At a press conference in Toronto today, the ten finalists for this year’s Polaris Music Prize , were announced. The Polaris Prize list celebrating the critic’s picks for best Canadian music of the year.
The ten acts/albums who will vie for the prize on September 20th are:
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
Caribou – Swim
Karkwa – Les Chemins De Verre
Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Owen Pallett – Heartland
Radio Radio – Belmundo Regal
The Sadies – Darker Circles
Shad – TSOL
Tegan And Sara – Sainthood
Early picks anyone? I’m going with the Besnard Lakes, my heart with Caribou and my head with Dan Mangan. We’ll just let them battle it out ‘til then.
