Who Should Win Polaris Pt. II
Ok, I put up a post earlier asking who should win Polaris and this is the list that people came up with. I thought I'd ask the question one more time in case there's anyone else that people think should be added. After June 15 this list will be locked and we'll start narrowing it down.
Again:
We'll skip the full list of Rules (cause it's not the real thing) but we'll stick with the following:
The winner will be judged on artistic merit.
The artist must be Canadian.
They must have released a full length album between June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009.
AC Newman - Get Guilty
Adam & the Amethysts - Amethyst Amulet
Aidan Baker and Tim Hecker - Fantasma Parastasie
Andre Ethier - Born of Blue Fog
Andrew Vincent - Rotten Pear
the Arkells - Jackson Square
Attack in Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones
Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
Bison BC - Quiet Earth
Black Hat Brigade - Fathers
Blackout Beach - Skin of Evil
Brian Borcherdt - Coyotes
Bruce Peninsula - AMIAM
the Burning Hell - Baby
the CFL Sessions
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane
Charles Spearin - the Happiness Project
Cour de Pirate - Self Titled
Dance Yourself to Death - Ready for Love
Deep Dark Woods - Winter Hours
Dog Day - Concentration
Dog is Blue - Makes Ghost Noises
Doug Paisley - Self Titled
Elliot Brood - Mountain Meadows
Final Fantasy - Spectrum, 14th Century
the Free Press - Half Truths & Whole Lies
the Grass Mountain Hobos - Self Titled
the Great Bloomers - Speak of Trouble
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle
Gentleman Reg - Jet Black
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
Jason Bajada - Loveshit
Jenn Grant - Echoes
Joel Plaskett - Three
Jon-Rae Fletcher - Oh Maria
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
K'naan - Troubador
Ken Workman & the Union - self titled
Kyrie Kristmanson - Pagan Love
Laura Barrett -Victory Garden
Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot
Mark Berube - What the Boat Gave the River
Mantrakid - Palmflowerblack
Metric - Fantasies
Mother Mother - O My
NQ Arbuckle - XOK
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - self titled
One Hundred Dolars - Forest of Tears
Pale Air Singers - self titled
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Rah Rah - Going Steady
Rock Plaza Central - At The Moment Of Our Most Needing, Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren’t Alone
Said The Whale - Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia
Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains - self titled
Shotgun Jimmie - Still Jimmie
Smothered in Hugs - the Healing Power of Injury
Snailhouse - Lies On The Prize
Sunparlour Players - Wave North
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
Timbre Timbre - self titled
Torngat - La Petite Nicole
Weather Station - the Line
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
Years - self titled
Again:
We'll skip the full list of Rules (cause it's not the real thing) but we'll stick with the following:
The winner will be judged on artistic merit.
The artist must be Canadian.
They must have released a full length album between June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009.
AC Newman - Get Guilty
Adam & the Amethysts - Amethyst Amulet
Aidan Baker and Tim Hecker - Fantasma Parastasie
Andre Ethier - Born of Blue Fog
Andrew Vincent - Rotten Pear
the Arkells - Jackson Square
Attack in Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones
Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
Bison BC - Quiet Earth
Black Hat Brigade - Fathers
Blackout Beach - Skin of Evil
Brian Borcherdt - Coyotes
Bruce Peninsula - AMIAM
the Burning Hell - Baby
the CFL Sessions
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane
Charles Spearin - the Happiness Project
Cour de Pirate - Self Titled
Dance Yourself to Death - Ready for Love
Deep Dark Woods - Winter Hours
Dog Day - Concentration
Dog is Blue - Makes Ghost Noises
Doug Paisley - Self Titled
Elliot Brood - Mountain Meadows
Final Fantasy - Spectrum, 14th Century
the Free Press - Half Truths & Whole Lies
the Grass Mountain Hobos - Self Titled
the Great Bloomers - Speak of Trouble
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle
Gentleman Reg - Jet Black
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
Jason Bajada - Loveshit
Jenn Grant - Echoes
Joel Plaskett - Three
Jon-Rae Fletcher - Oh Maria
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
K'naan - Troubador
Ken Workman & the Union - self titled
Kyrie Kristmanson - Pagan Love
Laura Barrett -Victory Garden
Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot
Mark Berube - What the Boat Gave the River
Mantrakid - Palmflowerblack
Metric - Fantasies
Mother Mother - O My
NQ Arbuckle - XOK
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - self titled
One Hundred Dolars - Forest of Tears
Pale Air Singers - self titled
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Rah Rah - Going Steady
Rock Plaza Central - At The Moment Of Our Most Needing, Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren’t Alone
Said The Whale - Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia
Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains - self titled
Shotgun Jimmie - Still Jimmie
Smothered in Hugs - the Healing Power of Injury
Snailhouse - Lies On The Prize
Sunparlour Players - Wave North
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
Timbre Timbre - self titled
Torngat - La Petite Nicole
Weather Station - the Line
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
Years - self titled
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i vote for soft airplane hands down, which should be a big surprise to nobody.
I vote Arkells!!
Kensington Heights was released April 15th, 2008. It ain't qualified for this year. Timber Timbre gets my vote.
If Soft Airplane doesn't get it I'm giving up on the Polaris Prize.
I vote for The Deep Dark Woods - Winter Hours.
It is amazing...go check them out with $100 this week in Ontario.
If my references are correct, this was released Feb 2009 and I'm surprised it's not on your list. Treasury Library Canada by Woodpigeon definitely needs to be a Polaris nominee.
If I may quote myself from a future review of The Weather Station...
"Tamara Lindeman's stunningly haunting vocals sent chills and thrills throughout my entire body...
I hope this album shows up on the "long list", the "short list" but most importantly , on your "Must Hear" list."
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