SHORT LIST
In alphabetical order...
Elliott Brood,Mountain Meadows
Fucked Up,The Chemistry Of Common Life
Great Lake Swimmers,Lost Channels
Hey Rosetta!,Into Your Lungs
(and around in your heart
and on through your blood)
K'NAAN,Troubadour
Malajube,Labyrinthes
Metric,Fantasies
Joel Plaskett,Three
Chad VanGaalen,Soft Airplane
Patrick Watson,Wooden Arms
Music Player
LINKS
Follow us on TWITTER
Polaris on MySpace
YouTube
Our retail partners.
Blackbyrd Myoozik / CD Warehouse / Compact Music / Criminal Records / emusic / Fred's / HMV / iTunes / Megatunes / Music Trader / Phonopolis / Red Cat Records / Sonic Boom / Soundscapes / Zulu Records / Zunior
Get to know a record retailer better
Soundscapes (Toronto)
Compact Music (Ottawa)
Criminal Records (Toronto)
Megatunes (Calgary)
Phonopolis (Montreal)
Better Know a Jury Member #1: Alan Cross
Better Know a Jury Member #2: Bryan Acker
Better Know a Jury Member #3: Sue Carter Flinn
Better Know a Jury Member #4: Peter Hemminger
Better Know A Jury Member #5: Serge Paradis
Better Know A Jury Member #6: Stuart Derdeyn
Better Know A Jury Member #7: Brendan Murphy
Better Know A Jury Member #8: Quinn Omari
Better Know A Jury Member #9: Amanda Putz
Better Know A Jury Member #10: Joshua Ostroff
Better Know A Jury Member #11: Roch Parisien
Better Know A Jury Member #12: Addi Stewart
Better Know a Jury Member #13: Mike Devlin
Better Know a Jury Member #14: Lisa Wilton
Better Know a Jury Member #15:David Dacks
Better Know a Jury Member #16: Tom Coxworth
Better Know a Jury Member #17: Jeremy Morris
Better Know a Jury Member #18: Cam Lindsay
Better Know a Jury Member #19: Donald Teplyske
Better Know a Jury Member #20: Jim Di Gioia
Better Know a Jury Member #21: Stuart Henderson
Better Know a Jury Member #22: Laura Thompson
Better Know a Jury Member #23: Del Cowie
Better Know a Jury Member #24: Carl Wilson
Better Know a Jury Member #25: Frank Yang
Better Know a Jury Member #26: Grant Lawrence
The complete 2009 jury can be viewed here.
Many of our jury members can be found online; either part of the music blogosphere or via the media websites they represent. So take a tour of our favourite links and enjoy the interconnections:
3 n'Out, Abstract Index, AOL Music, Bande à Part, BangBang, BeatRoute, CBC.ca, CFUV, Chartattack, Chromewaves, CHRW, CIUT, CJAM, CKUA, Coke Machine Glow, Dose, Edmonton Journal, Exclaim, Explore Music, Fast Forward Weekly, From Blown Speakers, Galaxie, Georgia Strait, Guttersnipe News, Herohill, Hiphopcanada, Hour, i (heart) music, ici, inDiscover, Jamilton.ca, Jazz FM, juicebox.com, Mercury Prize, Midnight Poutine, Mirror, Monday Magazine, Montreal Gazette, MTV, Much More, Much Music, Musique Plus, Nightlife, Now, Ongoing History Of New Music, Ottawa Citizen, Paste Magazine, Pitchfork, Planet S, Podmoderisme, PopMatters, Punk News, Q, Quick Before It Melts, Radio 3, Radio Free Canuckistan, SoundProof,Spinner.ca, The Ampersand, The Incubator, The Indie Files, Thick Specs, Uptown, Urbnet, Winnipeg Free Press, Yahoo! Music, Zoilus
2009 Polaris Music Prize Long List!
In alphabetical order...
