I know this might be old news about the long-list for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.
Since I was at NXNE, why not check out the nominees.
They always have great food at the Drake Hotel.
It was a great way to meet musicians and some industry people there.
It was a surprised to see Dan Snaith of Caribou there.
He was there to announce the ten nominees.
I told him that I thought he was in England since Pick A Piper played the night before at the Garrison and he wasn’t aware of it.
Why was funny to hear.
This year’s Polaris Music Prize has increased from $10,000 to $30,000.
I guess the stakes on who is winning is definitely higher.
Here are the photos from the ceremonies which was hosted by CBC Radio 3‘s Grant Lawrence.
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Here are the nominees of the long-list:
- Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
- Austra – Feel It Break
- Black Mountain – Wilderness Heart
- Braids – Native Speaker
- Buck 65 – 20 Odd Years
- Louise Burns – Mellow Drama
- D-Sisive – Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye
- The Dears – Degeneration Street
- Destroyer – Kaputt
- Diamond Rings – Special Affections
- Dirty Beaches – Badlands
- Luke Doucet and The White Falcon – Steel City Trawler
- Eternia & MoSS – At Last
- Galaxie – Tigre et Diesel
- Jenn Grant – Honeymoon Punch
- Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
- Hey Rosetta! – Seeds
- Hooded Fang – Album
- Imaginary Cities – Temporary Resident
- Land Of Talk – Cloak and Cipher
- Little Scream – The Golden Record
- The Luyas – Too Beautiful To Work
- Malajube – La Caverne
- Miracle Fortress – Was I The Wave?
- One Hundred Dollars – Songs Of Man
- Doug Paisley – Constant Companion
- PS I Love You – Meet Me At The Muster Station
- Daniel Romano – Sleep Beneath the Willow
- The Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing
- Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer
- Shotgun Jimmie – Transistor Sister
- Sloan – The Double Cross
- Frederick Squire – March 12
- Stars – The Five Ghosts
- Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
- Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin’ On
- The Weeknd – House Of Balloons
- Women – Public Strain
- Neil Young – Le Noise
- Young Galaxy – Shapeshifting
Looking at the list, I am very surprised that Hooded Fang, Dirty Beaches (I almost fainted!!) and Young Galaxy made it on the list!
There were some (nameless) which I was like why are they on the list? 😛
So what do you think of the long list this year?
Who do you think is a shoe-in for the short list?
