Polaris Music Prize announces 2013 long list - Montreal Gazette

Originally posted in the Words & Music Blog

It?s 2012 all over again for local artists on the Polaris Music Prize long list. Like last year, albums by native Montreal and Montreal-based artists took 11 spots ? more than a quarter ? on the list. The Besnard Lakes, Les soeurs Boulay and Majical Cloudz were among those who made it past the first hurdle.

The $30,000 prize, which was launched in 2006, recognizes outstanding Canadian albums, regardless of genre or sales figures. Works released between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013 qualified this year.

Here?s the full list:

A Tribe Called Red ? Nation II Nation

Alaclair Ensemble ? Les maigres blancs d?Am?rique du Noir

ANCIIENTS ? Heart of Oak

(*) The Besnard Lakes ? Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO

(*) Louis-Jean Cormier ? Le Treizi?me ?tage

Daphni ? JIAOLONG

Mac DeMarco ? 2

Evening Hymns ? Spectral Dusk

Hannah Georgas ? Hannah Georgas

(*) Godspeed You! Black Emperor ? ?Allelujah! Don?t Bend! Ascend!

(*) Chilly Gonzales ? Solo Piano II

Jim Guthrie ? Takes Time

Hayden ? Us Alone

Zaki Ibrahim ? Every Opposite

KEN mode ? Entrench

Kid Koala ? 12 bit Blues

Kobo Town ? Jumbie in the Jukebox

Pierre Lapointe ? Punkt

Lee Harvey Osmond ? The Folk Sinner

(*) Les soeurs Boulay ? Le poids des confettis

Corb Lund ? Cabin Fever

(*) The Luyas ? Animator

(*) Majical Cloudz ? Impersonator

Metric ? Synthetica

METZ ? METZ

Danny Michel with the Garifuna Collective ? Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me

AC Newman ? Shut Down The Streets

Old Man Luedecke ? Tender is The Night

Lindi Ortega ? Cigarettes & Truckstops

(*) Peter Peter ? Une version am?lior?e de la tristesse

Purity Ring ? Shrines

Rah Rah ? The Poet?s Dead

Rhye ? Woman

Daniel Romano ? Come Cry With Me

(*) Colin Stetson ? New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

(*) Suuns ? Images du futur

Tegan and Sara ? Heartthrob

Al Tuck ? Stranger at the Wake

Whitehorse ? The Fate of the World Depends On This Kiss

(*) Young Galaxy ? Ultramarine

(*): denotes Montreal artist

The Polaris Jury is made up of more than 200 journalists, broadcasters, bloggers, programmers and others with a special connection to Canadian music, including the Gazette?s Bernard Perusse, T?Cha Dunlevy and Jordan Zivitz.

The 40 winners will be narrowed down to a 10-album short list, which will be announced July 16. The winner of the prize will be decided Sept. 23.

bperusse@montrealgazette.com

Twitter: bernieperusse

Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/Polaris+Music+Prize+announces+2013+long+list/8520762/story.html

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