Arkells, Jackson Square
Jill Barber, Chances
Beast, Beast
Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through Windows
Bison B.C., Quiet Earth
Bruce Peninsula, A Mountain Is A Mouth
Cœur De Pirate, Cœur De Pirate
Leonard Cohen, Live In London
D-Sisive, Let The Children Die
Elephant Stone, The Seven Seas
Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows
Fucked Up, The Chemistry Of Common Life
Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels
Handsome Furs, Face Control
Tim Hecker, An Imaginary Country
Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs
Japandroids, Post-Nothing
Junior Boys Begone Dull Care
K'NAAN, Troubadour
K-OS, YES!
La patère rose, La patère rose
Land Of Talk, Some Are Lakes
Lhasa, Lhasa
Malajube, Labyrinthes
Metric, Fantasies
One Hundred Dollars, Forest Of Tears
Pink Mountaintops, Outside Love
Joel Plaskett, Three
Snailhouse, Lies On The Prize
Charles Spearin, The Happiness Project
Rae Spoon, superioryouareinferior
The Stills, Oceans Will Rise
Think About Life, Family
Timber Timbre, Timber Timbre
Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
Martha Wainwright, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms
Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer
Women, Women
Woodpigeon, Treasury Library Canada C/W Houndstooth Europa
Social RSS
Polaris Music Prize founder Steve Jordan talks music...at the library! Part of "Make Some Noise" series. Tuesday Dec 01 @ 7 PM - The Northern District Library in Toronto.
Polaris Music Prize invites you to "Make Some Noise!" Toronto Public libraries have teamed up with Polaris to bring some fine all-ages and Polaris-related musical entertainment to libraries in the GTA, including a special information session with Polaris founder Steve Jordan.
Polaris Music Prize invites you to get to know two more very cool Canadian music retailers. Follow the links and get yer music on at Zulu (Vancouver) http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/blog/131 and Zunior (online) http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/blog/132
Polaris Music Prize
Get to know some awesome Canadian music retailers (starting right here) with 5 links to mini profiles on some of Canada's coolest retail destinations: Soundscapes (Toronto) http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/blog/109...
Compact Music (Ottawa) http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/blog/110
Megatunes (Calgary...http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/blog/121
Polaris Music Prize gala broadcast... TONIGHT (SAT. SEPT 26 ) on MuchMusic! 9PM ET and 12:30AM ET. hosts Grant Lawrence (CBC), Sarah Taylor (MuchMusic), performances by all 10 nominated artists, a food fight (sans food) and a man kiss - so there. http://www.muchmusic.com
Polaris Music Prize Bid on signed, framed, limited edition Polaris prints (for a good cause!). Each Polaris Short List nominee signed one limited edition poster & we've framed them up for auction via eBay. Proceeds go directly to MusiCounts, a charity that helps provide instruments for hard hit music education programmes across Canada. http://tinyurl.com/y8rhta4
Polaris Music Prize
This
picture says it all...once again - congratulations to "Fucked Up", the
2009 winner, for their album "The Chemistry of Common Life"
Polaris Music Prize Wow, that's coverage! We are rather overwhelmed and thrilled at the reaction. Detailed Gala reviews, interviews and quotes, and some great message board reactions...http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/news/
Polaris Music Prize
Monday's 2009 Gala broadcast (stream) on MuchMusic.com.
10 awesome live performances by Short List artists including this years winner "Fucked Up"
http://watch.muchmusic.com/#clip215707
Polaris Music Prize Pop Art Auction (for a good cause). Bid on signed and framed limited editon Polaris Music Prize Nominee Posters. Proceeds go to MusiCounts. http://bit.ly/bcynS
Polaris Music Prize Lots of chit chat and links on our Twitter page...worth a peak if ya dig the tweets.
Polaris Music Prize
Did you miss the broadcast? No worries! CBC Radio 3 Podcast (FREE!) of the event is available @ iTunes right now...10 awesome live performances by the Short List artists. Once again, congratulations to 2009 winners "Fucked Up", and their album "The Chemistry of Common Life"
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSto
Polaris Music Prize The 2009 Polaris Music Prize goes to "Fucked Up" for their album "The Chemistry Of Common Life." Congratulations!
