Past winners include Final Fantasy, He Poos Clouds (2006) Patrick Watson, Close to Paradise (2007) Caribou, Andorra (2008) Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life (2009)
And so here is the 2010 Polaris Prize long list
Albums that I want to win, or at least make the short list, are boldified. Ones I especially want to win, are boldified and italicized.
Apollo Ghosts - Mount Benson
Bahamas - Pink Strat
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
Brasstronaut - Mt. Chimaera
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own
By Divine Right - Mutant Message
Caribou - Swim
Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat
Amelia Curran – Hunter, Hunter
Fred Fortin - Plastrer La Lune
Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
Hannah Georgas - This Is Good
Ghostkeeper - Ghostkeeper
Holy Fuck - Latin
Karkwa - Les Chemins De Verre
Greg MacPherson - Mr. Invitation
Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Misteur Valaire - Golden Bombay
The New Pornographers - Together
Owen Pallet – Heartland
Plants And Animals - La La Land
Justin Rutledge - The Early Widows
The Sadies - Darker Circles
Shad – TSOL
Elizabeth Shepherd - Heavy Falls The Night
The Slew - 100%
Meaghan Smith - The Cricket's Orchestra
Tegan And Sara - Sainthood
The Wooden Sky - If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone
Hawksley Workman - Meat
You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX
Young Galaxy- Invisible Republic
Yukon Blonde - Yukon Blonde
Zeus - Say Us
And now some albums that I feel should be on the list, but were overlooked:
Versicolour by Aidan Knight
Other Truths by Do Make Say Think
Vancouver by Matthew Good (disappointed, but not surprised)
Islands Disappear by Said The Whale (surprised AND disappointed!)
Dragonslayer by Sunset Rundown
Tic Toc Tic by The Zolas
That Brasstronaut album is damn good, isn't it? I reviewed it for PopMatters knowing nothing about the band but liking their name, and came away really impressed.
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