The initial crop of nominees for the third year of Canada’s music award — including the Acorn, Black Mountain, Caribou, Crystal Castles, Islands, the New Pornos, Tegan & Sara, and Wintersleep — has been unveiled at polarismusicprize.ca. The short list will be announced July 7th.
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Ooh, two Acorn related posts in a row? I love it! They’ve got my vote.
Go Plants and Animals! WOO
No Sunset Rubdown? Sadness.
Wintersleep’s ‘Welcome To The Night Sky’ was a solid album from start to finish…. pure Indie/Alt Rock goodness!!!
Releases by Caribou, The Acorn, Attack In Black and Plants & Animals were also solid
Crystal Castles
HILOTRONS
Islands
Plants & Animals
If any of these bands end up winning, i will be happy. If they do not, i will still be happy because there is no bad album on that list.
I know they couldn’t include every indie release, and obviously the “usual suspects” are going to get the most votes… but it’s just too bad the jurors ignored the new Hinterland album: http://www.hinterland.bc.ca
Oops, that wasn’t an actual link: http://www.hinterland.bc.ca/
where is apes and androids?! seriously
The lack of Random Spirit Lover is an outrage! Bah. That album did not get the love it deserved.