THE POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE 2008 LONG LIST.
The Long List consists of the top 40 full-length Canadian records released from June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008, selected by the 180 members of the Polaris Music Prize jury.The Polaris Jury will now vote from the Long List to determine the 10 album Short List, which will be revealed July 7 at the Drake Hotel in Toronto.
2008 Polaris Music Prize Long List
(alphabetical)
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
7 comments:
That is one very long long-list! I'd be voting for Holy Fuck, the New Pornos, Weakerthans, or Wintersleep, personally, but only because I haven't heard all of Basia Bulat's album.
I'd like to know where Sunset Rubdown is in this list? It had to be said. As for nailing down a choice, I'm never very good and picking favorites - just too damn difficult with such great talents.
Excellent choices there Barbara. The Holy Fuck cd is a great one. The New Pornographers and Weakerthans close contenders. (At least in my books.)
Very astute Serah... Sunset Rubdown was CLEARLY missed on this one. Their record is a great one, although I am partial their previous release. I was hoping the Montreal band Torngat would also make the list. It's a fantastic release in its own right.
As for me, I am hoping for Basia or Ottawa's The Acorn. Either way there is a lot of talent represented on the list and it should be interesting.
s
The Sadies are going to win this year. You can sell you Cadence Weapon cd's now.
Phylomath
I have heard of exactly two bands on here. Must be pretty exclusive stuff up there in Canada.
Crystal Castles for sure. Their cd is amazing and my favourite cd this year so far.
K
Care to hazard any guesses as to who the finalists will be?
Eric
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