The shortlist for this year’s Polaris Music Prize has been revealed.
The Canadian equivalent of the UK’s Mercury Prize, an initial longlist has been reduced down to ten albums, with a final winner announced at a ceremony in Toronto on 18th September.
This year’s list includes records from Weaves, Feist, Leonard Cohen and BADBADNOTGOOD, amongst others. The full list reads:
A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation
BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
Gord Downie – Secret Path
Feist – Pleasure
Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Lido Pimienta – La Papessa
Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
Weaves – Weaves
The nomination sees Feist clock up her third nomination, while A Tribe Called Red, BADBADNOTGOOD and Tanya Tagaq have all had two previous nods. The final winner will recieve a prize of $50,000.
Previous winners include Kaytranada, Arcade Fire and Caribou.