The shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize — which translates to $20K for the best Canadian album of the year, voted on by critics/wankers like ourselves; Final Fantasy won the inaugural pot last year for He Poos Clouds — was announced this morning. Applaud heartily or throw up your hands in righteous anger as we present you the list, without comment, after the jump. (We think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how things worked out fine for a certain somebody.)
Arcade Fire, Neon Bible (Merge)The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse (Jajaguwar)The Dears, Gang of Losers (Maple)Julie Doiron, Woke Myself Up (endearing)Feist, The Reminder (Arts & Crafts)Junior Boys, So This Is Goodbye (Domino)Miracle Fortress, Five Roses (Secret City Records)Joel Plaskett Emergency, Ashtray Rock (Maple)Chad VanGaalen, Skelliconnection (Flemish Eye)Patrick Watson, Close To Paradise (Secret City Records)
This article appears in Jul 5-11, 2007.