(Toronto) The Polaris Long List was announced today. What does this mean? Well, for the artists announced on the long list, it means more record sales. On July 7th this long list will be widdled down to 10 finalist with the eventual winner of the Polaris Prize, and $20 000, being announced on September 21st. Some Panic Manual favourites made the long list, such as Woodpigeon, La patère rose, Joel Plaskett and Hey Rosetta!
I do find it odd that Polaris even announces the long list. It is pretty much a money grab for those involved. For me, I see it as a chance to see what good Canadian albums I have missed this past year, and a chance to validate my MP3 collection. Why isn’t the Polaris team asking me to contribute to their selections? Maybe next year.
With this long list being announced, the Friday, June 19th show at the Dakota Tavern for NXNE just got that much more interesting. Be sure to check out Polaris Long List nominees Coeur de Pirate at 8:00 and One Hundred Dollars at 9:00.
Entire Polaris Long list after the jump:
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
Coeur De Pirate – Coeur 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
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Horaayy..there are 7 comment(s) for me so far ;)
Goooooooo Patrick
Would they have him win twice?
My money is on a Montreal band. there is a lot of them.
what about us for the panic manual podcasts? we did 13 tracks already!
do you mean we played 13 artists from that list on our podcasts? that sounds about right
do you mean we played 13 artists from that list on our podcasts? that sounds about right
Patrick Watson is from Montreal.
You’re right, though, he probably won’t win again. It’ll probably be Jill Barber or something ridiculous like that.
If Jill Barber wins I’ll very disappointed. I’ve never found her all that interesting and the little I heard of Chances didn’t do much to change my mind.
You know who ought to win? K’NAAN, because Troubadour is joyous and heartbreaking and just fucking awesome. It literally made me cry at parts. It would also be a welcome chance for Polaris to put their “all genres welcome” money where their mouth is.