Polaris Shortlist Announced
Ingram Barss
Members of the Canadian music industry and media gathered at The Drake Hotel’s Sky Yard in Toronto yesterday to learn the ten finalists of the Polaris Music Prize.
Polaris Founder and Executive Director Steve Jordan called the picks “an ambitious crop” and dedicated the proceedings to Toronto radio DJ Martin Streek, the deep-voiced and opinionated rock radio stalwart who took his own life on Monday.
Keep reading for the nominees:
- Elliott Brood — Mountain Meadows
- Fucked Up — The Chemistry Of Common Life
- Great Lake Swimmers — Lost Channels
- Hey Rosetta! — Into Your Lungs (And Around In Your Heart And On Through Your Blood)
- K'Naan — Troubadour
- Malajube — Labyrinthes
- Metric — Fantasies
- Joel Plaskett — Three
- Chad VanGaalen — Soft Airplane
- Patrick Watson — Wooden Arms
The grand prize winner will be announced at the Polaris Gala in September.
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