It’s that time of year again. Polaris Music Prize time. Next Monday at the Drake here in Toronto, the 10 finalists will be announced from the below long list of 40 full-length Canadian albums released between June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008.

Continue reading for the long list of 40 finalists and my predictions for who will be on the short list.

I’m not going to provide the links to every band. I’ll do that once the final 10 are announced later this week. Scroll to the bottom for my predictions of the final 10.

The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
Attack In Black - Marriage
Black Mountain - In The Future
Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow and Blue
Buck 65 - Situation
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer
Caribou - Andorra
City And Colour - Bring Me Your Love
Constantines - Kensington Heights
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
Fred Eaglesmith - Tinderbox
Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
Christine Fellows - Nevertheless
Gatineau - Gatineau
Hayden - In Field And Town
Veda Hille - This Riot Life
HILOTRONS - Happymatic
Holy Fuck - LP
Islands - Arm’s Way
Karkwa - Le volume du vent
Corb Lund - Horse Solider! Horse Soldier!
The New Pornographers - Challengers
Pas Chic Chic - Au Contraire
Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors
Plants And Animals - Parc Avenue
Ghislain Poirier - No Ground Under
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Justin Rutledge - Man Descending
Sadies - New Seasons
Shad - The Old Prince
Socalled - Ghetto Blaster
Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
Tegan And Sara - The Con
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band – 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Wintersleep - Welcome To The Night Sky

I haven’t heard all of these albums, but I am familiar with a few of them. Here is my short list. If I get 4 right, i’ll consider myself successfull.

Black Mountain - In The Future
Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow and Blue
Caribou - Andorra
Corb Lund - Horse Solider! Horse Soldier!
Holy Fuck - LP
Islands - Arm’s Way
Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors
Plants And Animals - Parc Avenue
Tegan And Sara - The Con
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band – 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons