The Polaris Music Prize

Published by Toronto Mike on July 5, 2006 @ 13:14 in Lists, Music

music We finally have our Mercury Prize. On September 18, the Polaris Music Prize will award $20,000 for the best Canadian album released between June 1, 2005, and May 31, 2006, regardless of genre. The inaugural nominees are:

Broken Social Scene for Broken Social Scene
Cadence Weapon, Breaking Kayfabe
The Deadly Snakes, Porcella
Final Fantasy, He Poos Clouds
Sarah Harmer, I'm A Mountain
K'naan, The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Malajube, Trompe L'oeil
Metric, Live It Out
The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema
Wolf Parade, Apologies To The Queen Mary

There's a lot of Toronto represented there and a lot of great music. This addresses my issue with how out of touch the Junos seem when compared to what's truly happening in our musical landscape. Long live the Polaris!

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