2009 Polaris Prize nominees
Steve Jordan, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, today revealed the Short List of 10 Canadian albums eligible for the fourth annual $20,000 award.
The 10 nominees are, in alphabetical order:
Elliott BROOD – Mountain Meadows
(Toronto, ON)Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life
(Toronto, ON)Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels
(Toronto, ON)Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
(St. John’s, NF)K’NAAN – Troubadour
(Toronto, ON)Malajube – Labyrinthes
(Montréal, QC)Metric – Fantasies
(Toronto, ON)Joel Plaskett – Three
(Halifax, NS)Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane
(Calgary, AB)Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms
(Montréal, QC)
Malajube have a bunch of shows coming up.