2015 long-list is out. Is it always so indie-heavy? Don't have much to say about these because (like most people probably) I've only heard a few of these. Of the ones I've listened to I like Absolutely Free, Cold Specks, Frazey Ford and Milk & Bone but I can't see any of them winning. I think Buffy will get it (haven't heard it btw).
Absolutely Free - Absolutely Free. The Acorn - Vieux Loup Lydia Ainsworth - Right From Real Alvvays - Alvvays Arkells - High Noon Rich Aucoin - Ephemeral BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul Bahamas - Bahamas Is Afie The Barr Brothers - Sleeping Operator Braids - Deep in the Iris Steph Cameron - Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady Caribou - Our Love Jazz Cartier - Marauding in Paradise Jennifer Castle - Pink City Cold Specks - Neuroplasticity Louis-Jean Cormier - Les grandes artères Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late Frazey Ford - Indian Ocean Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon B.A. Johnston - Shit Sucks Pierre Kwenders - Le dernier empereur Bantou Lee Harvey Osmond - Beautiful Scars Jean Leloup - À Paradis City METZ - II Milk & Bone - Little Mourning Tre Mission - Stigmata The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers Joel Plaskett - The Park Avenue Sobriety Test Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power in the Blood Elizabeth Shepherd - The Signal Siskiyou - Nervous Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld - Never Were the Way She Was Various Artists - Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country, 1966-1985 Viet Cong - Viet Cong Patrick Watson - Love Songs for Robots The Weather Station - Loyalty White Lung - Deep Fantasy Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned Young Guv - Ripe 4 Luv
― everything, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
rich aucoin is so great
― maura, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Yes, I agree he's a great character. Haven't heard this album though.
― everything, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link
long list for 2021 is out
https://polarismusicprize.ca/blog/2021-polaris-music-prize-long-list-is-here/
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
Bernice, CFCF and The Weather Station are all shoo-ins for inclusion I'm guessing, but most of the others are unknown to me
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
Klô Pelgag and (especially) Big Brave are both stan-worthy.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
I've only heard Cadence Weapon, Rochelle Jordan, and Mustafa. I'm rooting for Mustafa personally.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
reminds me to say: new Backxwash on Sunday
― imago, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
I'd love to see Big|Brave take it, has a metal / heavy rock act ever won?
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
I see Fucked Up managed it back in 2009, but that's it.
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
Vile Creature deserve a long lost nom at least
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
Zoon, Dorothea Paas and Fiver's records are all highly recommended. Personally rooting for Cadence Weapon to win it, great album
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Shortlist revealed: https://polarismusicprize.ca/short-list/
rooting for Mustafa but can be swayed by arguments for the other nominees
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link