Polaris Prize Nominees Announced

In it's third year the Polaris Prize has announced the longlist for the awards. Among the nominees are Crystal Casltes, Tegan & Sara, Islands, The New Pornographers, Constantines, Holy Fucks and more. The shortlist for the award will be announced on July 7. The full list of nominees is below.

Polaris Prize Longlist:
The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
Attack In Black - Marriage
Black Mountain - In The Future
Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow & Blue
Buck 65 - Situation
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
Cancers Bats - Hail Destroyer
Caribou - Andorra
City And Colour - Bring Me Your Love
Constantines - Kensington Heights
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
Fred Eaglesmith - Tinderbox
Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
Christine Fellows - Nevertheless
Gatineau - Gatineau
Hayden - In Field And Town
Veda Hille - This Riot Life
Hilotrons - Happymatic
Holy Fuck - LP
Islands - Arm's Way
Karkwa - Le Volume Du Vent
Corb Lund - Horse Soldier
The New Pornographers - Challengers
Pas Chic Chic - Au Contraire
Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors
Plants And Animals - Parc Avenue
Ghislain Poirier - No Ground Under
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Justin Rutledge - Man Descending
Sadies - New Seasons
Shad - The Old Prince
Socalled - Ghetto Blaster
Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
Tegan And Sara - The Con
Thee Silver Mt. Zion – 13 Blues...
Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Wintersleep - Welcome To The Night Sky

The New Pornographers - Centre for Holy Wars [zshare]