Gord Downie, Tragically Hip both make cut as Polaris Prize long list revealed
The Polaris Prize announced its long list Tuesday of 40 early contenders for this year’s prize for top Canadian album of the past year. They are:
A Tribe Called Red, We Are The Halluci Nation
Alaclair Ensemble, Les Frères Cueilleurs
Anciients, Voice of the Void
Arkells, Morning Report
Philippe B, La grande nuit vidéo
BADBADNOTGOOD, IV
Louise Burns, Young Mopes
Chocolat, Rencontrer Looloo
Clairmont The Second, Quest For Milk and Honey
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Antoine Corriveau, Cette chose qui cognait au creux de sa poitrine sans vouloir s’arrêter
Le Couleur, P.O.P.
Marie Davidson, Adieux Au Dancefloor
Mac Demarco, This Old Dog
Gord Downie, Secret Path
Drake, More Life
Feist, Pleasure
Figure Walking, The Big Other
Fiver, Audible Songs From Rockwood
Geoffroy, Coastline
Hannah Georgas, For Evelyn
Japandroids, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
Carly Rae Jepsen, E.MO.TION Side B
B.A. Johnston, Gremlins III
Lisa LeBlanc, Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
The New Pornographers, Whiteout Conditions
Klô Pelgag, L’Étoile thoracique
Peter Peter, Noir Éden
Lido Pimienta, La Papessa
Jessie Reyez, Kiddo
Daniel Romano, Modern Pressure
The Sadies, Northern Passages
John K. Samson, Winter Wheat
Tanya Tagaq, Retribution
The Tragically Hip, Man Machine Poem
TUNS, TUNS
Leif Vollebekk, Twin Solitude
Weaves, Weaves
The Weeknd, Starboy
Charlotte Day Wilson, CDW
The jury will confer over the upcoming weeks and the short list of 10 albums will be revealed on July 13, one month from the long list’s announcement. The winner of the top prize of $50,000 will be announced on Sept. 18.
The Polaris, which began in 2006, has in the past given the top honour to Arcade Fire, Feist, Buffy Ste. Marie and others.