The Polaris Music Prize is the annual award given to the best Canadian album. Past winners have included Fucked Up, Caribou, Owen Pallett, Arcade Fire, and, most recently, Feist.
Today, the shortlist of nominees for this year’s award were announced. They include: Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!), METZ (METZ), Purity Ring (Shrines), Metric (Synthetica), and Colin Stetson (New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light). The full list of nominees is posted below.
A winner will announced during a gala to be held on September 23rd at The Carlu in Toronto.
Polaris Prize 2013 shortlist:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite
Metric – Synthetica
METZ – METZ
Purity Ring – Shrines
Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob
A Tribe Called Red – Nation II Nation
Whitehorse – The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss
Young Galaxy – Ultramarine
