain is a Mouth
Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Women - Women (winner!)
allison:
If Joel Plaskett or Great Lake Swimmers win, I will be very happy. In fact, I'm listening to Three right now! I saw JP this past weekend and I'm going to see GLS at Shelter Valley Folk Fest over Labour Day weekend. They're both pretty fantastic.
Scandanavian War Machine:
the only album on that entire list that i've even heard is the Charles Spearin one, which i thought was excellent.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: michaelicious on 07 Jul 2009, 10:05 ---I hope Chad VanGaalen wins. All those other albums on the shortlist are junk except maybe Fucked Up.
--- End quote ---
Uhhhh Elliott Brood and Joel Plaskett rule, what are you talking about? Nevertheless, I'm disappointed that Bison B.C., WOMEN and Japandroids didn't make it on - I get that this list basically plays to the Radio 3 crowd but it's starting to get disappointingly predictable and it's only a four year-old award.
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