Short List for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize Announced

July 16, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Come September 21 at the Carlu in Toronto, one of these album will be declared by a jury of twelve hardcore music industry people to be the best of the year. That comes with a $50,000 cash prize. The nine runners-up will each receive $3,000.

Alvvays – Alvvays
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul
Braids – Deep In The Iris
Caribou – Our Love
Jennifer Castle – Pink City
Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon
The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Power In The Blood
Viet Cong – Viet Cong

Wow. A tough, tough call. This might be the most hard-to-predict Short List in the history of Polaris. A couple of my picks made the cut, but it’s going to take some hard work to narrow down to my pick for the winner. Listen to all the albums for free here.

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