Jenn Grant Makes Polaris Long List

Jenn Grant’s Honeymoon Punch has made the Polaris Long List, which was announced today at 2pm AST. The Maritimes were also repped by the excellent likes of Shotgun Jimmie, Sloan, Buck 65, Frederick Squire and Hey Rosetta! Complete list of nominees is below. Congrats you all.

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

This article appears in Jun 16-22, 2011.